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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/">http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#273140">The objective of this Conference is to spur exchange of ideas on fast-tracking application of earth observation and geospatial technologies in development decision making.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#273140">This year's conference will be one of a kind, in that, it has been combined with the AfriGEOSS Symposium, an initiative of the African community in Group on Earth Observations
framework.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">See Call for Abstracts at
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/conference-information/call-for-abstracts">http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/conference-information/call-for-abstracts</a> - submit by 15 May 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Thematic Areas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3269B3"><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/agriculture-and-food-security"><span style="color:#273140;text-decoration:none">Agriculture and Food Security</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3269B3"><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/weather-and-climate"><span style="color:#273140;text-decoration:none">Weather and Climate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3269B3"><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/water-and-water-related-disasters"><span style="color:#273140;text-decoration:none">Water and Water related
Disasters</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#3269B3"><a href="http://ric2019.rcmrd.org/land-use-administration-and-management"><span style="color:#273140;text-decoration:none">Land Use, Administration
and Management</span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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