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<p><span style="color:black">IBPSA-England is organising the third Building </span>
<span style="color:black">Simulation and Optimization Conference (BSO2016) in Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The conference will take place from 12-14th of September 2016 in the Great North Museum. The first conference in Loughborough University
and the second conference in UCL, were a major success and the participants' numbers continue to significantly rise. The weblink for the conference is
<a href="http://www.bso16.org">www.bso16.org.</a> </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black"><br>
The main conference themes are </span><span style="color:#1F497D">:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Progress in simulation tools and optimization methods <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Application of environmental and sustainability modelling to case studies <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">New directions in building environmental modelling including BIM and visualization methods <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Progress in modelling micro-urban environments <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CONFERENCE CHAIR:</span></strong><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Dr. Neveen Hamza- Newcastle University (Vice Chair IBPSA-England)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:</span></strong><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Dr. Neveen Hamza – Newcastle University (Vice Chair IBPSA-England)
<br>
Prof. Chris Underwood – Northumbria University <br>
Prof. Malcolm Cook – Loughborough University <br>
Prof. Dejan Mumovic – The Bartlett, UCL, UK <br>
Prof. Pieter De Wilde – Plymouth University (Chair of IBPSA-England) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CHAIR OF SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:</span></strong><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Prof. Chris Underwood – Northumbria University <o:p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:</span></strong><span style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">Prof. Jon Wright – Loughborough University <br>
Prof. Malcolm Cook – Loughborough University <br>
Prof. Pieter De Wilde – Plymouth University (Chair of IBPSA-England) <br>
Dr. Neveen Hamza – Newcastle University (Vice Chair IBPSA-England) <br>
Dr. Liora Malki-Epshtein – UCL <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">KEY Dates </span>
</strong><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="color:black">1st conference announcement 1st of May 2015 <br>
2nd Conference Announcement 3rd of July 2015 <br>
Abstract submission 1st of October 2015 <br>
Abstract review completed 11th of December 2015 <br>
Abstract review notification to authors 18th of December 2015 <br>
Full paper Submission 13th of March 2016 <br>
Paper review deadline 16th of April 2016 <br>
Paper review notification 1st of May 2016 <br>
Final paper submission 1st of June 2016 <br>
Review process completed 22nd of July 2016 <br>
Final decision to authors 30th of July 2016 <br>
Early Bird registration 15th of August to 4th of September 2016 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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