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<h1><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Call for Posters for RDA's 13th Plenary is Open!<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">From 2-4 April 2018, RDA’s 13<sup>th</sup> Plenary (P13) will be taking place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the <a href="https://www.rd-alliance.org/track/click/6900b4e5492762/2b677f9d788191" target="_blank">Loews
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">RDA Poster Sessions offer an interactive way of initiating collaborative conversations and exchanges of ideas with an audience of data practitioners, computer scientists, researchers,
policy makers and private sector representatives, who are all committed to open sharing of data across disciplines, technologies and borders to accelerate innovation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Positioned in prominent areas at the Loews Hotel, poster session participants will have high visibility with meeting attendees, especially during the coffee breaks, lunches and social
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<p class="rtecenter"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The deadline to submit your poster application is 28 Februray 2019 at 23:00 UTC. </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Notifications of acceptances will occur on or before 8 March 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="rtecenter"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Note, if accepted, posters should be printed in vertical format with dimensions of 70cm x 100cm and must be printed and delivered to the event venue directly
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