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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">UW and OSA  will host a series of free, open-access OSA-FVM virtual events, beginning in October. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Information about these events can be found at:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org</span></a><span style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for submitting an abstract for an OSA-FVM Data Blast is the 3<sup>rd</sup> Sept.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Each Data Blast will feature a series of short talks (~5 min) followed by lots of time for questions and discussion. As in previous
 OSA-FVM meetings, Data Blast abstracts will be archived in the Journal of Vision as a citable abstract. We will select 4 OSA Young Investigator Awardees from eligible Data Blast submissions.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Abstract submissions for the Data Blasts can be submitted
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.osafallvisionmeeting.org/submit-an-abstract"><span style="color:#1155CC">here</span></a><span style="color:black">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Local Organizer Representatives, Ione Fine, Kim Meier, Ramkumar Sabesan, Mike Manookin, University of Seattle, WA </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Stacey Choi, Chair of OSA FVM Planning Committee</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Ravi Jonnal, Co-chair of OSA FVM Planning Committee</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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