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<p class="MsoNormal"
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lang="EN-GB">IFORS has launched a Global Webinar Series in
2020. Speakers from each of the four IFORS regions will
provide our worldwide community with updates on exciting new
challenges, methodologies and solution approaches that
impact their region and the world. Regional
representatives on the Administrative Committee of IFORS
will select speakers and host the webinar. The webinars will
have different formats. The overall aim of this webinar
series is to strengthen research activities and foster
potential collaboration by encouraging the exchange of ideas
and the sharing of our successes and challenges. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The second Global
Webinar is organized by APORS and will take place on
September 30th at 1:00 p.m. GMT. Anyone interested can find
information about the webinar on the IFORS website </span><a
href="https://www.ifors.org/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
lang="EN-GB">https://www.ifors.org/</span></a> <span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">or register here: <a
href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Kaf1H9VSjqFjmomCZunpw"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__Kaf1H9VSjqFjmomCZunpw</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">I ask you to please disseminate this
information.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
lang="EN-GB">I take this opportunity to send you my warmest
regards and wishes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Grazia Speranza</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">IFORS President <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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src="cid:part3.8152382A.243E77BA@fing.edu.uy" class=""
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:107%;color:#660033">Global
Webinar Series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#660033">O.R.
in the Asia Pacific: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#FFC000">Recent
Trends and Practices<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">September
30, 2020 <br>
9:00 am Washington DC/ 1:00 pm GMT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#660033">Hosts</span></b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Grazia
Speranza, Italy (IFORS President)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Francis
Miranda, </span><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Philippines</span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(APORS President)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sunity
Shrestha Hada, Nepal (VP IFORS-APORS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register
for this free webinar on the IFORS website: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ifors.org">www.ifors.org</a></span></b><b><span
style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#660033">Invited
Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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