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<span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:red">Deadline: December 1, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;color:red">Invitation to Submit Abstracts<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">You are invited to submit <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/abstract-template-final.pdf">presentation abstracts</a> and <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/sites/default/files/affiliated-form-2016-gene-conservation-workshop.pdf">proposals for affiliated meetings or special sessions</a> for the Gene Conservation of Tree Species workshop to be held at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL, May 16 - 19, 2016.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">All poster and oral presentation abstracts are due by December 1, 2015 and should be submitted electronically following guidelines on the workshop website<b> (</b><a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/gene-conservation-workshop" target="_blank"><b>http://www.fs.fed.us/about-agency/gene-conservation-workshop</b></a><span><b>).</b></span><span><b><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></b></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">We encourage you to submit abstracts related to the following workshop topics, although submissions dealing with any aspect of the conservation of trees are also welcome.
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span lang="EN">Presentation manuscripts will be reviewed, edited and published online as proceedings, and possibly in a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal. Authors who submit manuscripts should expect to provide reviews
of colleague’s contributions. <strong>Manuscripts must be received before May 31, 2016.</strong> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:windowtext">Early registration cutoff date is December 31, 2015<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:windowtext">Paper acceptance notice on or around February 15, 2016<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<div><div style="font-family:arial"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent"><b>Murphy Westwood, PhD</b></span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Tree Conservation Specialist at <a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#3d85c6">The Morton Arboretum</font></a> &</span><br></font></div></div><div style="font-family:arial"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Global Tree Conservation Officer for <a href="http://www.bgci.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#3d85c6">Botanic Gardens Conservation International</font></a></span></font></div><div><font size="2" style="font-family:arial">Webpage: </font><font face="arial" size="2" color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.mortonarb.org/murphy-westwood-tree-conservation-specialist" target="_blank">www.mortonarb.org/murphy-westwood-tree-conservation-specialist</a></font></div><div><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">T 630-719-7965 | <font color="#0000ff"> </font><a href="mailto:mwestwood@mortonarb.org" target="_blank"><font color="#3d85c6">mwestwood@mortonarb.org</font></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span> | <a href="https://twitter.com/MurphyWestwood" target="_blank"><font color="#3d85c6">@MurphyWestwood</font></a><font color="#0000ff"> </font></p><p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Morton Arboretum | 4100 Illinois Route 53 | Lisle, Illinois 60532</span><br></p><p style="margin:0px"><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff"> </font></font><font style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Connect with us:</font><font style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font><a href="http://fb.com/MortonArboretum" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">Facebook</font></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MortonArboretum" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">Twitter</font></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="http://instagram.com/mortonarb" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">Instagram</font></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/mortonarboretum/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#3d85c6">Pinterest</font></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> | </span><font color="#3d85c6" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MortonArboretum?feature=chclk" target="_blank">YouTube</a></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://www.mortonarb.org/files/15MRK_Email-Signature_ILLUM.jpg" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><br></p>
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