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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello, everyone:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just heard about a small conference coming up in September on Big Data & Agriculture that followers of this list might be interested in that is sponsored and organized (among others) by the Institute for Research in Statistics & Its Applications at the University of Minnesota. You can find out more about this conference at: <a href="http://irsa.umn.edu/session/virtual-event-unlocking-agricultural-data-revolution">http://irsa.umn.edu/session/virtual-event-unlocking-agricultural-data-revolution</a> . Registration appears to be free, but closes on September 7<sup>th, </sup>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nancy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://kmotifs.com/"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=192 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01D682CB.BD7D5D50" alt="_LOGOhiResTRANSPARENT_4800pxRGB"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Information Analyst/Principal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>nhoebel@kmotifs.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>San Mateo, CA 94401<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(v) 650-302-4493<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(f) 650-745-3333<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-7903"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC'>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6797-7903</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>