<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=""><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;">Dear colleagues, </span></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can now </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/force2019-edinburgh-tickets-61091464214" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">sign up</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> 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" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;">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. </span></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve announced two of our keynotes already – </span><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/speakers/keynote-presenters" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">Arfon Smith</span><span class="" 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;"><font color="#000000" class=""> and </font></span><span class="" 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;">Rachel Bruce</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – and the </span><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/committee/force2019-committees" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">Program Committee</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is hard at work on the rest of the program now. </span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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://www.eventbrite.com/e/force2019-edinburgh-tickets-61091464214" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">register now</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Early-bird rates are available until September 1.</span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More information is available on the </span><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">meeting website</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Questions and comments are always welcome, to </span><a href="mailto:force2019@force11.org" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">force2019@force11.org</span></a><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></font></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;">We’ll look forward to seeing you there!</span></div><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></font><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;">Thanks!</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 14px;">Ginny</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PS: </span><a href="https://www.force11.org/meetings/force2019/sponsorship-opportunities" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" 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;">Sponsorship opportunities are available</span></a></font></div><br class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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.</span></div></body></html>