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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 2pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">HEPPA</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">-SOLARIS 2018 Workshop<span></span></span></b></p>

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self-nominations of invited presentations<span></span></span></p>

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extended for financial support for early career scientists<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
7th International <span class="gmail-il">HEPPA</span>-SOLARIS 2018 Workshop (</span><a href="http://www.cpe.vt.edu/heppa.solaris.2018/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://www.cpe.vt.edu/heppa.solaris.2018/</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">), will be held <span class="gmail-aqj">June 11-15, 2018</span> in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. The workshop will
focus on observational and modeling studies of the influences of solar radiation
(SR) and energetic particle precipitation (EPP) on the atmosphere and climate. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">** Deadline for self-nominations of invited
presentations has been extended to 12 April 2018: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In addition to
contributed talks and posters, we solicit ‘self-nominated’ invited talks on
HEPPA-SOLARIS related work that is new, timely, creative and/or controversial. </span><a href="http://www.cpe.vt.edu/heppa.solaris.2018/abstracts.html#selfnominations" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://www.cpe.vt.edu/heppa.solaris.2018/abstracts.html#selfnominations</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></p>

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Deadline for financial support for early career scientists has been extended to
13 April 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> Registration waivers are available for students and
scientists in need of assistance. (</span><a href="http://www.cpe.vt.edu/heppa.solaris.2018/registration.html#support" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">http://www.cpe.vt.edu/heppa.solaris.2018/registration.html#support</span></a><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">).
</span></span><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Successful applicants will be notified before 1 May 2018</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <span></span></span></p>

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presentations closes 1 May 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.<span></span></span></p>

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