<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">On behalf of the PROPOR-2014 program committee we are pleased to announce that PROPOR-2014 submission is now open. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">Instructions are provided on the following link:</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://nilc.icmc.usp.br/propor2014/index.php/submissions">http://nilc.icmc.usp.br/propor2014/index.php/submissions</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Submission Deadline is March 14 (23:55</span> BRT). </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">For further information please see PROPOR-2014 call for papers:</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://nilc.icmc.usp.br/propor2014/">http://nilc.icmc.usp.br/propor2014/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">We are looking forward to a very rewarding and enjoyable conference!<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">PROPOR-2014 Program Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">--Sara Candeias<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span lang="EN-GB">--Ivandré Paraboni<o:p></o:p></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></div></body></html>