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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">I just wanted to share this information, if not already known.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Conference on “Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV” will be held on 16-18 April 2019, in Baltimore in conjunction with SPIE’s
 Defense and Commercial Sensing Symposium (usually occurs at the beginning of the symposium, on Monday and Tuesday).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">The SPIE conference offers several benefits, some of which are follows:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">• Over 4000 attendees for the event<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">• ~ 2000 technical papers presented in ~ 50 technical conferences<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">• An exhibition that features ~ 375 exhibitors
<i>(many sensor companies displaying the best technology)</i><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">• An offering of ~ 35 short courses on technologies found in the conference<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">• An industry program off the exhibition floor that spans 3 days and covers transition of technology into commercialization as well as funding opportunities and trends from both
 the government and private enterprise vantage points.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Please note that abstracts are due by
<b>03 OCT 2018</b>, and also that CLIMATE FIELDVIEW sponsors <b>Best Paper Awards</b> competition, so encourage your students working in UAVs and ground robots to submit abstracts and present at the meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Sindhuja
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Sindhuja Sankaran, Assistant Professor<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Washington State University, PO Box 646120, Pullman WA 99164<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Phone: 509-335-8828;<span style="color:#1f497d">
<a href="https://labs.wsu.edu/sankaran-phenomics/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">https://labs.wsu.edu/sankaran-phenomics/</span></a>
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