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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please see email below detailing a poster competition which might be of interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Catherine
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Richard Nayer <richard.nayer@strath.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> 20 June 2024 18:10<br>
<b>To:</b> physics-hod@strath.ac.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: IEEE Stranger than Fiction Poster Competition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED5C57">We have now extended the abstract deadline until 28 June 2024!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To celebrate the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention being hosted in Glasgow on August 8th - 12th 2024, the University of Strathclyde IEEE Student Branch is excited to host our
<b>IEEE <i>Stranger Than Fiction</i> poster competition</b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The aim of the competition is to present recent research or inventions from your research group, but with the added creative challenge of wildly extrapolating them to some future
sci-fi uses! This won't be your regular conference poster, with the majority of the scoring on the creativity of the wild sci-fi uses, and judging by a mix of technical and creative people!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The
<b>top three posters will receive a 5-day entry to the convention (worth £230)</b>. The convention has a packed programme including the announcement of the Hugo Awards, theatrical performances, an opera, an orchestra, traders, exhibitions, as well as a scientific
and academic programme!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED5C57">Extended Deadline for Abstract:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED5C57"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">28th
June 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eligibility:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Student or Graduate Student Member of the IEEE and a student / research student from the University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow or Glasgow Caledonian University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Note that IEEE membership is only around £10!, and
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED5C57">those who get their abstract accepted will have the IEEE membership reimbursed by the IEEE SB!!</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See the following link the submit your abstract and more details on the process:
<a href="https://forms.office.com/e/MgYRN8wZeH" title="Original URL: https://forms.office.com/e/MgYRN8wZeH. Click or tap if you trust this link.">
https://forms.office.com/e/MgYRN8wZeH</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please reach out to us with any questions:
<a href="mailto:unionsociety-ieee.sb@strath.ac.uk">unionsociety-ieee.sb@strath.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">University of Strathclyde IEEE Student Branch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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