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<DIV>Dear Colleagues,</DIV>
<DIV>I am happy to announce that </DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The 2015 Music
Encoding Conference, the pre-conference workshops and the Hack/SIG Day, will
take place in the Sala Comparetti of the Humanities Library (“Biblioteca
Umanistica”) of the University of Florence, Florence, Italy. The library is
situated in the very historical center of Florence (piazza Brunelleschi 2, zip
code 50121), at walking distance from the Duomo (5 minutes), Piazza San Marco (5
minutes) and the “Santa Maria Novella” main train station (12 minutes).
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A map showing the
location is available </FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style='href: "http://goo.gl/txImuF"' target=_blank><FONT
face="Times New Roman">online</FONT></A></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Florence is served
by two airports: the </FONT></FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style='href: "http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/informazioni-utili-2/arrivare-e-muoversi-2/2503-connection-florence-airport.html"'
target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman">Amerigo Vespucci
aiport</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"> (FLR), and the Galileo Galilei
airport in Pisa (PSA), 80 km far from Florence, easily </FONT><A
style='href: "http://www.pisa-airport.com/aeroporto_di_pisa_270.html"'
target=_blank><FONT face="Times New Roman">connected</FONT></A></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> to the city center by
coach.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Official
Florence Turism Website is available at </FONT></FONT><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
style='href: "http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/informazioni-utili-2.html"'
target=_blank><FONT
face="Times New Roman">http://www.firenzeturismo.it/en/</FONT></A></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More information
to follow at <A title=http://www.music-encoding.org/conference/venue2015
href="http://www.music-encoding.org/conference/venue2015">http://www.music-encoding.org/conference/venue2015</A></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">With best wishes,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Christine (Siegert)</FONT></P>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000">Prof. Dr.
Christine Siegert<BR>Universität der Künste Berlin<BR>Fakultät Musik,
Musikwissenschaft<BR>Fasanenstraße 1B<BR>D-10623 Berlin<BR><BR>Tel.: +49 (0)30
3185 2318<BR>siegert@udk-berlin.de</DIV>
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