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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a reminder for those who are interested in presenting at this year’s OFA 2019 workshop, see below for important submit dates!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to have a big sys admin community again at this year’s workshop where we will continue our discussions from last year and start looking at getting the Sys Admin community more involved on a regular basis. Look for upcoming emails
for these discussions!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jesse E. Martinez<br>
<a href="mailto:jmartinez@lanl.gov"><span lang="FR" style="color:#0563C1">jmartinez@lanl.gov</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Infrastructure/Network</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">OpenFabrics Alliance <press@openfabrics.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"press@openfabrics.org" <press@openfabrics.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, January 11, 2019 at 1:54 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Martinez, Jesse Edward" <jmartinez@lanl.gov><br>
<b>Subject: </b>REMINDER: OFA Workshop 2019 – Call for Sessions Closes in One Week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:red">Call for Sessions Closes 1/18/2019</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">March 19-21, 2019</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
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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;color:#666666">Proposals must be received by
<strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">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">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;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;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=Mzk7ODtodHRwczovL3d3dy5vcGVuZmFicmljcy5vcmcvd3AtY29udGVudC91cGxvYWRzLzIwMTgvMTEvMjAxOS1DRlMtRmx5ZXIucGRmPzc2NDZkNCY3NjQ2ZDQ7O2Y2MWVjYTJhNTBjMmRlNWVkOTNhNTQ4ZDQ5YTc0Zjgz">download
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<p style="line-height:18.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#666666">Submit your session proposal here:
<a href="https://www.openfabrics.org/?nltr=Mzk7ODtodHRwczovL2Vhc3ljaGFpci5vcmcvY29uZmVyZW5jZXMvP2NvbmY9b2Zhd3MtMjAxOTs7ODFmZDU3M2QzNTZhOGM0ZjA5OTc3N2M4MmEyMzA2ZTg%3D" 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;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;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;color:#666666">Additionally, early bird registration for the Workshop ends
<strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica">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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