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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">Date/location:<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">March
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">Call for abstracts:</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px;color:black"><span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)" class="ContentPasted0">The
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">Seed Conference in the Washington DC metro area from March 27th-30th, 2023. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">Abstract submission is open now! </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">The National Native Seed Conference invites you to submit an abstract for </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">oral and poster presentations for the 2023 conference. The NNSC is </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">dedicated to the science, practice, and policy of producing and effectively </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">using native seed. The conference supports the America the Beautiful </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">Executive Order, National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration, </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">and the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">The theme for the conference is Cultivating the Restoration Supply Chain. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">Please keep in mind the theme and session topics when submitting an </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">abstract as you will be required to select at least one relevant session </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">for your presentation. Oral presentations are typically 20 minutes </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">(including 5 minutes for questions). Posters will be presented at the </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)">poster session on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023. </span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">Submit abstract here</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">:<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkS5w5WaDwCxOv7wC0UZuxJf4HygGe5w7Ghi8ilqqEhVR1HA/viewform" class="ms-outlook-linkify ContentPasted0" target="_blank" style="margin:0px">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkS5w5WaDwCxOv7wC0UZuxJf4HygGe5w7Ghi8ilqqEhVR1HA/viewform</a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">Conference website:<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://appliedeco.org/native-seed-conference/" class="ms-outlook-linkify ContentPasted0" target="_blank" style="margin:0px">https://appliedeco.org/native-seed-conference/</a></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34)"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">Fees/other: Early Bird registration through December 1, 2022:<span class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(84, 141, 212)"><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"> </span></span><span class="x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px">$535</span><span class="x_ContentPasted0" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(84, 141, 212)"><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></p>
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