<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Greetings Bldg-sim,</span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">10 years have passed since the </span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">inaugural annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), and we want you to join us in the decennial celebrations! </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://simaud.com/2019/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">SimAUD 2019</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> will be held this year in Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA from April </span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">7^th to the 9^th</span></span><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, and you are invited.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The full program is now </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://simaud.com/2019/program.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">available</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, featuring 40 single-track peer-reviewed long and short-papers, practice-focused panels, 8 half day pre-conference </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://simaud.com/2019/call_for_workshops.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">workshops</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, and four keynote addresses by Dana Cupkova from Carnegie Mellon University, Billie Faircloth from KieranTimberlake, Stefano Schiavon from University of California Berkeley and Dennis Shelden from Georgia Tech. This year we are also planning to play a sponsor-supported conference-wide simulation game!</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Discounted conference </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://simaud.com/2019/venue.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">accommodation</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> is available, and registration is now </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="http://simaud.com/2019/registration.php" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">open</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">. It grants entrance to all conference activities and pre-conference workshops. You can also register for the workshops only. <b>Early registration ends on March 4^th</b>. Students are significantly supported due to the generous contributions of our sponsors: Autodesk, the US Department of Energy, NREL and IBPSA-USA, KPF, University of Oregon, EDSL-TAS, Cove.tool and IES.<span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> <span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s a quick </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(191,144,0);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN1zNrHw-Sc" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">video</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> overview of SimAUD 2018 in TU Delft.<span style="font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:inherit"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span><span></span></span></span></p><p class="gmail-xmsonormal" style="margin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