<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>Dear <br><div><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Colleague,</span></span></div><div class="Section1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">The <font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>11th. edition of the Short Course on <br>Computational Techniques for Plasticity </strong>will take place in <br></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Barcelona, Spain <br>on 5 - 6 September 2011.</span></span></span></font></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">This is a course to be run in <br>conjunction with the <em><span style="font-style: italic;">11th. International <br>Conference on Computational Plasticity - COMPLAS XI</span></em>, to be held <br>in Barcelona on 7 - 9 September 2011. <br><br>The pre-conference <br>course will be of benefit to participants interested in acquiring a <br>detailed and in-depth description of the application of finite element <br>techniques to a range of plasticity problems, particularly those involving <br>finite strains. <br><br>The course can be attended separately from the <br>conference, but a reduced combined fee is available for participants in both <br>events.</span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Full information is available at: <br></span></span><a href="http://congress.cimne.com/complas2011/course/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://congress.cimne.com/complas2011/course/</span></span></a></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Best <br>regards,</span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">D.R.J. Owen and E. <br>Oñate</span></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial" size="3;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;">Short Course <br>Directors</span></span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial" size="2;"></span> </div></div><br></body></html>