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<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear colleagues,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I’m delighted to share with you that registration for the International Conference on Neutron Scattering (ICNS) is now open
</span><a href="https://discongress.eventsair.com/icns-2025/icns2025-registration/Site/Register"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">here</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">An early bird registration fee is available until<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>20 March 2025</b>. As conference organisers, we are working hard to identify opportunities to support early
career researchers to attend ICNS2025. A reduced registration fee applies for PhD students and there are some bursary opportunities for PhD students (on provision of a suitable abstract). We will circulate other opportunities as they are confirmed.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">In addition, we are accepting abstracts for presentations and posters until<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>8 January 2025</b>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The conference will take place from 6-10 July, 2025, at the Bella Centre, close to the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as the Loop near the ESS campus in Lund, Sweden. The programme is taking shape
and the latest information is provided on our website <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://icns2025.org" title="https://icns2025.org/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">https://icns2025.org</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please do distribute this information with those who would be interested to attend. We look forward to welcoming you to the conference, a tour of the ESS, and the long summer nights in Scandinavia.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Many thanks, on behalf of the Local Organising Committee,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Carina</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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