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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; color:#606060"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; color:#606060">Dear Colleague,<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; color:#606060"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; color:#606060">This is a gentle reminder that the SSILA Program Committee is now accepting abstracts for the 2017 Annual Meeting, which
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; color:#606060"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Verdana; color:#606060">Attached is the Call for Papers and the EasyChair Submissions instructions.  The EasyChair Submissions pdf provides detailed
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Carolyn MacKay<br>
SSILA Executive secretary<br>
SSILA2016@gmail.com</span></span><br>
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