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<span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">------------</span><br></p><p style="margin:10px 0px 22px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:18px;font-weight:600"><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">The European grid supports world-class research from a broad range of disciplines. The best examples will be invited to give a lightning talk at the opening plenary of the Community Forum in Helsinki. Apply today and share the stage with the other VIPs.</span><br>
</p></div><p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">The <a target="_self" href="http://go.egi.eu/LT14" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(88,88,88)">lightning talks</a> will take place on Monday 19th May, during the opening plenary hosted by Tiziana Ferrari, Technical Director of EGI.eu and chair of the Programme Committee of the <a target="_self" href="http://www.egi.eu/community/events/CF2014" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(88,88,88)">Community Forum 2014</a>.</font></p>
<p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">“Research and researchers are the life blood of EGI, and highlighting their work is crucial to us,” says Tiziana. “Being able to showcase a wide range of excellent science at the Community Forum is a great opportunity for us.”</font></p>
<p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">If you are a researcher using computing resources provided by the European Grid Infrastructure, or any of its affiliated National Grid Initiatives, you are invited to submit an abstract for a lightning talk. We will select the best four.</font></p>
<p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">To apply online all you need to do is go to the <a target="_self" href="http://go.egi.eu/LT14" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(88,88,88)">Indico pages</a> and <a target="_self" href="https://indico.egi.eu/indico/abstractSubmission.py?confId=2112#interest" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(88,88,88)">fill a form</a> with a brief description of:</font></p>
<ul style="margin:0px 0px 0px 25px;padding:0px 0px 2px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.3em;list-style-type:none;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><li style="margin:0px;padding:0.2em 0px"><p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;line-height:19.600000381469727px">
<font face="courier new, monospace">* The research you have done<br></font><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">* The advantages of using EGI resources<br></span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">* Which EGI computing resources you used and how<br>
</span><span style="font-family:'courier new',monospace">* The overall impact of your work</span></p></li></ul><p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">
<font face="courier new, monospace">To do this you will be prompted to create an EGI SSO account, which takes a couple of minutes to complete. We also ask you to upload a short presentation with up to four slides based on these points. The deadline is <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:700!important;color:rgb(119,120,123)!important">6 April 2014</span>.</font></p>
<p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">The selection committee will include members of the EGI community, communications experts and scientists from different fields. They will be looking for not only great science but also great communicators.</font></p>
<p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">The four winners will receive:</font></p>
<p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace"> * A 10-minute slot during the opening plenary to showcase their EGI-supported work<br>
* A full week’s registration for the Community Forum (including a ticket for the conference dinner)<br> * Flights to Helsinki<br> * Accommodation for five nights</font></p><p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">
<font face="courier new, monospace">More details can be found on the <a target="_blank" href="http://go.egi.eu/LT14" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(88,88,88)">competition’s indico page</a>:</font></p><p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">
<font face="courier new, monospace"><font color="#585858"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px"><a href="https://indico.egi.eu/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2112">https://indico.egi.eu/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2112</a></span></font><br>
</font></p><p style="margin:5px 0px 10px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;color:rgb(88,88,88);background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><font face="courier new, monospace">Good luck and we hope to see you in Helsinki.</font></p>
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