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          this is a reminder that the<b> deadline for abstract
            submission </b>for the <b>“Bridging scales: star clusters
            and their host galaxies from the Local to the high-z
            Univere” </b>conference is <b>March 14th, 2025.</b></div>
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          conference will take place in <b>Matera (Italy) from the 1st
            to the 5th of September 2025.</b></div>
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        <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><b>Abstract
            submission</b></div>
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          can submit your abstract at the following link</div>
        <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFoxTsJ9n2wYQ5OF2bzsA99FcN9_5cSkTAkLqvked5AqcNqg/viewform" target="_blank" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFoxTsJ9n2wYQ5OF2bzsA99FcN9_5cSkTAkLqvked5AqcNqg/viewform</a></div>
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          <div>Notifications regarding abstract selection will be sent
            by mid April, 2025. <br>
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          <div>Please note that all oral presentations will be given in
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          <div><b>Key scientific topics</b></div>
          <div>The conference aims at<span style="text-align:justify"> bringing
              together observers and theorists from both the local and
              high-z Universe communities to inspire discussions about
              how to build a comprehensive picture of star cluster
              formation and evolution, explore the link between old
              massive, young star clusters and high-z proto-globular
              clusters, their connection to galaxy formation and their
              potential role in the reionization of the Universe.</span></div>
          <div><span style="text-align:justify">Special focus will be
              given to the following topics</span></div>
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                  <li style="margin-left:15px">Local young clusters:
                    insights on cluster formation and early evolution</li>
                  <li style="margin-left:15px">Local globular clusters
                    and globular cluster systems and their link with
                    galaxy assembly and evolution</li>
                  <li style="margin-left:15px">High-z observations of
                    proto-clusters and dense stellar systems: their role
                    in the early Universe</li>
                  <li style="margin-left:15px">Cluster formation in the
                    context of cosmological simulations</li>
                  <li style="margin-left:15px">Next generation of
                    observational facilities </li>
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          <div>For further details please visit the conference website:</div>
          <div><a href="https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/bridging-scales-in-matera-2025/home" target="_blank" style="letter-spacing:0.2px">https://sites.google.com/inaf.it/bridging-scales-in-matera-2025/</a></div>
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          <div><b>Important dates</b></div>
          <div>Abstract submission closes: <b>March 14th, 2025</b></div>
          <div>Speaker notification: <b>mid April, 2025</b></div>
          <div>Registration open: <b>early April 2025</b></div>
          <div>Conference dates: <b>September 1-5, 2025</b><br>
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            Looking forward to meeting you in Matera!</div>
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            <div><b>SOC</b></div>
            <div>Emanuele Dalessandro (INAF OAS; co-Chair)</div>
            <div>Alison Sills (McMaster University; co-Chair)</div>
            <div>Mario Cadelano (University of Bologna)</div>
            <div>Michela Mapelli (Heidelberg University)</div>
            <div>Florent Renaud (Observatoire Astronomique de
              Strasbourg)</div>
            <div>Eros Vanzella (INAF OAS)</div>
            <div>Enrico Vesperini (Indiana University)</div>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Alison Sills
Professor, Physics & Astronomy</pre>
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