<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="">iDiv’s annual conference is on 8+9 October 2020 (see below).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Robert</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div 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="">"Genz, Christa" <<a href="mailto:christa.genz@idiv.de" class="">christa.genz@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] Safe the date: iDiv Conference and GMA 2020</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="">10 June 2020 at 13:45:07 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>>, "<a href="mailto:assoc.members@idiv.de" class="">assoc.members@idiv.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:assoc.members@idiv.de" class="">assoc.members@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;"><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Dear iDiv Members,</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">On behalf of the organising committee, I am happy to announce the date of this year’s iDiv conference: </span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">8 & 9 October 2020</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">tba: on-site or online </span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">We cordially invite all iDiv staff to shape and participate in iDiv’s conference to kick-off iDiv’s 3</span><sup class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 6pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">rd</span></sup><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>funding phase and to discuss our outlook, approaches and next steps. By doing so, we want to show the DFG that we can already provide first ideas or even results with regard to our new strategic projects and research areas.</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">To achieve this, we will focus on doing science together and getting things done rather than a show and tell of past research activities. This will be facilitated by several break-out sessions. A call for these break-out sessions will be send to you this month, with the deadline for proposals ~4 weeks after that. Registration for participants will open in August.</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Within this context, the annual<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">General Members Assembly (GMA)</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will take place on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">8 October 2020</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(afternoon) as well.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Please save the date of this science event 2020. We look forward to seeing you there!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Kind regards,</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0cm;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Christa</span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">On behalf of the organising committee:<br class=""></span><span lang="EN-US" style="" class="">Aletta Bonn, Henrique Pereira, Christiane Roscher, Anna Heintz-Buschart, Miguel Mahecha, Ute Jandt, Rebecca Thier-Lange, Kati Kietzmann</span><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" 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="DE" class="">E-mail:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" class=""><a href="mailto:idiv-conference@idiv.de" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="DE" style="color: blue;" class="">idiv-conference@idiv.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" class=""></span><span lang="DE" 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="DE" 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 style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; 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font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Phone +49 341 9733207</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Fax +49 341 9739350</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; 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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Deutscher Platz 5e</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">04103 Leipzig</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Germany</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">iDiv is a research centre of the DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft</span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt;" 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="DE" style="font-size: 8pt; 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. 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