<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-02f3a292-7fff-bb7e-0792-f60e74660f25" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Dear colleagues, </font></span></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">You can now </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fforce2019-edinburgh-tickets-61091464214&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C6daa16696b7941cc611108d6ff959a3c%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=I5CEEf%2BltgsmFSfMG7yS4G1icJPlBv0g6f7%2Fg0Ut%2FNM%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/force2019-edinburgh-tickets-61091464214" shash="se7xn2b/hCgSIaD9msE1EfAz7NcTCXuSemcUTvPrHlLRx4I1YOGl55s2If85hPC8OqSnu6Rl8JcjLKbae/rae9RwF5nfyv9G0SPPF6CpbxqJOiiO5D4xDhCsmv7n3NkuSW73loJE9gr4uLOuNlBj5SAYZ4KW0vPm5B5vGHrTBso=" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">sign up</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> to join us for the next instalment of the popular, solutions-focused FORCE11 meeting – in Edinburgh October 16-17, with workshops on the 15th. </span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">We’re meeting this year at the historic BT Murrayfield Rugby Stadium. So, in addition to all the thought-provoking talks and sessions, you’ll also have the chance to take in a little sport history. </font></span></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We’ve announced two of our keynotes already – </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.force11.org%2Fmeetings%2Fforce2019%2Fspeakers%2Fkeynote-presenters&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C6daa16696b7941cc611108d6ff959a3c%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=dacWJUop04EFE8%2F87C8Qe6pf8g4XdgHO54z1W%2FFY%2BuM%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/speakers/keynote-presenters" shash="Y7Yxz1uAxbnUtJrZlC93MVgri+hTIDzTW4/g+eP1gQ0lURWK0+MbLUlumKlCrXpENxt5NEzYyyHdtNt8CVmC2jSjFebfGic6sZN2tqsXaG2ko8zWnz2OGic4dQcyYO797Da7OxSd9DsqVFC0OX787qtW55Dkd6yspGWqNfePd7w=" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Arfon Smith</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> and </font></span><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Rachel Bruce</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> – and the </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.force11.org%2Fmeetings%2Fforce2019%2Fcommittee%2Fforce2019-committees&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C6daa16696b7941cc611108d6ff959a3c%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=ZVneR1xisiJYlzJDe91nc6lQ4w0iZdWGCS4ODpsh70k%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/committee/force2019-committees" shash="tYCEK7up/O8wW/g/l7hzUbZnQOgv9lv89pRy1THXUU7XlTplVGgSPB4AhdxlmlXQQLEhXgfGxy6fgT5oDm84IGaJaHTOPdaPVL8LbURhb37EP2Aygg3OVsL3VV6eppapa/InkaaDFU48BWXFqlCvs1nq+xwntnR1BW4I6s9C2zM=" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Program Committee</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> is hard at work on the rest of the program now. </span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If you’ve enjoyed past FORCE11 meetings, or haven’t made it to one yet but heard it’s a great meeting, </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fforce2019-edinburgh-tickets-61091464214&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C6daa16696b7941cc611108d6ff959a3c%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=I5CEEf%2BltgsmFSfMG7yS4G1icJPlBv0g6f7%2Fg0Ut%2FNM%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/force2019-edinburgh-tickets-61091464214" shash="se7xn2b/hCgSIaD9msE1EfAz7NcTCXuSemcUTvPrHlLRx4I1YOGl55s2If85hPC8OqSnu6Rl8JcjLKbae/rae9RwF5nfyv9G0SPPF6CpbxqJOiiO5D4xDhCsmv7n3NkuSW73loJE9gr4uLOuNlBj5SAYZ4KW0vPm5B5vGHrTBso=" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">register now</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. Early-bird rates are available until September 1.</span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">More information is available on the </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.force11.org%2Fmeetings%2Fforce2019&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C6daa16696b7941cc611108d6ff959a3c%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=P3YMNdpkE5CuftPJ5Q6KnqGow9OHQ8ZCi4jeAfzdK9g%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019" shash="m41UvcPQsi/UziemhkwtJuM9QDjWmagAl75Pnk4dFfenyJwdc92uyI6aOGDKCdE2T+X4MMgJU9lAkqQTXCXFyNBizyRWlnoj70HGeu1gXRraLAiTCV6W+tzdAj4SGaM6HqsCJeFsUc6YhT8Hpf34UOAvDRfXeg18I6uRT6QyY2I=" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">meeting website</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. Questions and comments are always welcome, to </span><a href="mailto:force2019@force11.org" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">force2019@force11.org</span></a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">We’ll look forward to seeing you there!</font></span></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Thanks!</font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ginny</font></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">PS: </span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.force11.org%2Fmeetings%2Fforce2019%2Fsponsorship-opportunities&data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C6daa16696b7941cc611108d6ff959a3c%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&sdata=rbBrEbZjGcJRi1Hk0QuXPAnN1EkPBCMKzJmuUAP7R2w%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/sponsorship-opportunities" shash="GfRSphQiIuzgaEVAvHKloESYB7LPkxSXxUhCviHklFis0/kIf0i3PoWsfxyQt74khOMnh10zUlgQvyKc9Xj8ygBJYQMT1++JW1QqelMTv3K1jFDpFZLLdvl46InKui0CoXUAl8nIpENL/HQkLYgFwsCtS/szu0irmSC4NSoM36w=" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sponsorship opportunities are available</span></a></font></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The FORCE11 annual conference is a different kind of meeting, where stakeholders come together – or scrummage – for an open discussion, on an even playing field, to talk about changing the ways scholarly and scientific information is communicated, shared and used. Researchers, publishers, librarians, computer scientists, informaticians, funders, educators, citizens, and others attend the FORCE11 meeting with a view to supporting the realization of promising new ideas and identifying new potential collaborators.</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></span></body></html>