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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>Global Plant Conservation Science and Outreach<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>A Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>Friday, October 2, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
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size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>, <st1:State w:st="on">IL</st1:State></span></font></b></st1:place><b><font
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font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chicago</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Botanic Garden</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and the Botanic Gardens
Conservation International partner to highlight some of the best plant
conservation research, practice, and outreach from around the globe and discuss
how we keep moving forward from here, particularly in the context of climate
change. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>For
program details: <b><span style='font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.chicagobotanic.org/jmp">www.chicagobotanic.org/jmp</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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