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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black;">If you are interested in presenting your work at the symposium either as an oral presentation or a poster, you can provide your abstract in the registration form <strong>until Friday 20<sup>th</sup> April.</strong> In total, 8 speakers will be selected for an oral presentation. </span></span><span style="color: black;"><!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">We are looking forward to seeing you at the symposium.<!-- o ignored --></span></p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="color: #333333;"><strong>Daniele Parisi</strong></span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"> PhD student at ESAT - STADIUS, Yves Moreau's group</span><span style="color: #808080;"></span><br /><span style="color: #808080;"> President of RSG Belgium</span></div>
<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="color: #808080;">Chair of ESCS 2018</span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"> Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 - box 01.34</span><br /><span style="color: #808080;"> 3001 Leuven, Belgium </span><br /> <br /><span style="color: #808080;"> Tel: +32488794394</span></div>
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