<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:12.8px">Aloha!</font></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-im"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Abstract submission<span> </span></span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">EXTENDED</span><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">for the 2018 Hawaiʻi Native Seed Conference and Hawaiʻi Seed Bank Partnership Meeting taking place </span></font><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aBn"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aQJ"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aQJ">May 15-18 2018</span></span></span></span></b><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.<span> </span></span></font><span style="font-size:12.8px">Abstracts</span><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> will be accepted until<span> </span><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aQJ">March 18, 2018</span></span>. Information and updates are available here: </span></font></font><a href="http://laukahi.org/hnsc2018/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">http://laukahi.org/hnsc2<wbr>018/</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div></span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">The Hawai‘i Native Seed Conference brings together conservationists, horticulturalists, researchers, and others working with seeds of native Hawaiian plants to share knowledge with each other and visiting experts. The conference will take place from <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aQJ">May 15-18, 2018</span></span></span>, at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. The conference will begin with an optional meeting of the <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><a href="http://laukahi.org/hawaii-seed-bank-partnership/" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">Hawai‘i Seed Bank Partnership</a> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">on <u><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aQJ">May 15</span></span></u>. The following days will feature </span>speakers from Hawaiʻi, and several sessions led by staff from the <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.kew.org/science/collections/seed-collection" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);box-sizing:border-box" target="_blank">Kew Millennium Seed Bank Partnership</a></span>. </font>Topics for the conference will focus on strategies and methods for collecting, handling, and processing seed collections for propagation and storage, making this widely applicable for anyone working in ecosystem restoration in the Pacific region. </div><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-im" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><u>Abstracts:</u><span> </span>Extended until <span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-m_6556733009838950977gmail-m_-2296770780433302707gmail-m_1400759723078666165gmail-m_-5015635809609851076gmail-m_4546473192113748327gmail-aBn"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aBn"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aQJ"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aQJ">March 18, 2018</span></span>.</span></span></span></div></span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><u>Early Registration</u>: <span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-m_6556733009838950977gmail-m_-2296770780433302707gmail-m_1400759723078666165gmail-m_-5015635809609851076gmail-m_4546473192113748327gmail-aBn"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aBn"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aQJ">February 1 - March 30,</span></span><span> </span>2018 </span>($90/ $45-students) + $10 for HSBP Meeting<br></div><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-im" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-m_6556733009838950977gmail-m_-2296770780433302707gmail-m_1400759723078666165gmail-m_-5015635809609851076gmail-m_4546473192113748327gmail-aBn"><u>Late Registration</u>: <span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aBn"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-m_-8498709966361397855gmail-m_-877372430855507606gmail-aQJ"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_6745408875797891919gmail-aQJ">April 1-30, 2018</span></span></span></span></span>: Late registration ($125)</div></span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div><br></div><div>Accommodations available at the <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/housing/visitor-housing" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><strong>East-West Center Visitor Housing</strong></a> (on UH Mānoa campus). Visit their webpage to see room types and rates. Updates on this will be posted here: <a href="http://laukahi.org/hnsc2018/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://laukahi.org/hnsc2<wbr>018/</a></div></div></div>
<br clear="all"><div><div class="m_6745408875797891919gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#6aa84f" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#6aa84f" style="font-size:12.8px"> Marian M. Chau, Ph.D.</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#6aa84f"> Seed Conservation Laboratory Manager</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#6aa84f"> Lyon Arboretum, Hawaiian Rare Plant Program</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#6aa84f"> 3860 Mānoa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79);font-size:12.8px"> <a href="tel:(808)%20988-0469" value="+18089880469" target="_blank">(808) 988-0469</a></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(106,168,79);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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