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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">**with apologies for cross-posting**<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The UKSG Committee invites you to suggest topics and speakers for our 2019 Annual Conference, to be held in Telford from<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 April 2019</span></span>. (Click here for information about Telford:<span> </span><a href="https://www.uksg.org/abouttelford" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.uksg.org/<wbr>abouttelford</a>)<span> </span><br><br>The conference attracts almost 1,000 delegates from across the global knowledge community, including librarians, publishers and intermediaries.  It provides a much-respected forum for discussing trends, showcasing initiatives, finding out about current practice across sectors, and connecting with other professionals.<br><br>Suggestions are invited for topics for plenary sessions, breakout sessions and lightning talks; in all cases, we welcome suggestions of speakers alongside topic ideas. Please submit your suggestions via the UKSG website:<span> </span><a href="https://www.uksg.org/UKSG2019Call" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.uksg.org/<wbr>UKSG2019Call</a><span> </span><br><br>The Committee encourages you to get as much relevant and engaging information as possible into the abstract in order to help with our selection.<br><br>To have a truly engaging conference, UKSG believes we need to hear from people with a variety of perspectives and backgrounds - and we particularly want to encourage and include those from under-represented communities. We're not there yet.  If you do not feel you are ready to present a plenary or break-out session, please consider presenting a lightning talk, or volunteering to chair a session or breakout  (For volunteering, please email<span> </span><a href="mailto:bev@uksg.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">bev@uksg.org</a>).<br><br>The deadline for suggestions is Wednesday 6^th<span> </span>June. We will aim to contact you by the end of July to let you know if your idea has been taken up.<br><br>**NB: This is a call specifically for the UKSG Annual Conference in Telford,<span> </span><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="gmail-aQJ" style="top: 2px; z-index: -1;">8-10 April 2019</span></span><span> </span>and is not associated with the UKSG One-Day Conference (London, November 2018) **<br><br>Bev Acreman<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="http://www.uksg.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">www.uksg.org</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">UKSG news on Twitter: @UKSG</p>

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