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margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are pleased to announce that the Call for Contributions for iPRES2019 is now open. iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials. The 16th International Conference on Digital Preservation will be held on September 16-20, 2019 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. </span></p>
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margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We invite original contributions that describe practice- and theory-informed approaches to scientific models, daily practice, collaborative efforts, creative solutions, and the progress your organization has made in digital preservation. </span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We welcome full papers and short papers as well as proposals for workshops, tutorials, posters, panel discussions and for a hackathon. Submissions should relate to the overall conference theme, Eye on the Horizon, describing the cutting edge of our domain and crossing into other domains. </span></p>
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margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We encourage submissions which describe collaborations across and beyond cultural heritage domains, and we welcome proposals that describe research and practice in agencies of all sizes and in all sectors. You can find details about the submission process and the topics of interest now online at </span><a
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margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t want to miss out on any information?</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All information regarding the conference is on our website: </span><a
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rel="noopener noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.ipres2019.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Please pre-register for the iPRES Newsletter via </span><a
href="mailto:communications@ipres2019.org" target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">communications@ipres2019.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and get updates on all the important dates. You can also follow us via @iPRES2019 on both </span><a
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rel="noopener noreferrer" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a
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margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, serif, "EmojiFont"; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We look forward to hosting you in The Netherlands, with an inspirational tailor made iPRES2019 programme and historical Amsterdam on the horizon.</span></p>
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