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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dear colleagues,</font><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">You are cordially invited to attend the </font><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">7th International Symposium Use of Algae for Monitoring Rivers</font></b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> and the </font><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1st European Workshop on Diatom Taxonomy</font></b><br>
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<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">7th International Symposium Use of Algae for Monitoring Rivers</font></b><br>
<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Luxembourg, 23-25 November 2009</font></b><br>
<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/</a></font></b><br>
<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">isuamr@lippmann.lu</font></b><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The 7th International Symposium will be held in the Coque Conference Center in Luxembourg City.</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This symposium will focus on the current and future status of using algae for monitoring rivers. The program will include keynote lectures, oral presentations and poster sessions.</font><br>
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<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Invited speakers</font></b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/speakers.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/speakers.php</a>)</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. Dr Éva Ács and Prof. Dr Keve Kiss</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. Dr Horst Lange-Bertalot</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. Dr Petr Marvan</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. Dr Sergi Sabater</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Prof. Dr R. Jan Stevenson</font><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium Use of Algae for Monitoring River will be published in a Special Issue of </font><i><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hydrobiologia</font></i><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/proceedings.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/proceedings.php</a>).</font><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Important deadlines</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Early registration: September 30th 2009 (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/registration.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/registration.php</a>)</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Fellowship application: September 30th 2009 (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/fellowship.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/fellowship.php</a>)</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Abstract submission: October 15th 2009 (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/abstrsubm.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/abstrsubm.php</a>)</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Late registration: October 31st 2009 (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/registration.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/registration.php</a>)</font><br>
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<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">1st European Workshop on Diatom Taxonomy</font></b><br>
<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Belvaux, 26-27 November 2009</font></b><br>
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<b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">isuamr@lippmann.lu</font></b><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Workshop on Diatom Taxonomy will be organized at the Centre de Recherche Public - Gabriel Lippmann in Belvaux near Luxembourg.</font><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The 1st European Workshop on Diatom Taxonomy is planned to give an opportunity to experts from different European countries to exchange their knowledge on diatom taxonomy with the purpose to solve some problematic identifications and work together on the most difficult groups of diatom species, often present in European freshwater bodies. Maximum number of participants at the workshop: 15.</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/workshop_topics.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/workshop_topics.php</a></font><br>
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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Important deadline</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Workshop application: September 30th 2009 (<a href="http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/registration.php">http://isuamr.lippmann.lu/registration.php</a>)</font><br>
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