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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Prof. László Zentai, Director of institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Eotvos University, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">H-1117 Budapest, Pazmany Peter setany 1/A, Hungary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Tel: (36)-1-3722975, fax: 3722951 - http://lazarus.elte.hu/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US">International Symposium on<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Geospatial Approaches to Combating Covid-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Dec. 13-14, 2021</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">A large body of studies and practices have evidenced the importance of spatial thinking and the effectiveness of geospatial technologies in understanding Covid-19.
</span><span lang="EN-US">The ICA symposium on <a href="https://gam.icaci.org/symposium2021/">
Geospatial approaches to combating COVID-19</a> is open for submissions. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">As a member in the geospatial community, your participation is invited and is important for a fruitful event that facilitates sharing
research findings and intellectual conversations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Date: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Dec. 13-14, 2021</span><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Venue</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: <b>
<span style="color:#833C0B">hybrid</span></b>- either in person (<b><span style="color:#833C0B">Florence, Italy</span></b>) or online (<b><span style="color:#833C0B">Zoom</span></b>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Submit an abstract</span></b><span lang="EN-US">:
<a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ica2021"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ica2021</span></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Deadline</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> : June 15<sup>th</sup>, 2021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Publication</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Journal Special Issue in
<i><span style="color:black">Environment and Planning B</span></i><span style="color:black">
</span>(tentative, in planning)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Awards</span></b><span lang="EN-US">: Best paper award (overall); Student best paper award (student paper competition)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Questions</span></b><span lang="EN-US">? Refer to the symposium
<a href="https://gam.icaci.org/symposium2021/">website</a>, or email me (<a href="mailto:xyao@uga.edu">xyao@uga.edu</a>) or any other co-organizers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Xiaobai Angela Yao, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Professor, Department of Geography<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Georgia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Athens, GA, USA 30602<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:xyao@uga.edu">
xyao@uga.edu</a> Office #: 706-583-0326<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Chair, ICA Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling (<a href="http://gam.icaci.org">http://gam.icaci.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Board member, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (<a href="http://www.ucgis.org">www.ucgis.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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