<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 19.0px Arial"><b>INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP </b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 19.0px Arial"><b>‘Managing Waveform Data and Related Metadata</b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 19.0px Arial"><b>for Seismic Networks’</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 19.0px Arial"><b>October 21-26, 2007</b></font></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 19.0px Arial"><b> </b></font><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</b></font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Management System (DMS) is organizing a workshop focused on the management of metadata and time series data from seismological networks. The goal of the workshop is to enable open data sharing and exchange ideas between networks in the focus area as well as with the broader global seismological community.</font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">This workshop is directed at managers and operators of seismic networks. We will provide training in the application of advanced database management systems, educate participants on the scientific developments that form the basis of modern seismometry, and give a short introduction to modern methods of analysis possible with the current advanced instrumentation and databases. Network managers are encouraged to make a brief presentation on their network.</font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Financial Support</b></font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">There will be no registration fee. Further, financial support is available from different sources including IRIS, NZ Aid and IASPEI. </font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Dates and Venue</b></font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The dates of this workshop will be from October 21 through October 26, 2007 at the Petaling Jaya Hilton in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.</font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"><b>Further Reference</b></font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Additional information about this workshop will be posted at:</font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font face="Arial" size="4" color="#0000f0" style="font: 13.0px Arial; color: #0000f0"><a href="http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2007/metadata/"><u>http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2007/metadata/</u><u></u></a></font></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000F0" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></p>
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