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    <b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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          Collaborations Between France &amp; USA: Opportunities &amp;
          Current Programs</span></font></b>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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          &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Monday, Nov. 8<br>
          3:30 p.m.<br>
          CEBAF Center Auditorium</span></font></p>
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          Coffee<br>
          3:15 p.m. </span></font></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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            Scientists, Engineers and Students</u><span style=""></span>
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    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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          from the French Embassy in Washington and from the Centre
          National de la Recherche Scientifique office for North America
          will describe their policies fostering cooperation and the
          tools and opportunities that enable the scientific
          collaborations between France and the U.S. </span></font></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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          &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Also, Jacques
          Martino, recently appointed director of the L&#8217;Institut
          National de Physique Nucl&eacute;aire et de Physique des Particles
          (IN2P3), will talk about the future plans for IN2P3.</span></font></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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          The Office for Science and Technology, as well as the Office
          for Higher Education and the CNRS office support co-operative
          programs between France and the U.S., organizing events,
          issuing reports and newsletters to the French science and
          higher education community. Helpful tools, such as the Partner
          University Fund (PUF program), the Chateaubriand fellowships
          for co-supervised Ph.D.s, and international laboratories (UMI,
          LIA) of CNRS and other research institutes, will be described.</span></font></p>
    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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          &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">IN2P3 is a French
          Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique institute created
          in 1971. Its purpose is to promote and unite research
          activities in the various fields of physics.</span></font></p>
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            style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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    <p class="MsoPlainText"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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          &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;">Jacques Martino,
          Director, IN2P3<br>
          Annick Suzor-Weiner, Counselor for Science &amp; Technology,
          French Embassy<br>
          Pascal Delisle, Executive Director, Partner University Fund,
          French Embassy<br>
          Jean Favero, Director, CNRS for U.S. &amp; Canada, French
          Embassy</span></font></p>
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