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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:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,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="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#660033">Hosts</span></b><span
style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
          </span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Grazia
            Speranza, Italy (IFORS President)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Francis
            Miranda, </span><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Philippines</span><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Sunity
            Shrestha Hada, Nepal (VP IFORS-APORS)<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:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,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:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#660033">Invited
              Speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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              Nath Dhamala

              Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal

              

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                      Birla Institute of Management Technology
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                      Application of DEA Tool in analyzing COVID-19

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                      Shanghai University of Finance and Economics,
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