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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>=============================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>3rd Int. Conf. on Weblogs and Social
Media (ICWSM-2009)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>May 17-20, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>San Jose</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.A.</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.icwsm.org/2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>=============================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Sponsored by the Association for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The social and community driven
aspects of our digital lives continue to rapidly increase, resulting in
transformative behaviours and, significantly, publishing and distributing huge
amounts of fascinating data. The International Conference on Weblogs and Social
Media will meet once more in 2009 to discuss the latest research analyzing and
leveraging this resource. As with previous meetings, we will bring together a
wide range of researchers and industry practitioners from many disciplines
providing a unique opportunity for sharing ideas and collaboration in this
space.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>AREAS OF INTEREST<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Disciplines which are relevant to
our meeting include computer science, linguistics, psychology, statistics,
sociology, multimedia and semantic web technologies. The following are key
areas of interest:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[01] Psychological,
personality-based and ethnographic studies of social media<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[02] Analyzing relationship between
social media and mainstream media<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[03] Centrality/influence of social
media publications and authors both within genres and between genres of data<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[04] Ranking/relevance of blogs; web
page ranking based on blogs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[05] Data acquisition:
crawling/spidering and indexing<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[06] Human computer interaction;
social media tools; navigation and visualization<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[07] Multimedia: tools and
techniques for distribution, sharing, and analysis of social activity
with/around multimedia.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[08] Semantic analysis; cross-system
and cross-media name tracking; named relations and fact extraction; discourse
analysis; summarization<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[09] Semantic Web; unstructured
knowledge management; collaborative creation of structured knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[10] Subjectivity in textual data;
sentiment analysis; polarity/opinion identification and extraction<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[11] Social network analysis;
communities identification; expertise and authority discovery; collaborative
filtering<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[12] Text categorization; topic
recognition; demographic/gender/age identification<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[13] Trend identification and
tracking; time series forecasting; measuring predictability of phenomena based
on social media<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[14] New social media applications;
interfaces; interaction techniques<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>[15] Trust; reputation;
recommendation systems<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tutorial Proposals: December 1, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Paper Submission: January 21, 2009
****<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Poster/Demo Submission: January 21,
2009 ****<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Paper Acceptance: February 27, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Poster/Demo Acceptance: February 27,
2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Camera Ready Copies: March 10, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tutorials: May 17, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Conference: May 18-20, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>SUBMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>People interested in participating
should submit through the ICWSM-09 website a technical paper (up to 8 pages),
poster or demo description (up to 2 pages) by the deadlines given above
(Midnight PST). Papers must be must be formatted in AAAI two-column,
camera-ready style (see the AAAI author instructions page at http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php).
Authors must register at the ICWSM-09 technical paper submission web site
(available by November 15, 2008). The software will assign a password, which
will enable the author to log on to submit an abstract and paper. In order to
avoid a rush at the last minute, authors are encouraged to register as soon as
possible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Submissions to Other Conferences or
Journals<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ICWSM-09 will not accept any paper
that, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published
or accepted for publication in a journal or conference. This restriction does
not apply to submissions for workshops and other venues with a limited
audience.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>REGISTRATION<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All accepted papers and extended
abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author
must register for the conference by the deadline for camera-ready copy
submission. In addition, the registered author must attend the conference to
present the paper in person.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PUBLICATION<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>All accepted papers and abstracts
will be allocated eight (8) pages in the conference proceedings. Authors will
be required to transfer copyright of their paper to AAAI.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>DATA CHALLENGE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ICWSM-09 is planning to release a
large blog dataset in conjunction with the conference. This data will include
the full content and markup of the blog post as well as extracted text. The
conference invites researchers to explore the dataset and submit their findings
as technical papers. More information will appear soon on the conference
website and in the second call for papers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND TUTORIAL
SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Traditionally the conference invites
world renowned experts to present tutorials and give keynote talks. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Jon Kleinberg, Cornell
University, USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The remaining colleagues will be
announced soon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>GENERAL CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* William W. Cohen, Carnegie
Mellon/Google<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Nicolas Nicolov, J.D.Power and
Associates, McGraw-Hill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PROGRAM CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Natalie Glance, Google<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Matthew Hurst, Live Labs,
Microsoft<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>DATA CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Ian Soboroff, NIST<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Akshay Java, UMBC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>LOCAL CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Cameron Marlow, Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PROGRAM COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Lada Adamic, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Michigan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Navot Akiva, Pudding <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Media</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Noor Ali-Hasan, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Microsoft</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Bettina Berendt, Katholieke <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Universiteit Leuven</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Bran Boguraev, IBM <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Research</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Chris Brooks, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of San Francisco</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Claire Cardie, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cornell University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Steve Cayzer, HP Labs, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Lili Cheng, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Microsoft</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Maarten de Rijke, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Amsterdam</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Thierry Declerck, DFKI <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">GmbH</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Brian Dennis, Lockheed Martin
