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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Engage with open. Engage with the future. Engage with FORCE2018.</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><img src="cid:164b831586c444445db1" alt="Screen Shot 2018-07-19 at 14.05.41.png" class="" style="max-width: 100%;"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">FORCE2018 is coming to Montreal this October.</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Are you a researcher or a librarian? You might be a publisher, or a funder of research.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Whatever your position, you have an important role to ensure research is easily found and shared so that everyone can benefit from the latest results.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>The FORCE meeting is a place where communities come together.</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018/registration/registration" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">REGISTER NOW</a></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Early-bird registration ends<span> </span><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aQJ">August 31, 2018</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">What is FORCE2018?</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">FORCE2018 is a different conference. It promotes open discussions on an open future for scholarly communications. It looks beyond the publication to the needs of all involved in the research enterprise, including the producers and the users of research. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The wide variety of this year’s talks cover many themes, including</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Open Data, Open Source and Open Scholarship<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Research classification and interdisciplinary research<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">New ways to share research results<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Reproducibility<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Community outreach and impact</li></ul></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>Sometimes controversial. Often different. Always inspiring.</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="4">Why else should you attend?</font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">What makes the FORCE2018 conference special, and unmissable, is the opportunity to connect and collaborate with committed people from across sectors. We may approach things from different perspectives, but we all care about research. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">We all want to realise the benefits of enhanced access to the world’s knowledge. </div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><b>So, please join us for three days in fabulous Montreal, Canada and engage in great conversation. </b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">FORCE2018 Conference will be held in Montreal, Canada on<span> </span><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aQJ">October 11 & 12, 2018</span></span><span> </span>at the New Residence Conference Center at McGill University. Pre-conference workshops held on<span> </span><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aQJ">October 10</span></span><span> </span>at Concordia University's Webster Library. You can check out the full schedule<span> </span><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018/program/program" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2018/registration/registration" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">REGISTER NOW</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Early-bird registration ends<span> </span><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom:1px dashed rgb(204,204,204)"><span class="m_-6163485981394270833gmail-aQJ">August 31, 2018</span></span></div>
<br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(I'm a member of the FORCE11 board of directors)</div></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jennifer McLennan<div>Head of External Relations, eLife</div><div><a href="https://elifesciences.org/about">https://elifesciences.org/about</a> </div><div>@jmclenna</div><div>+44 (0) 7903 288 847</div></div></div>