<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hi everyone,</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The main conference schedule for the upcoming </span><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/" class="">OpenStack Summit in Sydney</a><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is now available! </span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SCHEDULE: <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/summit-schedule/" class="">https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/summit-schedule/</a></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Log in with your </span><a href="https://openstackid.org/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">OpenStackID</span></a><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and start building your schedule now! It will automatically sync with the mobile app, which will be available in the coming weeks.</span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://openstacksummit2017sydney.eventbrite.com" class="">Register now</a> at the early bird discounted rate </span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on your Summit ticket</span><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">before </span><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">prices increase on September 8 at 11:59pm Pacific Time (September 9 at 6:59 UTC).</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IMPORTANT INFORMATION</span></div><ol class="" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li dir="ltr" class="" style="list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">View a list of nearby hotels on our website <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/travel/" class="">here</a>.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class="" style="list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/travel/#visa" class="">Visa Information</a>: All non-Australian residents will need a visa to travel to Australia.</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" class="" style="list-style-type: decimal; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Interested in sponsoring the Summit? <a href="https://www.openstack.org/summit/sydney-2017/sponsors/" class="">Learn more here</a>.</span></div></li></ol><br class=""><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SPEAKER NOTIFICATIONS</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you submitted a talk - check your email. Everyone who submitted a speaking proposal for the Summit will receive an email notification to let them know whether or not their talk has been accepted. The email sent to selected speakers was sent from </span><a href="mailto:speakersupport@openstack.org" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">speakersupport@openstack.org</span></a><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and contains important next steps and speaker registration codes. Each speaker is responsible for registering themselves to attend the Summit; please make sure your colleagues read the email and complete this step.</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact <a href="mailto:summit@openstack.org" class="">summit@openstack.org</a> with any questions.</span></div><br class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See you in Sydney!</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cheers,</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allison </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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