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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-NG link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>**** Apologies for cross-posting ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>Dear all,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>We’re happy to announce that the call for proposals for the PIDfest – a three-day international summit focusing on persistent identifiers (PIDs) taking place in Prague on June 11–13, 2024 – was extended until Monday, February 26, 2024, 4:00 PM (UTC).</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>We invite you to submit your proposal here:</span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.techlib.cz/en/84897-pidfest-conference"><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'> </span><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#1155CC'>https://www.techlib.cz/en/84897-pidfest-conference</span></a></span><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>For more information please visit:</span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.pidfest.org/"><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'> </span><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#1155CC'>https://www.pidfest.org</span></a></span><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>The PIDfest conference is co-financed by the</span><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.techlib.cz/cs/84666-czech-academic-and-research-discovery-services-cards"><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'> </span><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#1155CC'>CARDS project</span></a></span><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0cm;background:white'><span style='font-family:Barlow;color:#434343'>Best regards,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> 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