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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"><b>Understanding Timor-Leste: 2019 TLSA Research Conference</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Liceu Campus, Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL), Avenida Cidade de Lisboa, Dili, Timor-Leste, 27–28 June 2019</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Just a few updates & reminders on the 2019 conference in Dili:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"><b>Conference Program</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">The organising committee is pleased to announce that we have received more than 180 abstracts, making this the largest conference in TLSA history. Confirmations
of acceptance will be sent over the next week, and we expect to distribute the first draft of the program in early May.
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Alongside the regular support of the Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e (UNTL), Swinburne University of Technology and the University of Lisbon, the TLS<span style="font-weight:normal">A gratefully acknowledges
the generous support of the <i>Centro Nacional Chega! </i>for our 2019 conference, and the special panel on
<i>1999: 20 Years On</i>.</span> <br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Registration</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Please find the 2019 registration forms attached. These forms will also be available soon on the website
</span><a href="http://www.tlstudies.org/Conference.html"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">http://www.tlstudies.org/Conference.html</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"><b>Internationals: </b>All international delegates should submit their completed registration forms by Friday 7 June. Internationals may either pre-pay using the credit card section of the registration form,
or pay at the registration desk in Dili on 27 June. (Write “pay in Dili” at the payment section of the registration form if that is your intention.) Please email the form to:
</span><a href="mailto:tlsa2019@tlstudies.org"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">tlsa2019@tlstudies.org</span></a></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal"><b>East Timorese nationals:</b> Please register at the registration desk on 27 June. You can confirm your attendance before the conference by emailing your name and affiliation to: Dulce Martins da Silva, UNTL,
Email: </span><a href="mailto:dasilvamartinsdulce@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">dasilvamartinsdulce@gmail.com</span></a></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">General information on panel sessions</span></b></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Each panel session will be 90 minutes in total:</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Each presenter will have 20 minutes in a three-speaker panel; or 15 minutes in a four-speaker panel (60 minutes)<br>
</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">There will question and discussion time after that (30 mins)</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">PowerPoint facilities will be available at the conference</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">We look forward to seeing you all in Dili in June!
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<span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal">Michael Leach</span></p>
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