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    Dear Colleagues,
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      <p>We are delighted to invite you to </p>
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        <p style="text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">EUROPT 2024 -
              the 21st EUROPT Conference on Advances in Continuous
              Optimization*</span></i></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
            lang="EN-GB">that will take place </span><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">at Lund
              University</span> from June 26-28, 2024. </span><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">For more
            details, please visit our website: <a target="_new"
              href="https://europt2024.event.lu.se"
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://europt2024.event.lu.se</a></span><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">. </span><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">We are
              privileged to host a </span></span><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">distinguished
              lineup of plenary speakers, including<br>
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          <li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
                style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Amir Beck,
              </span></span>Tel-Aviv University<span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
                style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span></span></li>
          <li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
                style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span>Gabriel
              Peyré, </span>CNRS and École Normale Supérieure<span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span></li>
          <li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Sebastian
              Stich, </span>CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information
            Security<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span></li>
          <li><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Gabriele
              Eichfelder, </span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
              lang="EN-GB">Technische Universität Ilmenau - 2024</span><span
              style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
                style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"> EUROPT
                Fellow</span></span></li>
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        <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span><span
          style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">We are currently
          inviting submissions for both contributed and invited talks.
          Please, submit your title and abstract for consideration
          before the</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
            lang="EN-GB"> deadline on April 7th. W</span>e are also open
          to welcoming new stream organizers. If you are interested in
          organizing a stream, which may include one or more sessions,
          please let us know. A list of currently confirmed streams is
          available on our website.<br>
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      <span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">In conjunction
        with the conference, we are also hosting a summer school.
        Gabriel Peyré and Gabriele Eichfelder will each lead a one-day
        course on June 24th and 25th, respectively. </span><span
        style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Attendance at the
        summer school is complimentary, though registration is required.
        For more details, please refer to the conference webpage.</span>
      <p>We eagerly anticipate your participation and would appreciate
        your assistance in sharing this information with your
        colleagues.</p>
      <p>For any inquiries or further information, please do not
        hesitate to contact us.</p>
      <p>Best wishes,</p>
      Pontus Giselsson and Giancarlo Bigi <br>
      On behalf of the EUROPT 2024 Organizing Committee<span
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      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">*The EUROPT conference is the annual event of the
          EUROPT working group (</span><span
          style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB"></span><a
href="https://es.sonicurlprotection-fra.com/click?PV=2&MSGID=202301122148250975169&URLID=2&ESV=10.0.19.7431&IV=0611AF91E24AA2ED7AD499896A607409&TT=1673560107066&ESN=1yvSR8FMJ9cBR3EwiSUcKL0SOpjOHz0E%2FVIoHkQ0Y64%3D&KV=1536961729280&B64_ENCODED_URL=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZXVyby1vbmxpbmUub3JnL3dlYnNpdGVzL2NvbnRpbnVvdXMtb3B0aW1pemF0aW9uLw&HK=57526CA5240A41BC0CDC8CD8768E954C173E3A8BE9133E25D87F739B4CC8C8CB"
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            moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
              lang="EN-GB">https://www.euro-online.org/websites/continuous-optimization/</span></a><span
            style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">) </span>of
          EURO (The Association of European Operational Research
          Societies)</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"
          lang="EN-GB">, focusing on theory, algorithms, software, and
          applications of continuous optimization and related fields.</span></p>
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