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<p class="MsoNormal">Join us for the <a href="https://nwgis.org/2020-Conference">
NWGIS Users Conference</a>, October 12-13<sup>th</sup>. Our deadline for Abstracts is this Friday! No worries, we can assist you in getting your presentation loaded so it can be shown at the conference – but the abstract is due this Friday. Submit your
<b>Presentation abstract</b> or <b>Map and App abstract</b> on our <i>Call to Action</i> page at
<a href="https://nwgis.org/Call-To-Action">https://nwgis.org/Call-To-Action</a> this week.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a full <a href="https://nwgis.org/Agenda">agenda</a> with something for everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mon, Oct 12 (Plenary Sessions) </b>- We will have our welcome address,
<a href="https://www.josephkerski.com/">Dr. Kerski</a> as our keynote speaker, and major presentations. Some portions will be live stream, others may be pre-recorded. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Tue, Oct 13 (General Session)</b> - We will have several <a href="https://nwgis.org/Agenda">
tracks</a> including GIS leadership, Web GIS, and Desktop GIS with assorted presentations starting every 1/2 hour. You will be able to leverage chat functions to ask presenters questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Wed, Oct 14 - Fri, Oct 16 (Workshops) </b>– Our <a href="https://nwgis.org/Workshops">
workshop</a> opportunities are from <b>Eric Pimpler</b> at Geospatial Training, <b>Frank Conkling</b> at Panda Consulting,
<b>Greg Babinski</b> at King County GIS, <b>David Howes</b> at GISPD.com or dhowes.com , and
<b>ESRI</b>. Workshops will be run independently by the instructors. <o:p></o:p></p>
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