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<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Come join your colleagues from around the world!</div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">We are excited to announce that the registration for IPRES2015 is almost filled. If you are thinking of attending the premiere international conference on Digital Preservation, to be held in Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, USA from November 2-6, 2015, register soon as space is limited. IPRES rotates between North America, Asia, and Europe and it will not be North America again until 2018. For more detailed information regarding the 2015 event, please visit <a href="http://ipres2015.org/"><font color="blue"><u>http://ipres2015.org/</u></font></a>.
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<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Registration rates include: </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">$750 inclusive of the conference, workshops, tutorials, and all receptions and dinner (M-F); </li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">$575 for the main conference including dinner and two receptions</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">$300 for full-times students for the entire week</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">$150 for full-day workshops and tutorials</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">$100 for half-day workshops and tutorials</li></ul>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Full Registration Includes 5 days of activities:</div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">All sessions</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Workshops/tutorials (Monday and Friday)</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Monday and Wednesday receptions</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Conference dinner on Tuesday</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Lunch daily</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Morning and afternoon refreshments</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Bus service to and from many hotels to the conference</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Bus service to the Monday reception and Tuesday dinner</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Free parking at the Friday Center for drivers</li></ul>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">See the Registration tab on the IPRES2015 website. </div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Descriptions of the workshops and tutorials can be found at <a href="https://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/workshops-and-tutorials/"><font color="blue"><u>https://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/workshops-and-tutorials/</u></font></a>.
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<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Conference topics include but are not limited to explorations in digital preservation focused on: </div>
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<li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Institutional opportunities and challenges</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Infrastructure (organizational and technological) opportunities and challenges</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Innovative practice</li><li style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Education and training</li></ul>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Please see <a href="http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/ipres-2015-program/"><font color="blue"><u>http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/ipres-2015-program/</u></font></a><b> </b>for conference program. </div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Chapel Hill is home to the University of North Carolina, the flagship campus of the UNC system, the oldest public university in the US, and one of the top schools in the country. While exuding a small town feel,
Chapel Hill offers food, fun, and culture the caliber of a big city. Check out this recent <i>New York Times</i> travel piece, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/travel/what-to-do-in-36-hours-in-chapel-hill-carrboro.html"><font color="blue"><u>36 Hours
in Chapel Hill-Carborro, N.C.</u></font></a>, for just a taste of what the town has to offer. While here for the conference, you will have the opportunity to dine at world class eateries, grab a drink at some blossoming breweries, and experience a wealth of
museums and other cultural offerings. Also, the leaves will just be turning the first week of November!</div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><font color="red"><b>IMPORTANT: </b><font color="black">A refund will be offered, minus a $100.00 processing fee, for refund inquiries submitted before October 1, 2015. NO REFUNDS ARE PERMITTED AFTER OCTOBER 1,
2015. For refund inquiries, please contact Cassie Ragan at </font><a href="mailto:cmragan@email.unc.edu"><font color="blue"><u>cmragan@email.unc.edu</u></font></a><font color="black">.</font></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">Thank you for your interest in the 2015 iPRES Conference, we look forward to seeing you in Chapel Hill in November! For accommodations, please visit <a href="http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/accommodations/"><font color="blue"><u>http://ipres2015.web.unc.edu/accommodations/</u></font></a>.</div>
<div style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt;">For questions concerning the Conference please contact Cal Lee at <a href="mailto:callee@email.unc.edu"><font color="blue"><u>callee@email.unc.edu</u></font></a> or Helen Tibbo at <a href="mailto:tibbo@email.unc.edu"><font color="blue"><u>tibbo@email.unc.edu</u></font></a>.
For questions concerning registration or payment please contact Cassie Ragan at <a href="mailto:cmragan@email.unc.edu"><font color="blue"><u>cmragan@email.unc.edu</u></font></a>.</div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Hope to see you in Chapel Hill! -Helen</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Alumni Distinguished Professor </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">President, 2010-2011 & Fellow, Society of American Archivists</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">School of Information and Library Science </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">201 Manning Hall, CB#3360</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill </span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Tel: 919-962-8063</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#1F497D"><span style="font-size:14pt;">Fax: 919-962-8071</span></font></div>
<div><font face="Garamond" size="4"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><a href="mailto:tibbo@ils.unc.edu"><font color="blue"><u>tibbo@ils.unc.edu</u></font></a></span></font></div>
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