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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are thrilled to announce the 12th annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">(</span><a href="http://www.simaud.org/2021/"><span lang="EN-GB">SimAUD2021</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">)
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">which will be held hybrid, both at the University of Southern California (USC) and remotely, on April 15-17, 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We would like to invite you to submit and present original contributions.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Key dates:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Submission deadline: Nov 22, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Acceptance notification: Dec 15, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- Camera-Ready papers: Jan 20, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- SimAUD conference: Apr 15-17, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Read more at</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">
<a href="http://www.simaud.org/2021/organizers.php">http://www.simaud.org/2021/organizers.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please contact</span>
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="mailto:asawyer@andrew.cmu.edu">asawyer@andrew.cmu.edu</a></span></span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">if you have questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">SimAUD 2021organizing team:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">David Gerber, Amber Bartosh, Azadeh Sawyer and Mathew Schwartz<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">Azadeh O. Sawyer</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">, PhD,
LEED AP</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">Assistant Professor of Architecture Building Technology
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Carnegie Mellon University </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121;background:white">c: 510.731.7541 | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><a href="mailto:asawyer@andrew.cmu.edu"><span style="color:blue">asawyer@andrew.cmu.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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