Corporation, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Chris Diehl, The <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Johns</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hopkins</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> Applied Physics <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Laboratory</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Joan Morris DiMicco, IBM <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Research</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Nathan Eagle, Massachusetts
Institute of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Miriam
Eckert</st1:PersonName>, J.D. Power and Associates, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">McGraw-Hill</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Raymond Elferink, RayCom B.V., The
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Andrew Fiore, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Michael Gamon, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Microsoft</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Kathy E Gill, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Washington</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Scott Golder, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Cornell University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Marko Grobelnik, J. Stefan
Institute, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Slovenia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Michelle Gumbrecht, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Palo Alto Research Center</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* John Henderson, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">MITRE</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Nancy Ide, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Vassar College</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Steliana
Ivanova</st1:PersonName>, J.D.Power and Associates, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">McGraw-Hill</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Heng Ji, The City <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of New York</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Anupam Joshi, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Maryland</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore County</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Jussi Karlgren, Swedish Institute
of Computer <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Science</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Jason Kessler</st1:PersonName></st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State>
University, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Pranam Kolari, Yahoo!, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Christian Konig, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Microsoft</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Moshe Koppel, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Bar-Ilan University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Israel</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Gueorgi Kossinets, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Google</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Andrea La Pietra, <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Thomas Lento, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Facebook</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Kristina Lerman, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Southern California</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Jure Leskovec, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Carnegie Mellon University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Naohiro Matsumura, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Osaka University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Charles Mi, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Opinmind</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Rada Mihalcea, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of North</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Gilad Mishne, Yahoo!, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Paola Monachesi,
Universiteit Utrecht, The <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Mor Naaman, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rutgers University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Kate Niederhoffer,
Nielsen, USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Scott Nowson, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Appen</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Manabu Okumura, Tokyo Institute of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Livia Polanyi, Powerset/Microsoft,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* John Prager, IBM <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Research</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Stephan Raaijmakers, TNO ICT, The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Drago Radev, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Michigan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Laura Ripamonti, Universitą degli <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Studi di Milano</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Tamas Sarlos, Yahoo!, USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Jonathan Schler, Peer39,
Israel<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* David A. Shamma, Yahoo! <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Research</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* James G. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Shanahan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Xiaolin Shi, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Michigan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Sanjay Sood, allvoices, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Ellen Spertus, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Google</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Siddharth Suri, Yahoo!, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Hideaki Takeda, National Institute
of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Informatics</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Jiang Yang, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Michigan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Cheng Zhai, <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName> at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Urbana-Champaign</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Jun Zhang, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">University of Michigan</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>* Ding Zhou, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Facebook</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>For general information regarding
ICWSM-09, please write to icwsm09 ( at ) aaai.org<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dr Nicolas Nicolov<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Senior Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>J.D. Power and Associates
[McGraw-Hill company]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Web Intelligence REsearch Division
(WIRED)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>4888 Pearl East Circle, Suite 300W</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Boulder</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State w:st="on">CO</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">80301</st1:PostalCode>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.A.</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Tel: 303.217.8215 / Cell:
310.754.5010 / Fax: 720.565.6883<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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