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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=576040613-02092010><FONT face=Verdana><FONT
color=#000080><FONT size=2><SPAN class=947390913-02092010>Hi
Everyone </SPAN>,</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#000080><SPAN class=614421208-02092010>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>The Organizing Committee of the 2010 edition of
INET Beirut would like to invite you to submit a presentation abstract that
would be related to one of the three following themes:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Doing Business in the Social Networking Era
</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Content Delivery Networks (CDN)</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Child Safety on the Internet </FONT></LI></UL>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>On 14 October 2010, selected candidates are
expected to be present at the Habtoor Grand Hotel Convention Center to give a
20-minute presentation and to participate in a subsequent panel
discussion.</FONT></P>
<H5><FONT face=Verdana>About INET Beirut 2010</FONT></H5>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Internet Society has been organizing INET
conferences since 1994. They started as annual global conferences that focused
on Internet issues. Today, Internet Society holds several regional INET
conferences per year to highlight Internet topics that are of relevance,
regionally and globally.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>INET Beirut 2010 is a one-day conference that
is being organized by the Internet Society in collaboration with the Lebanon
Chapter of the Internet Society. Its target audience will include a wide
spectrum of Internet users hailing mainly from Lebanon. <SPAN
class=614421208-02092010><U><FONT color=#810081>click on
</FONT></U></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><A
href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/10/beirut.shtml">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/10/beirut.shtml</A><SPAN
class=614421208-02092010> for suggested topics</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<H5><FONT face=Verdana>About the Internet Society (ISOC)</FONT></H5>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organization
that provides leadership in Internet related standards, education and policy. It
is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the
Internet. ISOC is the organizational home for the groups responsible for
Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).</FONT></P>
<H5><FONT face=Verdana>About ISOC Lebanon Chapter</FONT></H5><FONT size=2
face=Verdana>ISOC Lebanon Chapter, created in June 2010, aims at maintaining and
extending the development and availability of the Internet and its associated
technologies and applications to all the people of Lebanon. Chapter members are
local Internet stakeholders representing the interests of and serving the
Lebanese Internet community. </FONT><A href="http://www.isoc.org.lb/about.htm"
target=_blank><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Read more about the Lebanon
Chapter</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>. </FONT>
<P></P>
<H5><FONT face=Verdana>Abstract and Bio preparation requirements</FONT></H5>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>You must submit your abstract, as well as a bio of
the presenter(s), electronically via e-mail to </FONT><A
href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org"><FONT size=2
face=Verdana>bekele@isoc.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Verdana> by <SPAN
class=947390913-02092010> 14 September</SPAN><STRONG> 2010</STRONG>.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Submitted abstracts must:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Be in English; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Be limited to 250 words; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Include the: </FONT>
<UL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Title of the presentation; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Name(s) of author(s), and presenter(s), the
name(s) of presenter(s) being clearly <U>underlined</U> or
<STRONG>bolded</STRONG>; </FONT></LI></UL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Provide contact details, including a daytime
telephone number as well as email and postal addresses. </FONT></LI></UL>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Submitted biographical information must:</FONT></P>
<UL>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Be in English; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Be limited to 100 words ; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Include educational background, current and
major past positions; </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>Include details of previous major presentations
made by the presenter. </FONT></LI></UL>
<H5><FONT face=Verdana>Important Dates</FONT></H5>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Deadline for submission of
abstracts: <SPAN class=947390913-02092010> 14 September</SPAN><STRONG>
2010</STRONG><BR>Notification of acceptance: <SPAN
class=947390913-02092010> 20</SPAN><STRONG> September 2010</STRONG><BR>INET
Beirut 2010: <STRONG>14 October
2010</STRONG></FONT></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=426191708-02092010><FONT color=#000080 size=2
face=Verdana>Awaiting your feeback</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P align=left><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Verdana>Therese Saliba
Khairallah<BR></FONT></P></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT color=#008000 size=1
face=Tahoma></FONT></STRONG> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> ISOC Lebanon Chapter
[mailto:info@isoc.org.lb] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:33
AM<BR><B>To:</B> <BR><B>Subject:</B> Your invitation to Internet Society INET
conference, October 14th 2010<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single"
href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/10/beirut.shtml"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">INET Beirut
2010</SPAN></B></A></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr"
class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The first
Internet Society conference in Lebanon and the first INET in the Middle
East</SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr"
class=MsoNormal align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reaching
Out to the Next Million Internauts in Lebanon</SPAN></B></P>
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dir=ltr></SPAN> </P>
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class=MsoNormal><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single"
href="http://www.isoc.org/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=2>Internet Society (ISOC)</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=2> and
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single"
href="http://www.isoc.org.lb/">ISOC Lebanon Chapter</A></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=2> are pleased to
invite you to attend our joint INET Beirut 2010 conference to be held
<B>October 14, 2010</B> at the <B>Habtoor Grand Hotel</B> and Convention
Center in Sin El Fil, Lebanon.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT
size=2>This conference is the first event of its kind in the Middle East
and will feature international, regional and local speakers who will
tackle subjects and themes that are of importance to the local and global
Internet community. <BR>For more information click on</FONT> </SPAN><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single"
href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/10/beirut.shtml"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=2>http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/10/beirut.shtml</FONT></SPAN></A></P>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT
size=2>This is the first communication for this event. More will follow.
Book the <B>14<SUP>th</SUP> of October</B> in your
calendar!</FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT
size=2>We take this opportunity to invite you to become a member of the
ISOC Lebanon Chapter. To join click on</FONT> </SPAN><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single"
href="https://portal.isoc.org/EBusiness/NewMemberStepOne.aspx"
target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT
size=2>https://portal.isoc.org/EBusiness/NewMemberStepOne.aspx</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black"><FONT size=2> :</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
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class=ListParagraphCxSpFirst><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black">1.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT
size=2> <SPAN
dir=ltr>C</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black" dir=ltr><FONT size=2>reate a user
account. Go next step</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr"
class=ListParagraphCxSpMiddle><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black">2.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT
size=2> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black" dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Select
Membership Level (Global). Go next step</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P
style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr"
class=ListParagraphCxSpLast><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black">3.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT
size=2> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black" dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Select
Lebanon Chapter. Go to Finish</FONT></SPAN></P>
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Sponsors</FONT></B></P></TD></TR>
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