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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I am on the IISE DAIS board of directors, handling the 2024 DAIS best student paper competition. Could you please help me make the following announcement?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ashif<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Subject – 2024 IISE DAIS Best Student Paper Competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear colleagues,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please see below the call for submissions for the 2024 DAIS Best Student Paper Competition. The due date for the full paper submission is Feb 2, 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">IISE DAIS Best Student Paper Competition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">For presentation at the 2024 </span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">IISE Annual
Conference & Expo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Montreal, Canada May 18 – May 21, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The Data Analytics & Information Systems (DAIS) Division of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering (IISE) announces the <b>DAIS Track Best
Student Paper Award</b> to recognize the excellence of its student members. The award brings prestige to the DAIS Division as well as to the recipients honored.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Four finalists for the Best Student Paper Award will be selected to present their work at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference from May 18-21, 2024. All finalists
will receive an award certificate. The Best Student Paper Award will be presented at the town hall meeting of the DAIS Track during the 2024 IISE Annual Conference & Expo in Montreal, Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Eligibility Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The award nominee must be a student member of IISE and the DAIS division.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The student should be the first author of the submitted paper. Moreover, a formal, signed statement by the student's advisor should be submitted along
with the paper affirming that majority of the original results presented in the paper are due to the student rather than the advisor or other collaborators involved in the work.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The paper topic should fit the DAIS themes. The paper must present original research results and
<b>CANNOT</b> be accepted for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The submitted paper MUST follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements of IISE conference proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Previous finalists who wish to compete again should submit an entirely different paper. However, past winners are not eligible for the competition as the first author.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The finalists will be announced before the conference and will present their work in the DAIS Best Student Paper Competition session at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference
& Expo.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Papers considered for this competition MAY NOT be simultaneously submitted to other competitions at the 2024 IISE Annual Conference & Expo.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><a name="_Toc120458866"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Application/Submission Process</span></b></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc120458866"></span><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Paper format: follow the paper formatting guidelines and requirements of IISE conference proceedings. The submitted papers must follow the format or will be returned
without review.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Submission:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> To enter, please submit one blinded and one unblinded
version of the paper and a formal signed statement by the student’s advisor, all in electronic format (PDF files ONLY), with subject “DAIS Best Student Paper Competition” to the 2024 contest coordinator Dr. Ashif Iquebal (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:aiquebal@asu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">aiquebal@asu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">),
Dr. Xiaoyu Chen (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:xchen325@buffalo.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">xchen325@buffalo.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">),
and Dr. Cesar Ruiz (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:caruiz@ou.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">caruiz@ou.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">),
and copy </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:daisbsp@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">daisbsp@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">
no later than February 2, 2024 (conference paper submission deadline). Late or incomplete submissions will not be eligible. IISE Conference and DAIS division do NOT own the copyright of the papers submitted to this competition through this option.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">If you have any questions, please send an email (with subject “DAIS Best Student Paper Competition 2024”) to the coordinators.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Important Notes</span></b><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Papers submitted for this competition will NOT be published in the IISE conference proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;text-align:justify;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">IISE</span><span style="font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> and the DAIS division do NOT own the copyrights of the papers submitted for this
competition. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Evaluation Process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Each eligible paper will be reviewed by two or three external referees, each of whom will assign a numerical score using the following five criteria.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Originality<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Depth and completeness of the work<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Significance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Organization and quality of writing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#333333;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:15.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Relevance to DAIS (importance of the problem and its impact on the practice of DAIS)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Conflict of Interest Policy
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Societies and divisions must follow standard conflict of interest guidelines. Those guidelines include, but are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Officers and Board members of the S/D should be ineligible for awards during the period of their service, without approval
by the Senior VP for Technical Operations (SVP). Exceptions may only be made by the SVP when awards are time sensitive (i.e., a Student Best Paper Award for a Student Board Member, when the student is graduating), and the impacted board member(s) or officer(s)
must recuse themselves from the award process. For awards that are not time-sensitive, the nominee should wait until their Officer or Board service is complete to be nominated.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The awards committee (or judging committee) should not include members who have either a personal or professional relationship
with the nominees. For example, a faculty member should not be judging a paper competition where a student from the same university is a nominee for best student paper award.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The awards committee (or judging committee) should actively change its membership on a rotating basis from year to year to
ensure fairness, equity, and diversity. That is, some members of the judging committee should roll off the committee and new members should roll on.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Note, it is a best practice to document the procedures and policies of the award committee(s)
for transparency.</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Recognition Process
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The first, second, and third-place winners will receive a certificate provided by IISE and will be recognized at the DAIS division town hall meeting.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">The first, second, and third-place winners will be acknowledged in the DAIS Division newsletter.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#1A2857;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:-.25in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:-.2pt">If the award is sponsored, then it needs to follow the IISE policies and procedures for that process</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#1A2857;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Deadlines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Paper submission: February 2, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Finalists notification: March 8, 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Committee Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Submissions should be sent directly to the committee chairs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Ashif Iquebal (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:aiquebal@asu.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">aiquebal@asu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Xiaoyu Chen (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:xchen325@buffalo.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">xchen325@buffalo.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="es-419" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Cesar Ruiz Torres (</span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:caruiz@ou.edu"><span lang="es-419" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.2pt">caruiz@ou.edu</span></a></span><span lang="es-419" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">For more information, please contact </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:astraub@iise.org" title="Amy Straub"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#2344B2;letter-spacing:-.2pt">Amy
Straub</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#2344B2;letter-spacing:-.2pt"> (<a href="mailto:astraub@iise.org">astraub@iise.org</a>)</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:#333333;letter-spacing:-.2pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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