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2024 NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Date/location:</b> 28 October – 1 November, 2024 / Vancouver, BC</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;"><b>Theme:</b> Cross-Biome Connections: Ecological Restoration on a Diverse Continent</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>What will you learn?</b></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The SER North American 2024 Conference will provide an interactive forum to learn and share about the science and practice
of ecological restoration across ecosystems and disciplines to better connect a diverse and engaged restoration community.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">SER 2024 North American Conference is being planned in cooperation with SER-North West, SER- Western Canada and other partners
in North America, the home of many histories, heritages, backgrounds and Indigenous communities.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Learn about new theories, approaches and practices in a transdisciplinary environment.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Share your experiences with ecological restoration across biomes, ecosystems and communities.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Connect with a diverse group to improve ecological restoration and conservation across North America</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Call for proposals</b>: https://sernac.org/call-for-proposals/</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;"><b>Preliminary
</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Schedule</b>: https://sernac.org/schedule/</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: black;"><b>Fees/other</b>: TBD</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Details & Registration</b>: https://sernac.org/</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Hosted by:</b> The 2024 Conference is co-hosted by the Northwest, Western Canada, North American Coordinating Committees,
and SER.</span></p>
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