<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleague,<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The <span class="gmail-m_8693401335096776137m3384294897016271753gmail-m8733901076999130032gmail-il">UK</span> <span class="gmail-m_8693401335096776137m3384294897016271753gmail-m8733901076999130032gmail-il">Semiconductors</span> 2019 <span class="gmail-m_8693401335096776137m3384294897016271753gmail-m8733901076999130032gmail-il">conference</span> will be held at Sheffield Hallam University City Campus (Howard Street, Sheffield S1 1WB) <b>10-11</b><b><span style="font-size:8pt"> th </span>July 2019</b>. Registrations are now open and the details can be found  <a href="https://uksemiconductors.com/?page_id=183" target="_blank">https://uksemiconductors.com/?page_id=183</a><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract submission for the <span class="gmail-m_8693401335096776137m3384294897016271753gmail-m8733901076999130032gmail-il">conference</span> deadline has been extended and is now 03/05/2019. Please email your submissions to <span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:abstracts@uksemiconductors.com" target="_blank">abstracts@uksemiconductors.com</a>, and state your preferred symposia as below: (please note that there is <b>NO</b> Symposium G - Wide Band-gap Semiconductors this year, please submit III-nitride-related papers to one of the symposia below based on the scope of your papers)</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55)">A – Physics in Semiconductors<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55)">B – Optical Devices<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:rgb(55,55,55)">C – Electronic Devices<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:60pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;vertical-align:baseline"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:rgb(55,55,55)">§<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:norm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