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<p class="ecxmsonormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 109,
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Special Sessions and Workshops</span></b><span
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<p class="ecxmsonormal"><span style="color: black;
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font-size: 11.5pt;" lang="EN">Attention scientists,
engineers, technologists, environmental managers and
other stakeholders in Digital Earth: we welcome your
participation in the </span><b><span
style="font-family:
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Symposium</span></b><span style="font-family:
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font-size: 11.5pt;" lang="EN"> <span style="color:
black;">as a presenter, and invite you to submit an
Abstract of your proposed oral or poster
presentation for consideration.</span></span><span
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<p class="ecxmsonormal"><span style="color: black;
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font-size: 11.5pt;" lang="EN">Under the banner <i>"Towards
a One-World Vision for the Blue Planet"</i> this <b>9th
Symposium of the International Society for Digital
Earth (ISDE) </b>will address five important themes
relating to the interdisciplinary Digital Earth
community:</span><span style="color: black;
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<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="line-height: 115%;"><span
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and Technology</span><span style="color: black;
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Applications</span><span style="color: black;
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Citizen Well-being, and</span><span style="color:
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Education and Outreach</span></p>
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wide range of topics for discussion, and may be
addressed through the prisms of the natural sciences,
social sciences, engineering, management, or public
policy. Inter-theme and interdisciplinary
collaborations are encouraged, as are panel
discussions and working-group meetings.</span><span
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abstracts describing the state of the art and practice
in these fields. We invite the submission of Abstracts
for consideration by the Scientific Program Committee.
Submissions for Special Session are also welcome.</span><span
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color: black;
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can be found at the </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span><span
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<p class="ecxmsonormal"><span style="color: black;
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opportunity to your networks of interested
stakeholders in Digital Earth. Thank you for your
anticipated participation in this process.</span><b><span
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<p class="ecxmsonormal"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 109,
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