<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For those interested in attending the iDiv annual conference (obligatory for iDiv supported people), please see the massage below and register using the link. If you want to present at the conference, please get back in touch with me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Robert</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Thier-Lange, Rebecca" <<a href="mailto:rebecca.thier-lange@idiv.de" class="">rebecca.thier-lange@idiv.de</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[MEMBERS] Reminder: Invitation: 4th iDiv conference</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">3 September 2018 at 11:38:29 CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:members@idiv.de" class="">members@idiv.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:members@idiv.de" class="">members@idiv.de</a>>, 'Assoc members idiv' <<a href="mailto:Assoc.members_idiv@lists.uni-leipzig.de" class="">Assoc.members_idiv@lists.uni-leipzig.de</a>>, "<a href="mailto:all@idiv.de" class="">all@idiv.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:all@idiv.de" class="">all@idiv.de</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Dear colleagues,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Do not forget to register for the <b class="">4<sup class="">th</sup></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">iDiv conference!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>The iDiv conference is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><span style="" class="">the most</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>important annual<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>event that facilitates networking and exchange among scientists within the iDiv consortium. The event will be held in Leipzig on the <b class="">11<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and 12<sup class="">th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of December</b>.<b class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">This year’s conference will be combined with the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">iDiv Christmas Party</b>.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Please register and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">submit your abstracts</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><a href="https://umfrage.uni-leipzig.de/682367?lang=en" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">online</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">by 21 September</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class="">.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Note that it is possible to register now and submit your abstract later.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px;" class=""><a href="https://www.phyloeco.biologie.ens.fr/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: blue;" class="">Hélène Morlon</span></b></a></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class="">will enrich the event as keynote speaker. The conference will feature traditional formats like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">talks<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>and<b class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>poster sessions.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Additionally,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">demonstrations</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">a marketplace session for taproot research<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>will give you plenty of opportunities to network, discuss and to develop ideas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">Early-career scientists</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are invited to design<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">ignite sessions</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(‘speed-talks’) that create entertaining and interactive platforms for knowledge exchange. We are happy to offer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">professional training</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for this challenging but fun talk format, and maybe you will even win the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">talk award</b>! Besides the best talk, we will reward the best poster and, for the first time, acknowledge an outstanding outreach effort with the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">iDiv Science Communication Award<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">(</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.idiv.de/isca" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">www.idiv.de/isca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">)<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class="">. This year, contributions to present and discuss the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">human and societal dimension</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of biodiversity research and management are especially welcome.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10); background-color: yellow; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class="">This year’s conference is kindly supported by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px;" class=""><a href="https://www.smow.de/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">smow</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px;" class=""><a href="https://www.shiftphones.com/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Shiftphone</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class="">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class="">Find more information on the iDiv conference<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px;" class=""><a href="https://www.idiv.de/events/idiv_conference_2018/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">website</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 10);" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and in the attached call for abstracts.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 35.4pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">In case of any questions, please contact the organizing committee at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:idiv-conference@idiv.de" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;" class="">idiv-conference@idiv.de</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; line-height: 15.399999618530273px;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(83, 129, 53);" class="">See you at the conference in December!</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 12.600000381469727px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; color: windowtext;" class="">Yours, the iDiv organising committee<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">Nicole van Dam (chair), Uli Brose, Anna Burnett, Adam Clark, Thore Engel, Olga Ferlian, Christian Kuhlicke, Blanca Rojas-Andrés, Nicole Sachmerda-Schulz, Rebecca Thier-Lange, Hanna Weise and Judith Wiegelmann<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><o:p class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""> </span></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt;" class=""><o:p class=""><span style="text-decoration: none;" class=""> </span></o:p></span></u></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Dr. Rebecca Thier-Lange</span></b><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Scientific Coordinator / wissenschaftliche Koordinatorin</span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Phone: +49(0)341-97-33103<br class="">Email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="mailto:rebecca.thier-lange@idiv.de" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">rebecca.thier-lange@idiv.de</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig<br class="">Deutscher Platz 5e<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">04103 Leipzig<br class="">Germany<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">iDiv is a research centre of the DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">iDiv ist eine zentrale Einrichtung der Universität Leipzig im Sinne des § 92 Abs. 1 SächsHSFG und wird zusammen mit der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg und der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena betrieben sowie in Kooperation mit dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ. Beteiligte Kooperationspartner sind die folgenden außeruniversitären Forschungseinrichtungen: das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, das Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie (MPI BGC), das Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Ökologie (MPI CE), das Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie (MPI EVA), das Leibniz-Institut Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (DSMZ), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie (IPB), das Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) und das Leibniz-Institut Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (SMNG). USt-IdNr. DE 141510383</span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>