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<p class="MsoNormal">Initial States has traditionally been a meeting of the heavy Ion community, but recent results from RHIC and LHC, have made the connections to DIS, both at fixed target and (future) Collider, extremely relevant. JLab and EIC will appear
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers, Abhay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> <b>Initial Stages 2019</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are pleased to announce that Initial Stages 2019, the 5th International Conference on the Initial Stages in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions, will take place at Columbia University from June 24-28, 2019.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The first circular is attached, with a link to the conference website (<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bnl.gov%2Fis2019&data=02%7C01%7C%7C41b84519848e4db037e808d68851597e%7Cb4d7ee1f4fb34f0690372b5b522042ab%7C1%7C0%7C636846280437997915&sdata=RiZVvVvLfiaBk1OWS%2FFNfxR7Y4Z9sltS9TwV2cIRh%2Bk%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://www.bnl.gov/is2019" shash="bpySq8vDQ01gKuGnx4cudq2k1CfstqT8CYYFD9uk0Qs5aE5q6SLTSQw30nPeQnhFGf635k7PMEq2O3wDgt7jQukYW8+nUdnLSrSM++WUWYKTfUY2iXThjpbgoq7PM0Xt0hyT0cdW8yxJjSIaD4eBZVignQSwmR8mdyexPrVQyYg=" target="_blank">http://www.bnl.gov/is2019</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Registration will open in early February and parallel abstracts will be due in early March.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We look forward to seeing everyone in New York in June!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Peter Steinberg and Raju Venugopalan, on behalf of the local organizing committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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