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              color:black">Dear Colleague,</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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              color:black">we would like to invite you to take part in
              the</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">24th International Conference on Difference
              Equations and Applications (ICDEA 2018)</span></p>
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              color:black">which will be held at Technische Universität
              Dresden, Germany
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">from May 21 to 25, 2018.</span></p>
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              color:black">The purpose of ICDEA 2018 - official
              conference of the International Society of Difference
              Equations (ISDE) - is to bring together experts and
              students in the theory and applications of difference
              equations and discrete dynamical systems. Plenary speakers
              are experts chosen from the many areas of difference
              equations, discrete dynamical systems and their interplay
              with nonlinear science. Contributed talks in any area of
              difference equations and discrete dynamical systems are
              welcome.</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">So far the following speakers have confirmed
              their plenary talks:</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Elena Braverman (University of Calgary,
              Canada)
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Bob Devaney (Boston University, USA)
            </span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Katrin Gelfert (Universidade Federal do Rio
              de Janeiro, Brazil)
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Roman Hilscher (Masaryk University, Czech
              Republic)
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Yun Kang (Arizona State University, USA)
            </span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Bernd Krauskopf (University of Auckland,
              New Zealand)</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Rafael de la Llave (Georgia Institute of
              Technology, USA)
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Alexandra Rodkina (The University of the
              West Indies, Jamaica)
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- Eric van Vleck (University of Kansas, USA)</span></p>
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              color:black"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Please take a look at the conference website
              for further details:
              <a href="https://www.icdea2018.de" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icdea2018.de</a>.
            </span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">For all enquiries, please use the e-mail
              address:
              <a href="mailto:icdea2018@tu-dresden.de"
                moz-do-not-send="true">icdea2018@tu-dresden.de</a>.<span
                style=""> 
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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              color:black">Online registration is now open at
              <a href="https://www.icdea2018.de/registration/"
                moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.icdea2018.de/registration/</a>.
              Please follow the link to create an account for
              registering and submitting your abstracts.</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
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              color:black">Key Dates:</span></p>
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              color:black">Deadline early payment
              <span style="">           </span>January 21, 2018</span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Deadline late payment
              <span style="">             </span>March 18, 2018</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Deadline abstract submission 
              <span style=""></span>March 18, 2018</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Deadline refund request<span style="">          
              </span>January 21, 2018</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">The conference will take place at Technische
              Universität Dresden, Department of Mathematics, Zellescher
              Weg 12-14, 01069 Dresden, Germany (see also
              <a href="https://tu-dresden.de/mn/math?set_language=en"
                moz-do-not-send="true">https://tu-dresden.de/mn/math?set_language=en</a>).</span></p>
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              color:black">- Art'otel Dresden (<a
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                moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.artotels.com/dresden-hotel-de-d-01067/gerdrart</a>)
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">- HYPERION Hotel Dresden am Schloss (<a
href="https://secure.h-hotels.com/en/hotel/32626/_search?checkin=2018-05-20&checkout=2018-05-26&adults_1=1&code=ICDEA2018"
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              color:black">- Ibis Hotel Dresden (<a
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">When booking, please use the keyword ICDEA
              2018.</span></p>
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              color:black">Please note that the number of rooms in each
              hotel is limited. Early reservation is advised.</span></p>
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              color:black">You are welcome to forward this email and the
              attached announcement to any colleagues who might be
              interested in this conference.</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">With best regards,
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">on behalf of the Organizing Committee,
            </span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black"> </span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Stefan Siegmund - Chair
            </span></p>
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              color:black">--------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Prof. Dr. Stefan Siegmund</span></p>
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Technische Universität Dresden</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Faculty of Science</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Department of Mathematics</span></p>
          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Institute of Analysis / Center for Dynamics
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          <p class="MsoPlainText"><span
              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">01062 Dresden</span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Phone +49 (351) 463-34632</span></p>
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              style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
              color:black">Fax +49 (351) 463-34664</span></p>
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