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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-GB">Submission of abstracts:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-GB"></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-GB">Authors are invited to submit one to two-page abstracts only via the online submission system </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><a href="http://fef2015.sysinfo.com.tw/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">. Abstract submission deadline is <b>1 October 2014</b>.</span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; color: red;" lang="EN-GB">Upcoming deadline:</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-GB"></span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-ZA">The abstract submission date closes <b><span style="color: red;">15 August 2014</span></b>.</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-ZA"></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-ZA">The link for abstract submissions is</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US"> available <a href="http://www.africomp15.com/abstracts.htm" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-ZA">The link to Invited Lecturers is </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-US">available <a href="http://www.africomp15.com/lectures.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></b></p>
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