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<div class="">Hola!</div>
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Time to get serious about writing up your abstract for the upcoming TDWG 2016 meeting in Costa Rica this December <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/" class="">http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/</a>. The due date is 6 September for invited speakers
in symposia as well as for contributed oral and poster presentations. The body of the abstract should be 400 words or less; see <a href="https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/tdwg2016/schedConf/cfp" class="">https://mbgserv18.mobot.org/ocs/index.php/tdwg/tdwg2016/schedConf/cfp</a> for
more information.
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<div class="">Currently 13 symposia (three symposia combined recently under the banner of Semantics for Biodiversity Science - An Interoperability Frontier), 7 workshops, and 10 Interest/Task Groups are planning to meet at TDWG this year. For information about
registration, see <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/#c1807" class="">http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/#c1807</a>
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<div class="">And don’t forget about the pre-conference Software Carpentry Workshop, which will be taught by Matthew Collins, Deb Paul, and Dimitrios Koureas 3-4 December <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/#c1862" class="">http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/#c1862</a> At
$100 ($50 for students), this is not to be missed. Space is limited, so sign up soon!</div>
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<div class="">The conference website also features information about hotels <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/hotels/" class="">http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/hotels/</a> with special rates negotiated for TDWG2016 and post-conference excursions
or BioCursos <a href="http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/excursions/" class="">http://www.tdwg.org/conference2016/excursions/</a> through OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies).</div>
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<div class="">Hasta pronto en Costa Rica!</div>
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<div class="">Gail & Erick</div>
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<div class="">P.S. Please pass the word to other interested networks</div>
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<div class="">Gail Kampmeier</div>
<div class="">Erick Mata</div>
<div class="">Program co-chairs TDWG 2016</div>
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