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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> OpenFabrics Alliance <press@openfabrics.org> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 11, 2019 12:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Paul Grun <grun@cray.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> REMINDER: OFA Workshop 2019 – Call for Sessions Closes in One Week<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">Call for Sessions Closes 1/18/2019</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">March 19-21, 2019</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">University of Texas at Austin</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Austin, Texas, U.S.A</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">The
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OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) Workshop 2019</a> Call for Sessions closes in one week and the OFA would like to remind industry experts to help shape this year’s program by leading a session focused on critical networking issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Proposals must be received by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">January 18, 2019, at 5:00 p.m. PST</span></strong>. The Technical Program Committee will respond to proposals and announce session topics by
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">February 4, 2019</span></strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">In keeping with the theme of fostering collaboration this year, we encourage you and your colleagues to submit Birds of a Feather sessions on the
2019 OFA Workshop overarching themes, or submit proposals based on previous topics in order to continue valuable discussions from past Workshops. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Suggested session topics, formats, and detailed submission instructions can be found in the Call for Sessions flyer (<a href="https://www.openfabrics.org/?nltr=Mzk7MTM7aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub3BlbmZhYnJpY3Mub3JnL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDE4LzExLzIwMTktQ0ZTLUZseWVyLnBkZj83NjQ2ZDQmNzY0NmQ0OzsyZjlkMzQ1OTAyY2EzNWE1NzQyMzMzNDNlZjkxMDAzOQ%3D%3D">download
here</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Submit your session proposal here:
<a href="https://www.openfabrics.org/?nltr=Mzk7MTM7aHR0cHM6Ly9lYXN5Y2hhaXIub3JnL2NvbmZlcmVuY2VzLz9jb25mPW9mYXdzLTIwMTk7O2MxYjBiMDQyNjcyZjM5MjhjZDE5MmJmNjE1Y2JmNDky" target="_blank">
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ofaws-2019</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">We invite you to share the 2019 Call for Sessions flyer with peers and colleagues who may be interested in contributing their expertise to the workshop,
as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Please contact
<a href="mailto:press@openfabrics.org">press@openfabrics.org</a> with questions related to the Call for Sessions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666666">Additionally, early bird registration for the Workshop ends
<strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">February 26, 2019</span></strong>. More information on registration can be found
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here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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