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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:black">International
Workshops on Scientific Collections Associated with Food Security<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;color:black">Orlando,
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25, 2016.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">You are invited to participate in two workshops that take place just prior to the opening of the International Congress of Entomology: (1)
<b>Invasive Pests, Collections as Critical Infrastructure</b>, and (2) <b>Bee Pollinators, Critical Gene Banks</b>. The workshops are sponsored by Scientific Collections International (SciColl) and the USDA Agricultural Research Service. The first workshop
will be held in the morning and the second will start right after lunch, so you can attend one or both, as you wish. These brief workshops will increase international dialogue between those that manage scientific collections and those that use them.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">In short, we will address the question: How can we better utilize collections to improve and conduct research, inform environmental policy-making, interdict invasive species, and protect
pollinators?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">Attached is the Agenda for both workshops. Registration opens Tues, May 3, 2016.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">The registration site is:
</span><a href="https://scicoll.arsnet.usda.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">https://scicoll.arsnet.usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif;background:yellow">Please share this invitation with colleagues that who will benefit the workshop.</span><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">If you plan to attend, please register (registration is free). After registering, you will automatically receive a confirmation email with the location of the workshop. The registration
site will remain open until the meeting reaches maximum capacity for the room (about 100 attendees), so we urge you to register right away.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"">Rosalind James and Kevin Hackett<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">National Program Leaders<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Bookman Old Style",serif">USDA Agricultural Research Service<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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