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<h1>RDA Plenary 14th in Finland: Registration is Open and other Details!<o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p>Taking place from 23-25 October 2019, the 14th RDA Plenary will take place in Dipoli, the nature-immersed building of Aalto University, Helsinki, in Finland, “one of the happiest countries in the world”, states Per Öster, CSC-IT Center For Science Director
and Co-Chair of the P14 Programme Committee. <a href="https://rd-alliance.org/track/click/73095590682988/2b677f9d788191" target="_blank">
The draft programme is available here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration is now open: check registration costs and important dates and reserve your seat!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h3>Wondering how to contribute to the RDA P14 programme?<o:p></o:p></h3>
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BoF session</a>) : 27 June 2019 at 16:00 UTC<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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