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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Want to present at LUG? Be sure to submit your abstract by the <b>February 26th deadline</b>: <a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/LUG2017"><span style='color:#0000E9'>https://easychair.org/cfp/LUG2017</span></a>. Accepted abstracts will be notified in time to take advantage of early bird registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We have a great week planned – including a range of presentations on best practices and boundary-pushing deployments as well as a hackathon. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Networking opportunities abound with an opening reception sponsored by DDN, Dinner and a Show sponsored by Intel, and a pub crawl sponsored by WARP/HGST.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>See the conference overview at <a href="https://lug17.sched.com/list/descriptions/"><span style='color:#0000E9'>lug17.sched.com/list/descriptions/</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Time is running out for LUG17 early bird registration! Register now at <a href="http://opensfs.org/lug-2017/"><span style='color:#0000E9'>opensfs.org/lug-2017/</span></a> to take advantage of the early bird rate of $499. After March 15, fees increase substantially.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Questions about the conference? Contact pti@iu.edu. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We look forward to seeing you in Bloomington!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>