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Call for Papers EIPC Winter Conference—Extended Deadline
October 9, 2018 | EIPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
With their customary flair for finding a suitable venue for their conferences, EIPC have selected Milan, Italy and the NH Hotel Milano Fiera, for their Winter event in 2019. The conference will be held on February 14-15, 2019.
Ah yes, Valentine's Day—Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love in many regions around the world. Given that all the EIPC members are passionate people, and love a commercial celebration when they see one, you can put good money on the fact that pretty well all of them will be in Milan for the EIPC Winter Conference.
Where better to bring your bow and quiver and shoot some technical and commercial arrows into the (not-so-hard) hearts of the assembled masses of people who know a lot about assembly.
Abstract submission is no later than October 15. Please click here for the detailed Call for Papers.
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