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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">This is the second <span class="">announcement</span> of
the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) Users Group Meeting, which
will be held at UC Berkeley's Le Conte Hall from January 6-9,
2016. We have now posted the agenda for the meeting, so
please have a look. Also, we are delighted to announce that
the meeting will include a public lecture by Frank Wilczek on
Intersections of Art and Science. The agenda can be found,
along with the registration page and logistical information
at <a href="http://eicug2016.lbl.gov/" target="_blank">http://eicug2016.lbl.gov</a></font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Important dates and highlights:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">- Registration will close December 18, 2015</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">- Hotel and onsite housing are filling up and
several of the blocked rooms will be released as soon
as December 5 (!), so please make your housing arrangements as
soon as possible. The Durant and Shattuck hotels are within
walking distance to the meeting venue, many restaurants, and
public transportation to area airports.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">- If you would like to present a talk at this
meeting, please contact the session conveners for the sessions
found via the above meeting page.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">We look forward to seeing you at UC Berkeley in
January!</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">The Local Organizing Committee:</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Barbara Jacak, LBNL & UC Berkeley</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Daniel Cebra, UC Davis</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Tom Gallant, LBNL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Huan Huang, UCLA</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Peter Jacobs, LBNL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Spencer Klein, LBNL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Ming Liu, LANL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Richard Seto, UC Riverside</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Ernst Sichtermann, LBNL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Ron Soltz, LLNL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Jochen Thäder, LBNL</font></p>
<p style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica,
sans-serif">Feng Yuan, LBNL</font></p>
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