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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">We are ready for collecting your proposals for the
<b>Academic Track of FOSS4G</b> <b>2018</b> in Dar Es Salaam.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Please read carefully the instructions here:</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">The first step is to </span></font><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><b>upload your abstract (500-800 words) by </b><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>November,
20 2017.</b></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A Scientific Committee will accept the best
proposals (deadline 15 December) which will go to the second step: c</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box;">amera ready paper for the
Proceedings</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> by 31 March 2018. Remember that you MUST register (at least one author for one paper) to the Conference for having
your paper published. Therefore the registration is mandatory before 31 March 2018.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">And then, see you in Dar!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Best regards,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 58, 64); font-family: Sintony, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Maria and Ally Hassan</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><b>Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli</b></span><br>
<div><font size="3" face="'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif">Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing<br>
Politecnico di Milano</font></div>
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