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<div class="">I’m glad we’re reviewing sessions earlier in the process, so we have some time to recruit a few additional speakers if needed. Also, we have not yet determined the number of sessions per track, but will use the submission numbers as a guide.</div>
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<div class="">On Feb 4, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Seth Fox <<a href="mailto:seth@solinea.com" class="">seth@solinea.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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