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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Subirats, Imma (PSUR) <Imma.Subirats@fao.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 11, 2021 3:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ferreyra Andres USRS <Andres.Ferreyra@syngenta.com>; andre.laperriere@godan.info <andre.laperriere@godan.info>; Nicolas Tremblay <tremblaynic@yahoo.com>; Devare, Medha (CGIAR System Organization) <m.devare@cgiar.org>; Teng, William L. (GSFC-610.2)[ADNET
SYSTEMS INC] <william.l.teng@nasa.gov>; charvat@ccss.cz <charvat@ccss.cz>; Hana Kubíčková <hana.kubickova@plan4all.eu>; Peter.Wilson@csiro.au <Peter.Wilson@csiro.au>; Brian Wee <bwee@massiveconnections.com>; suchith.anand@godan.info <suchith.anand@godan.info>;
Richard Ostler <richard.ostler@rothamsted.ac.uk>; Leonelli, Sabina <S.Leonelli@exeter.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Parr, Cynthia - ARS <cynthia.parr@usda.gov>; Patricia Rocha Bello Bertin <patricia.bertin@embrapa.br>; Debora Pignatari Drucker <debora.drucker@embrapa.br><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] The Research Data Alliance Interest Group for Agricultural Data (IGAD) is organizing a new webinar series - Call for presentations now open until 28 May 2021</font>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I would like to ask for your support if workable, could it be possible to distribute this announcement within your networks?</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thank you very much in advance,</span></p>
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Imma, on behalf of RDA IGAD co-chairs </span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Research Data Alliance Interest Group for Agricultural Data (IGAD) is organizing a new kind of webinar series called<b> IGAD Coffee Break</b> (30’ max) to support the exchange of experiences within IGAD and beyond.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">We are seeking virtual 15-minute presentations on the following topics of interest to the IGAD community. Each talk will be followed by 15 minutes of discussion and the session will be recorded for those who cannot attend. </span>We
will give priority to presentations from those who have not yet presented to IGAD – this is a chance to enlarge our circle – but also welcome updates from long-time participants.</p>
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agricultural data infrastructure project status </li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
new ideas for the emerging RDA IGAD community of practice</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="color:windowtext">a</span>grisemantics and applications</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
CARE principles for agricultural research data</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
precision agricultural data standards</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
farmer data codes of conduct, etc</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
agricultural research data training</li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:black; vertical-align:baseline">
FAIR data implementations</li></ul>
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<span style="color:black">If you would like to participate, please send:</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Your name(s) and bios:</span><br>
<span style="color:black">Title or topic of your presentation:</span><br>
<span style="color:black">Abstract of your presentation: </span></p>
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Please write us to <a href="mailto:AIMS@fao.org" target="_blank">AIMS@fao.org</a>, deadline for the submission of proposals is 28 May 2021.</p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thank you!<span style="color:#1F497D"></span></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">RDA IGAD co-chairs </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Patricia Rocha Bello Bertin (EMBRAPA, Brazil)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cynthia Parr (National Agricultural Library. USDA Agricultural Research Service, US)</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Imma Subirats Coll (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy)</span></p>
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