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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">REGISTRATION and the CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the ILL and ESS European Users Meeting are now OPEN on the conference website</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>– </b></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://neutrons4europe.com/">neutrons4europe.com</a></span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Venue: AF Borgen, Lund, Sweden – 23<sup> </sup>to 25 September 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Abstracts (oral presentations) deadline: 6 May 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Abstracts (poster presentations) deadline: 5 August 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Early bird registration deadline: 5 June 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">General registration deadline: 2<sup> </sup>September 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">The neutron landscape in Europe is going through a period of dramatic change. The future is bright, but the facilities and community must take a proactive
approach to manage the impending changes and ensure the vitality of neutron scattering in Europe. ILL and ESS therefore feel it is timely to organise a User Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">This meeting promises a series of exciting and interesting plenary lectures, as well as an update from both the ILL and ESS. In addition, we are arranging
five parallel sessions to provide focused discussions on topics including: Chemistry of Materials, Magnetism, Fundamental and Particle Physics, Life Sciences, Soft Condensed Matter, Engineering and Materials Science, Imaging and Data Science. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">When registering for the User Meeting, you are asked to indicate which of the parallel topics is of interest to you. Space at the conference venue
is limited and we want to ensure that the largest rooms are allocated for the topics attracting the most participants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">We are offering a small number of student bursaries, each of which will be the provision of up to 300 EUR towards accommodation for the conference.
These will be offered on a first come, first served basis - please register soon if you wish to be successful.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">We very much hope you can join us for a stimulating meeting on the future opportunities for neutron scattering in Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">The Directors of ILL and ESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:SV">European Spallation Source ERIC</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:12.65pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:SV">Visiting address: Odarslövsvägen 113, 224 84 Lund</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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