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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">I think I am added to this list in error.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif">David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> popmodwkgrpimag-news-bounces@simtk.org [mailto:popmodwkgrpimag-news-bounces@simtk.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jacob Barhak<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 22, 2015 12:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> popmodwkgrpimag-news@simtk.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Andreas Tolk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Population Modeling] Are we interested in a track/panel in a conference next year?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hello All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Since many of you submitted contributions to a SpringSim paper this raised attention. One of the Society for Modeling & Simulation International (SCS) officials, Andreas Tolk, approached
me with an idea. He was asking if we are interested in organizing a panel / presentation track for SpringSim next year dedicated to population modeling.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">This is at the level of an idea, yet I want to see how many of you will be interested in presenting in such a venue. And please state your preferences: being part of a panel? or
presenting a paper?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">SpringSim next year should be in California, yet there are SCS conferences throughout the year and the track/panel idea may fit in another SCS conference if many of us ask for it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For additional information on SCS conferences, here is their web site:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">And I hope Andreas will write more about SCS and his idea to this group.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> Jacob</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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