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Second Announcement (June 4, 2007)

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'; writePage +='We cordially invite you to register for the 4th Spitzer Conference "The Evolving ISM in the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies - Recycling in the Nearby Universe", to be held in Pasadena, California, December 2 -5, 2007 at the Hilton Hotel.

As noted in the first announcement, this conference is designed to bring together two communities of astronomers - those studying the Milky Way and those studying external galaxies. A preliminary program is posted on the website below.

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The abstract submission and registration is now open at: http://ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu/mtgs/ismevol/

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We encourage participants to submit their abstracts and register as early as possible. As in previous Spitzer conferences we expect a large number of participants, and the number of contributed talks and posters that can be accommodated will be limited.

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Since this conference is designed to foster interaction between different communities of astronomers, we are setting aside large amounts of time for dedicated poster sessions, panels and informal interactions. As a result, we will use the poster session to increase the breadth of the conference and have a reduced number of talks. Not surprisingly, we will be able to accommodate many more posters than talks and we encourage you to choose the "No Preference" option if your results can be presented in either format. In either case we will require the participants to submit their presentations in an electronic format at the beginning of the conference.

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Please note that although we would like to we cannot guarantee a talk or a poster slot for everyone submitting an abstract, given the limitations of space at the conference. Moreover, if your abstract is selected by the SOC for presentation and you selected the "Talk" option on the abstract form, you may be asked to switch to a poster session if there are no remaining talk slots.

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We welcome you to register if you simply want to participate in the conference, regardless of whether you want to contribute a talk or a poster. The formal registration will take place on a first come, first served basis until we reach the conference attendance limit - expected to be approximately 275 persons. The early registration deadline is the same day as the abstract deadline September 21, 2007.

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The deadline for submission of the title and abstract of your talk or poster is September 21, 2007. On this date, the abstracts will be collected and distributed to the SOC for review and selection. We will notify all selected presenters by October 15, 2007. All participants whose abstracts are selected for presentations must register by the late registration deadline of November 2nd, 2007 so that we can get a final census for the science program and have time to give those on the wait list a chance to register. Everyone is welcome to register after Nov 2nd through the first day of the conference as space permits.

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Thank you for your interest, we hope to see you here in Pasadena in December.

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Alberto Noriega-Crespo & Kartik Sheth (on behalf of the SOC and LOC) '; writePage +='

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