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<p align="center"><font><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Palestinian International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:red">PICICT
 2013)</span></b></font></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>April 15 - 16, 2013</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Faculty of Information Technology</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Islamic University of Gaza</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Gaza, Palestine </font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>The conference aims to bring 
together researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners to 
exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, developments, 
applications and research results on all aspects of Information
 and communication Technology and discuss the practical challenges 
encountered and the solutions adopted.</font></span></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Conference Objectives</font></span></b></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">To be aware of and share the latest research and developmental results in Information Technology.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">To discuss state of the art challenges and solutions in Information Technology.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">To stimulate scientific research in Palestine and mix it with Arab and international expertise.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">To gather experts inside Palestine and enhance research cooperation and establish a basis for joint research.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">To study and discuss the status of IT infrastructure in Palestine and the Middle East.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font> </font></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Organizer and Location</font></span></b></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>PICICT 2013 is organized by the 
Faculty of Information Technology, the Islamic University of Gaza and 
will be held at: conference hall building, Islamic University of Gaza, 
main campus.</font></span></p>

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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Call for Papers </font></span></b></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to:
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Software Engineering.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Databases.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Service Oriented Architecture.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">WWW and Social Networks</span>.<span style="line-height:105%"></span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Mobile and Wireless Computing.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Multimedia.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Knowledge Management.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Data Mining.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Semantic Web.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Natural Language Processing.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Image Processing.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Management and Information Systems</span>.<span style="line-height:105%"></span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Geographical Information Systems.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Information Security.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Computer Mathematics.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Formal Methods.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Parallel and Distributed Computing.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Web Computing.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Grid Computing.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Cloud Computing</span>.<span style="line-height:105%"></span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Computer Architecture and Microprocessors.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Telecommunication and Network Technologies.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">eLearning.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">eGovernment. </span>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">eCommerce/eBusiness.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">eHealth.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Status of Information Technology and Infrastructure in Palestine and the Middle East.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Legal and Ethical issues of Information Technology.</span></font></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%;font-family:Symbol">-<span style="line-height:normal;font-family:'Times New Roman'">      
</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Green Technology.</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font> </font></span></b></p>
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<font><b><span style="line-height:105%">Submission of Abstracts and Papers</span></b><span style="line-height:105%"></span></font></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Interested researchers are invited 
to submit their abstracts of one page summarizing their work.  Upon 
acceptance of the abstract, they will submit a full IEEE style paper 
describing their work in a maximum of 6
 single-spaced double column pages. Electronic submission in Microsoft 
Word or PDF format will be made available via PICICT2013
<b><i>EasyChair</i></b> conference system according to schedule.  </font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font> </font></span></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Evaluation Process and proceedings</font></span></b></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Authors whose articles are accepted
 by the conference’s scientific committee will be notified and required 
to present their work in the conference.  All accepted papers will be 
published in the conference proceedings.</font></span></p>

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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Organizing Committee</font></span></b></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Tawfiq Barhoom, General Chair, Dean Faculty of IT, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Rebhi Baraka, Head of the organizing committee, Faculty of IT, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Prof. Dr. Nabil Hewahi, Head of the scientific committee, Faculty of IT,
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Prof. Dr. Ayman Sakka, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Hamed Fawareh, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Zarqa University, Jordan.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Zaigham Mahmood, Asst Head, DISYS (Distributed & Intelligent Systems) Research Group, University of Derby, UK.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Mahmoud Saheb, Director of Quality Assurance Unit, Polytechnic University, Hebron, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Salman Talahmeh, President Assistant for Planning & Development, Ahliya University, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Alaa Alhalees, Faculty of IT, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Adel Khelifi, Software Engineering Department, Alhosn University, UAE.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Ashraf Alattar, Faculty of IT, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Ayman Abu Samra, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Hatem Elaydi, Faculty of Engineering, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Yousuf Abu Shaaban, Faculty of Engineering and IT, Al- Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Manar Abu Talib, College of Information Technology, Zayed University, UAE.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Mohammed Radi, Faculty of Applied Science, Alaqsa University, Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Yousef Abu Zer, Al-Quds Open University, West Bank, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Eng. Ehab Mortaja, Faculty of IT, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine.</font></span></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font> </font></span></b></p>
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<font><b><span style="line-height:105%">Technical Support:</span></b><span style="line-height:105%"></span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Dr. Raed Salha</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Mr. Ramzi Abed</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Mr. Ghasan Jabr</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Mr. Mohmed elekawy</span></font></p>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Correspondence</font></span></b></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Direct all correspondence to:</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Dr. Rebhi Baraka, Faculty of Information Technology, Islamic University of Gaza.</font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Tel. <a href="tel:00970%2082860700%20ext%202950" value="+97082860700" target="_blank">00970 82860700 ext 2950</a></font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Fax. <a href="tel:00970%2082860800" value="+97082860800" target="_blank">00970 82860800</a></font></span></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Email: </font></span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:105%"><a href="mailto:rbaraka@iugaza.edu.ps" target="_blank">rbaraka@iugaza.edu.ps</a></span></p>
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<font><b><span style="line-height:105%">Additional Information</span></b><span style="line-height:105%"></span></font></p>
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<span style="line-height:105%"><font>Visit PICICT 2013 official website at:</font></span></p>
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<font><span style="line-height:105%"><a href="http://fit.iugaza.edu.ps/picict/" target="_blank">http://fit.iugaza.edu.ps/<wbr>picict/</a></span>
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<b><span style="line-height:105%"><font>Important Dates</font></span></b></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Abstract Submission by September 15, 2012</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Notification of Acceptance by October 1, 2012</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Paper Submission (Full Paper) by December 15, 2012</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Notification of Acceptance by January 15, 2013</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Final Paper Submission by February 1, 2013</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Participants' Registration by February 15, 2013</span></font></p>
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</span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="line-height:105%">Conference Dates April 15 - 16, 2013</span></font></p></div></body></html>