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                                    <div style="text-align: center;"> <span
                                        style="font-size: 14pt;">First
                                        Announcement</span></div>
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                                        style="font-size: 14pt;">and</span></div>
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                                        for Abstracts<br>
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                                        style="font-size: 12pt;"> Abstract
                                        submission deadline: <span
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                                          2018</span></span></div>
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                          <div>Dear Colleague,</div>
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                      Please find in the attachment the First
                      Announcement and Call for Abstracts for the 21st
                      edition</div>
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                      Real Time Conference to be held from <span
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                              June 15</span></span></span></span>, 2018</div>
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                      Virginia, USA.</div>
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                      conference poster which we encourage you to
                      download and display at your</div>
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                      organizing committee for this conference I look
                      forward to welcoming you to</div>
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                      General Chair</div>
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                      National Accelerator Facility</div>
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