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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Raleway Medium";color:#660033">Open Repositories Conference 2023</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Raleway Medium";color:#660033">First Announcement</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Raleway;color:black">It is with pleasure that we invite you to the 18th Open Repositories Conference (OR 2023). The conference will be
held from 12-15 June 2023 <br>
at the </span><span style="color:black"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flordcharleshotel.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7C%7C6cc1783d966a4af25f0408daa84aa620%7Ca6fa3b030a3c42588433a120dffcd348%7C0%7C0%7C638007335827628308%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mqUS8N62vEpsjcw3ZuJfWn2Yq6C6mxFdEbpUKo%2BlQnE%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://lordcharleshotel.com/" shash="eBPHyVecYnQacaV3AcAcautyVRT16Xe/Jv4NAQV6h+Q4vrPOtCjpdgKy/3QAfYjg45vR3E03Nm/MxWlR9P8cGsKuX29Ix8XGpRrMHoKXwf25WKNU+8laiM0DLFXqtIofUKPlznnI3q1Q1fu2eqiTpWj4ES9CeZJXLsszBjgVsyY="><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Raleway">Lord
Charles Hotel</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Raleway;color:black">, Somerset West, close to Stellenbosch, South Africa.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Raleway;color:black">The
<b>theme</b> for the conference will be <i>Repositories unlocked for machine and humankind.</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">More information on the theme and the Call for Papers will be made available in forthcoming announcements.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">Registration fees
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">(registration will open in 2023):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">Early bird:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">R5 800 (Before 21 April 2023)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">R6 300 (21 April until 2 June 2023)<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">We look forward to welcoming you in June 2023.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">For the Host Organising Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">Ellen Tise, Mimi Seyffert-Wirth,
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:mr@sun.ac.za"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway">Marié Roux</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black">For the Open Repositories Steering Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:C.knowles1@leeds.ac.uk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway">Claire Knowles</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway;color:black"> and
</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:reimer@uchicago.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Raleway">Torsten Reimer</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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