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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Date/location: February 7-8, 2024 / Virtual</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Focus: Native Seed Production & Seed-Based Restoration</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">The NNSC connects research, industry,
</span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0">land management, and restoration professionals, providing the premier opportunity to develop relationships and share information about the
collection, research and development, production, and use of native plant materials.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0">Abstract Submission:
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="ContentPasted0">February 7 will focus on Native Seed Production and February 8 will focus on Seed-Based Restoration.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
</span>Abstracts that include one or both conference sub-themes of Climate Change and Indigenous Knowledge are preferred. Presentation time slots are 30 minutes, 20-25 minutes for speaking and 5-10 minutes for questions. Notifications will be sent in November.
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Fee: Regular $90; Equity $45</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;" class="ContentPasted0">Details & Registration: https://appliedeco.org/nnsc24/</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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