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We are delighted to announce the 28th International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects (<b class="">DIS2021</b>). It will be hosted by Stony Brook University & the Center for Frontiers in Nuclear Science (CFNS) with support from NIKHEF,
and held on <b class="">April 12-16, 2021</b>. Anticipating travel and gathering restrictions due to COVID-19 to continue, we plan to have it <b class="">virtually using ZOOM </b>and other such communication tools.</div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The scientific program of the conference will include six working groups (WGs):</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Small-x, diffraction, and vector meson production</span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-stretch:normal">
<span class="" style="font-size:12pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Electroweak Physics and Beyond the Standard Model </span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-stretch:normal">
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The official Web Page of the meeting is: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.stonybrook.edu_cfns_dis2021_&d=DwMFaQ&c=CJqEzB1piLOyyvZjb8YUQw&r=TI1-uR1CNrL-lIqQDSyKdw&m=v_GSIxkjIECijmt8GzQys9lurggRuRfFFuy1QKY1hw0&s=8XgY7bTCVkGzua8435afPhLh23Lf3bRuD-n_FAifpRM&e=" class="" style="color:blue">https://www.stonybrook.edu/cfns/dis2021/</a></div>
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<b class="">Registration and parallel sessions abstract submission are now open</b>. The website will be updated with more details as we move closer to the date of the meeting.</div>
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<b class="">Important Dates:</b></div>
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1st Announcement December 2, 2020</div>
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2nd Announcement January 11, 2021</div>
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Additional announcements as needed.</div>
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Registration December 1, 2020 -March 31, 2021 (Open now)</div>
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Abstract Submission December 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021 (open now)</div>
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First announcement of accepted parallel session talks March 1, 2021</div>
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<b class="">Conference Dates April 12-16, 2021</b></div>
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We are working towards an exciting program including new results & excitement from experiments and theory in plenary and parallel sessions, a special session on the future of QCD and the annual Altarelli Prize. We will have a slightly different daily schedule
of talks compared to the past DIS meeting to accommodate various time zones. Unfortunately, one can never capture all time zones, so all talks will be recorded and will be available daily, to be viewed by those of you in far away time zones. Discussions sessions
at more friendly/convenient times to those time zones are being considered. </div>
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There is no registration fee for DIS2021, but registration is required to attend the meeting and to submit abstracts so that optimal ZOOM arrangements can be made and appropriately distributed.</div>
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We look forward to seeing you virtually in DIS2021 and to your participation in various discussions. </div>
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For DIS2021 Local Organizing Committee & The International Advisory Committee </div>
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