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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>******** Apologies for cross-posting ********<br><br>The Agricultural Information Management Standards (AIMS) Community [1] is pleased to announce a new webinar entitled “Using AGRIS as a portal of choice to access agricultural research and technology information"[2]. The session will take place on the 28<sup>th</sup> of April 2016 – 16:00 Rome Time [3] and will be presented by Thembani Malapela [4] (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) [5], who is responsible for the AGRIS user support and communication.<br><br>ABOUT THE WEBINAR<br><br>AGRIS is the International System for Agricultural Science and Technology. It is supported by a large community of data providers, partners and users. AGRIS is a database that aggregates bibliographic data, and through this core data, related content across online information systems is retrieved by taking advantage of Semantic Web capabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>This webinar will present AGRIS international initiative and partnership in the usage of AGRIS bibliographic data as a gateway to enable researchers and policy makers to retrieve agricultural and scientific information. The end-user based webinar will explain the basic fundamentals of AGRIS, overview the AGRIS interface, and how users can initiate their searches using both the simple and advanced search functionalities.<br><br>REGISTRATION<br><br>The session is open to anyone but places are limited. If you are interested to attend the webinar, send an e-mail to AIMS@fao.org, containing the following information: your name, affiliation, email and country.<br><br>[1] </span><a href="https://faohqmail.fao.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=0--jI3AQmkaX9LiALKvK0pn4AKshRtBIEJFdkf8WGnjIzRh5qOtb1l6UXZwSTxYKWumBwYZm7DA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2faims.fao.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://aims.fao.org</span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'> <br>[2] http://aims.fao.org/activity/blog/webinaraims-using-agris-portal-choice-access-agricultural-research-and-technology</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>[3] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20160428T16&p1=215&p2=108&p3=166&p4=33&p5=4&p6=269&p7=170&p8=45&p9=26&p10=370&p11=232&p12=263</span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>[4] http://aims.fao.org/community/profiles/thembanimalapela<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>[5] http://www.fao.org/home/en/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kind regards,<u><span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>Karna Wegner<br>On behalf of the AIMS editorial team<br></span><a href="https://faohqmail.fao.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=0--jI3AQmkaX9LiALKvK0pn4AKshRtBIEJFdkf8WGnjIzRh5qOtb1l6UXZwSTxYKWumBwYZm7DA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2faims.fao.org" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'>http://aims.fao.org</span></a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D'>Karna Wegner<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#1F497D'>Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D'>Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +39 06 570 52263<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=300 height=61 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D193EB.F1FE2F60" alt="FAO_logo_Blue_2lines_en_firmaemail"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>