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<p>Please join us for the 2018 Jefferson Lab Users Group Annual
Meeting, June 18-20th. Registration is now open. <br>
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The theme of this year's program is "From JLab 12 GeV to the EIC".
The program includes a variety of physics talks, presentations
from the User Group Board, laboratory management and funding
agencies, and Prize winners. Featured speakers will include: <em>A.
Aprahamian;</em> <em>Imaging: M. Diehl, H. Gao, C. Hyde; QCD in
nuclei: T. Mineeva, A. Schmidt, C. Weiss;</em> <em>Spectroscopy:
S. Dobb, T. Skwarnicki, D. Wilson.</em><br>
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We particularly encourage graduate students to attend. Student
registration fees will be waived, courtesy of the Jefferson
Science Associates Initiatives Fund. There will be special
graduate student lunch discussions each day with food provided. <br>
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The poster competition continues, with a first prize of $500, a
second prize of $250, and a third prize of $100. Each winner will
additionally receive $500 in travel support to present their work
at a meeting of their choice. The deadline for poster competition
abstracts is Friday, June 8, 2018 (email to: <a
href="mailto:lorelei@jlab.org">lorelei@jlab.org</a>). </p>
<p>You cannot win if you do not enter!</p>
<p>The Users Group Board of Directors will meet on the evenings of
June 18th and 19th. If you have comments, questions, or issues to
be raised at the meeting, please notify one of the board members.
Voting is underway to replace some of those members of the Users
Group Board of Directors (UGBoD) who's terms are ending. The
ballot is located at: <a
href="http://www.jlab.org/user_resources/usergroup/ballot.html">http://www.jlab.org/user_resources/usergroup/ballot.html</a>.
<strong>Voting closes May 4th, please vote!</strong><br>
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This project is supported by the JSA Initiatives Fund Program (<a
href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jsallc.org%2FIF%2FIFProjects.html&data=01%7C01%7Clweinste%40odu.edu%7C9a3b3aed2b084325a9eb08d487fbde46%7C48bf86e811a24b8a8cb368d8be2227f3%7C0&sdata=L2AICKYyzKjvYAssVOapId67FsMpGpG%2BpuIbxYan36c%3D&reserved=0">http://www.jsallc.org/IF/IFProjects.html</a>),
a commitment from the JSA owners, SURA and PAE Applied
Technologies. Initiatives Funds support programs, initiatives, and
activities that further the scientific outreach, promote the
science, education and technology of the Jefferson Lab and benefit
the Lab's extended user community in ways that complement the
Lab's basic and applied research missions.</p>
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