<div dir="ltr">(With apologies for multiple postings)<br><br><div>Dear Colleagues,<br><br>This is a reminder that the deadline for submission of abstracts and workshop proposals for the <b>20th Himalayan Languages Symposium</b> is fast approaching. To ensure that your abstract or workshop proposal is considered, please submit it by the deadline of <b>15 January 2014. </b><br>
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</font><p style="margin:12pt 0cm 6pt;line-height:13pt"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Submission of abstracts</span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span></font></p>
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:left;line-height:13pt"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Abstracts
of papers for the main sessions of HLS20 should be submitted online via the Easychair
system using this link:</span><span lang="EN-US"> <a href="https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hls20" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hls20</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">. To
submit an abstract you will first need to sign up for an Easychair account if
you do not already have one. Abstracts should be written in English using a 12
point font and have a maximum length of 350 words including references. Use a
Unicode-compliant font if special characters are required, such as </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=DoulosSIL_download" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Doulos SIL</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">, which is
available as freeware. If you have problems submitting your abstract online,
please contact the conference organizers at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:HLS20.email@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HLS20.email@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">. Information on the
website will be continually updated as conference arrangements progress.</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></b></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:left;line-height:13pt">


<font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"><b>Call for workshops/panels</b><br>


</span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13pt"><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Ideas are
solicited for workshops or panels to be run in parallel with the main sessions
on one or more days of HLS20. Please send suggestions together with a short
write-up of the proposed workshop theme, including names of potential workshop participants,
to </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:HLS20.email@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HLS20.email@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">.</span></font></p>


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</font><p style="margin:12pt 0cm 6pt;line-height:13pt"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Important dates</span></b></font></p><font>

</font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:13pt"><font><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">15 January 2014</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">:<span>    </span>deadline for submission of abstracts and
workshop proposals<br>
<b>15 March 2014</b>:<span>        </span>notification of acceptance of papers</span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:13pt"><font>Conference website: <a href="http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/HLS20/">http://portal.cohass.ntu.edu.sg/HLS20/</a></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:13pt">Kind regards,</p><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"></span></font><p style="margin-bottom:6pt;line-height:13pt">
<font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">Alexander R. Coupe</span></font></p><font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">HLS20 Conference Chair<br>


email: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:HLS20.email@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">HLS20.email@gmail.com</span></a></span></font><br></div></div>