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(ASCJ 2020)</span></b></p>

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2020</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Century,serif"><span style="font-family:Times">The ASCJ executive committee is pleased to announce the start of Early
Bird registration for this year’s conference on February 20^th, 2020.
</span><span style="font-family:Times">All presenters and other participants whose names are to appear on the
program should complete registration and payment by the April 20 deadline. </span><span style="font-family:Times;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Other participants are welcome to take advantage of this reduced
registration rate. (Please be aware that the ASCJ will only provide letters of
invitation for visa or funding purposes to participants who will be listed in
the program.) </span><span style="font-family:Times"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Century,serif"><span style="font-family:Times">Pre-registration offers a
substantial fee reduction. From April 21^st, the registration fee
will revert to the “Regular” level.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Century,serif"><b><span style="font-family:Times">ASCJ Registration Schedule and Fees</span></b></p>

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Students \1000)</span></p>

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Students \1500)</span></p>

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Students \2000)</span></p>

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to our registration system:</span></p>

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2020 ASCJ Conference, please see our website.</span></p>

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