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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> October 31 – November 2, 2019</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">About the conference</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">The conference will celebrate the </span><span class="m-5497254803206933887msohyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://en.iyil2019.org/" target="_blank">United
Nations’ <i>International Year of Indigenous Languages</i></a></span></span><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">from a variety
of perspectives including <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">policy, education, linguistic, community, and others</span></strong>. Experts from around the globe have been invited to participate in panels, present keynote talks, and share
their work and experiences in promoting Indigenous languages. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Conference themes will include, but are not limited to the following:<span style="background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="m_-5497254803206933887__Hlk531932515"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Community achievements and
</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Indigenous languages</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Community collaborations and partnerships
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Educational policy for language revitalization and maintenance</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white">Indigenous languages in the contemporary world</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Indigenous voices in popular culture (e.g. social media, fiction, poetry, film, hip hop)
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Indigenous languages and multilingualism
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Diaspora and Indigenous language learning
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">While proposals that address these themes are especially encouraged, proposals on other subjects related to Indigenous languages are also welcomed.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">In the spirit of this celebration, participants will share their experiences and knowledge and thus bring community voices, policy voices, and academic voices together. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Presentation format</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">: Paper, poster, performance, and technology or other type of showcase</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Presentation time slots</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">: Papers and performances will be allowed 30 minutes (20 minutes for
presentation + 10 minutes for questions and answers). Poster presentations will run during a determined time slot, but posters will be displayed throughout the day of the poster presentation. Technology or other type of showcases may choose between a presentation
time slot or an exhibit booth. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Proposal deadline</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">: March 1, 2019</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Notification of acceptance:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"> April 1, 2019</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal submission information</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Language</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Proposals should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language (we ask that presenters ensure that translation in English
is made possible in order to be accessible to all participants, while we cannot provide translators we will work with presenters as needed to this end). Because we anticipate a number of non-experts to participate in the conference, we ask that your proposals
and, if accepted, your presentations and posters be devoid of technical jargon and directed towards a non-expert audience.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">
<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Number of proposals</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Authors may submit no more than one individual and one co‑authored proposal, or no more than two co-authored proposals<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Content</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Proposals should describe the content of the presentation, including the intended audience and how it relates to the conference themes
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Length</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Please limit your proposal to 500 words, not including references
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Anonymity</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: To facilitate blind peer review, please do not include your name or affiliation in your proposal or filename. Your proposal should only include
your presentation title, proposal content, and list of references (if applicable)
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Format</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Please submit your abstract as a PDF file or as a Word document
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Due date</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Proposals are due by March 1, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo7">
<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Submission system</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: We will use the EasyChair Proposal submission system. To be able to use this system, you will first need to sign up for a free EasyChair
Author account, if you don't already have one. From there you can submit your abstract as an Author and make any updates or modifications to your proposal submission up to the submission deadline. Submit your proposal here to
<span class="m-5497254803206933887msohyperlink"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__easychair.org_conferences_-3Fconf-3Diyil2019&d=DwIEaQ&c=B_W-eXUX249zycySS1AyzjABMeYirU1wvo9-GmMObjY&r=9Hcv0m1oPGTrFzT5ksqW0w&m=Ydq-oJ3BReixZJ9BwkQ5l7vBJx0eBLIlb6t01LLK-ug&s=5e1MmvqA2ayFsRxbwBO3zOkzjdeOmst83sL7TMoUCGE&e=" target="_blank">EasyChair</a></span>.
If you should have questions about the system, please contact Carmen Jany at <span class="m-5497254803206933887msohyperlink">
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<u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Other submission possibilities</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">: Hard copy submissions will be accepted from those who do not have Internet access. Please send
one hard copy of your proposal, along with the following information: (1) your name, (2) affiliation, (3) mailing address, (4) phone number, (5) email address, and (6) title of your paper. Hard copies must be post-marked on or before March 15, 2019 and may
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">5500 University Parkway<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">San Bernardino, CA, United States 92407</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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