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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Thanks,</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Karl</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">Karl Benedict</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black">College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">GEO Secretariat <secretariat@GEOSEC.ORG><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 06:13<br>
<b>To: </b>GEO-NEWS@LIST.GEOSEC.ORG <GEO-NEWS@LIST.GEOSEC.ORG><br>
<b>Subject: </b>GEO Indigenous Summit: 7-9 December 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.earthobservations.org/indigenoussummit" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:blue;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="32" height="32" style="width:.3333in;height:.3333in" id="_x0000_i1033" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">We invite you to participate in the inaugural GEO Indigenous Summit. This is a milestone event that will bring together all those
involved and interested in Indigenous-driven EO digital transformation. The summit will take place entirely online 7-9 December 2020 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">The event is open to everyone, everywhere and no registration is required. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">We encourage you to submit an abstract for the Lightning Talk session by November 25th. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060"> The objectives of the summit are to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Explore the latest Indigenous EO-based applications <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505050;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Inspire Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, educators and entrepreneurs to engage with EO technologies and data <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505050;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Foster new collaborations across disciplines and cultures <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#505050;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Receive a short update on the activities of the GEO Indigenous Alliance <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">The main themes that will be covered are: COVID-19, women empowerment, education, Indigenous data sovereignty, knowledge transfer,
climate action, food security and disaster risk reduction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">You can find out more about the event, sign up for updates and submit your abstract
<a href="http://www.earthobservations.org/indigenoussummit" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">With kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#606060">The GEO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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