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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dear colleagues,<br>
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On behalf of the Local and Scientific Organising Committees, this is the first announcement of the <b>14th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi14)</b>.<br>
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The conference will be a virtual edition, taking place on <b>July 19-23, 2021</b>. The format is not yet fully finalized, however we are aiming to make good use of the online meeting tools available. To ensure attendees can have an opportunity to engage and
 participate in talks and discussions live, we will be allocating multiple 2 hour session blocks across the day to accommodate different time zones.  <br>
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Preliminary information can be found on the Amaldi website <a href="https://secure-web.cisco.com/1KSLAEoFRSzppo-3QkW-V_GkXqgffoHfjIyQDPs6h_qwROjUWCteFO8Pm_AVFgr8LIRyq-QpeDGNBu0PjahVSkj4Co3Vl9cxkuIVHFAe9EaUVgLplHng8_tM3PgCTJREExPI-mZY2AB8V6J5FtRW9fQIkI4cq7vBZ3bJ0Xs8FBlQdo7MjtYZckjxT7jx9HkiSALgjkQhLmjdvZDcnh7YB4lm1yV9wJV45ovjW-hGmZC05eGqDYu3gsuXGCzzclNpa4C0h4ywbI6afHWYb1f4q2tnd8P7PNe7ClvtJFir6HII/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amaldi14.org%2F" target="_blank">https://www.amaldi14.org</a> and we will be regularly updating this with event details
 including, program schedule, speakers, abstract submission and registration.<br>
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Looking forward to meeting you online.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Erin O'Grady<br>
On behalf of the Local & Scientific Organising Committees<br>
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#073763;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> <br>
ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav)<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#073763;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Faculty of Science Engineering and Technology<br>
Swinburne University of Technology <br>
PO Box 218 Hawthorn Vic 3122 <br>
Ph: </span><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="tel:(03)%209214%208246" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">+61 3 9214 8246</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#073763;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br>
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