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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">You are invited to a series of webinars focused on
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as proposed in the recent NASEM report (see list of organizers below) and authorized by the CHIPS and Science Act passed by the U.S. Congress last summer. The webinars are scheduled for 7, 14, and 21 March 2023. See below for details. </span><br>
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<b><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; color:rgb(32,33,34)">All webinars will be held from 1-2 p.m. Eastern. Webinars will be open to all and will be recorded. Recordings will be posted here following the
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<b class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="">Webinar 1: March 7, 2023</b><br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
Visions of an Action Center from NASEM Report Authors: Pam Soltis (moderator), Andy Bentley, and Barbara Thiers<br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
<b class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Webinar 2: March 14, 2023</b><br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
Visions of an Action Center from NASEM Report Authors: Pam Soltis (moderator), Joe Cook, Scott Edwards, Talia Karim, Shirley Pomponi<br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
<b class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">Webinar 3: March 21, 2023</b><br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
Responses to the NASEM report with presentations from the Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections (IWGSC), AIBS, and BCoN<br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
Speakers include: Scott Miller, Kevin Hackett, and Diane DiEuliis (IWGSC), Jyotsna Pandey (AIBS), and Breda Zimkus (BCoN). </span></p>
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Webinars will be held via Zoom.<br class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0">
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<span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:10.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#202122">Register here: <a href="https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YYB5rbCOR3WKHxkYMQh3Ng#/registration" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview">https://ufl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YYB5rbCOR3WKHxkYMQh3Ng#/registration</a></span></p>
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<b style="font-size:12pt; font-style:inherit; font-variant-ligatures:inherit; font-variant-caps:inherit"><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black; border-width:1pt; border-style:none; border-color:windowtext; padding:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial">Organizers:</span></b><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="x_x_x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black; border-width:1pt; border-style:none; border-color:windowtext; padding:0in; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial"> </span>John
Bates, Carol Butler, Matt Borths, Joe Cook, Libby Ellwood, Jillian Goodwin, David Jennings, Gil Nelson, Jyotsna Pandey, Emily Sessa, Pam Soltis, Breda Zimkus </span><span style="color:black; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><br>
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<div>Gil Nelson, PhD</div>
<div>Director, Integrated Digitized Biocollections (iDigBio)</div>
<div>President, Natural Science Collections Alliance (NSCA)</div>
<div>Florida Museum of Natural History</div>
<div>University of Florida</div>
<div>gnelson@floridamuseum.ufl.edu</div>
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