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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">We
are pleased to inform you that we are looking forward to another productive
HICSS, judging on the quality of the papers accepted for this year. Below are a
couple of important announcements, please take a minute out of your busy
schedule to review.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier"><span style>1.<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Early
registration deadline has passed, but the normal rate of $750 is in effect until Dec 1.<span style>
</span>If you have not yet done so, please go to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">this <span style>link
to register</span>. See details about the conference on </span><a href="http://kholden7.wix.com/hicss"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://kholden7.wix.com/hicss</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier"> .</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">2. Exciting news is that the National Science Foundation</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier"> <span style>(NSF) will be supporting a cross-disciplinary
Symposium on the Learning Health System (LHS), </span>Monday
morning/afternoon and Tuesday (morning). This is included in your
registration fee. This E-Helath symposium offers an unprecedented
opportunity to join an exciting multi-disciplinary group who
will collectively take a critical step toward addressing the calling of <span style>last
year's invited lecture </span>. The session will address the system
science that underpins the transformation of healthcare. This
LHS symposium will be complementary to and synergistic with
the HICSS-48 Minitrack, <span style>"Learning
Health Systems, Big Data and Socio-Technical Change"</span> . <span style>Additional
information is available</span>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">3. Also, of special notes is that the<span style><span style> International Society of Service
Innovation Professionals</span></span> (ISSIP) </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">will be supporting the <span style>Emerging
Technical Frontiers of Service Innovation Symposium</span> . This
symposium aims to promote applied, field, empirical, theoretical, design
science, behavioral research and emerging applications in innovative areas of
service innovation, service oriented-x, and service transformation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">4.
Other SWT sessions scheduled for Monday may be found on the registration form
and on our web site </span><a href="http://kholden7.wix.com/hicss#!symposia-workshops-and-tutorials/coo0"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://kholden7.wix.com/hicss#!symposia-workshops-and-tutorials/coo0</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier"> .<u><br style>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">4</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">. About
the Hyatt h<span style>otel reservations:</span> We
are looking for a full house, and have blocked most of the rooms. You will
receive a special link to our dedicated site when you register for the
conference!</span></p>
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Aloha,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">Tung Bui and Ralph Sprague</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Courier">, Co-Chairs</span></p>
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</div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><font>Sandra Laney<br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Conference Administrator</span><br></span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">*******<br>HICSS Conference Office</span></font></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><span style="font-family:arial narrow,sans-serif">University of Hawaii at Manoa<br>2404 Maile Way D307<br>Honolulu HI 96822<br>Tel: 808-956-3251 Fax: 808-956-5759<br>Web site(s): <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu" target="_blank">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu</a><br> or <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu" target="_blank">http://kholden7.wix.com/hicss</a></span></font></span><br></div></div>
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