<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear colleagues,</span><br></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">We are pleased to invite you to a TDWG 2020
Birds of a Feather (BoF) discussion on 22^nd September, (UTC 14:30 –
16:30).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">The details of the session are:</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">TDWG 2020 Birds of Feather session,
“BoF01: Converging Digital Specimens and Extended Specimens - Towards a global
specification”</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> (<a href="https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2020/working-sessions/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2020/working-sessions/</a>),
co-convened by Alex Hardisty (Cardiff University, DiSSCo) and Andrew Bentley
(KU Biodiversity Institute, BCoN). The purpose of the BoF is to explore the
commonalities and differences of the Digital Specimen and Extended Specimen
concepts with the aim of converging towards a global specification. As a
participant of the DiSSCo Prepare project and/or member of the DiSSCo Technical
Team, you may find this discussion interesting. Please add this to your diary.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">To join the BoF, it’s necessary for
individuals to register for the TDWG 2020 working sessions week and then each
person will receive a personal zoom address. The registration link can be found
on this session schedule page: <a href="https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2020/working-sessions-schedule/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2020/working-sessions-schedule/</a>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Kind regards</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Alex Hardisty                                     Andrew
Bentley<br>
Cardiff University                             University
of Kansas</span></p></div><div><br></div>-<br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="“1”"></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>