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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Today is the last day to submit program proposals for the 2013 OLA-WLA Conference, April 24-26, 2013. The theme for this joint conference is "The Future is NOW! (Network
OR & WA), and it is being held at the downtown Vancouver Hilton, just across the mighty Columbia River from Portland.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">To submit a Preconference Workshop proposal (3-7hrs long, held on April 24), please use this form. To submit a Conference Session proposal (75 minutes long, held on
April 25-26), please use this form. The selection committee will notify applicants of the status of proposals by November 2.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">If you have questions regarding the proposal process, please contact the program team below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">We look forward to hearing from YOU!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">--OLA and WLA Program Chairs, Janet Tapper and Cadi Russell-Sauvé
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">--WLA Program Coordinator, Kate Laughlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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