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<span style="color:black">Submissions for the 84th Annual International Conference October 23-26, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan USA, are open!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please consider joining us as we celebrate our theme, "Innovations with Business Communication: Companies, Communities, and Classrooms." We are also looking for workshop ideas to acquaint new colleagues and more seasoned ones with
new trends in teaching, research, and practice.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="webextlink://All%20workshops%20are%20scheduled%20for%20morning%20or%20afternoon%20sessions%20on%20Wednesday,%20October%2023,%20before%20the%20opening%20reception."><span style="color:#0072C6">All
workshops are scheduled for morning or afternoon sessions on Wednesday, October 23, before the opening reception.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">For more conference information and to submit proposals for ABC's 84th Annual International Conference in Detroit, Michigan, October 23-26, 2019 visit <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxpgl2yw"><span style="color:purple">https://tinyurl.com/yxpgl2yw</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Pre-Conference Workshop proposals are due on Friday, March 1, 2019.</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Proposals for this year’s conference are due by April 26.</span></b><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For more information, please visit the conference page at: <a href="https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/2019-annual?source=5"><span style="color:purple">https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/2019-annual.</span></a> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">There
you’ll find submission <a href="https://www.businesscommunication.org/p/cm/ld/fid=711&source=5"><span style="color:purple">Guidelines</span></a> </span></strong>with submission parameters and review criteria.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black">ABC offers graduate travel grants and provides free registration for graduate students who present. If you work with graduate students, please share this information.</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">If you have questions, please feel free to send them to me or to our conference chairs (Dirk Remley at Kent State and Clive Muir at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Stephen F. Austin State University)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">at <a href="mailto:ABCDetroit19@gmail.com"><span style="color:purple">ABCDetroit19@gmail.com</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">James M. Dubinsky, PhD<br>
Associate Professor, Rhetoric & Writing, D/English (0112), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Chair, VT Veterans Caucus, Virginia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director, Association for Business Communication (ABC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(540) 231-1939 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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