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		<summary type="html">&lt;div class=&quot;feed-description&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 class=&quot;header-gradient&quot;&gt;Announcements&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Conference Outline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;The conference was held at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/WashingtonDCShoreham.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Washington DC Omni Shoreham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; hotel with the main conference sessions being held August 25-28, 2013, workshops on the 23rd and 24th and half-day tutorials on the 24th and 25th. &amp;nbsp;A doctoral consortium was held on the afternoon of the 25th. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;ICDAR 2013 would like to thank all participants for a successful conference!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presentations for&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;the keynote addresses are now available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;docs/ICDAR2013-Plamondon.pdf&quot;&gt;Keynote 1 - Prof. Rejean Plamondon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;docs/ICDAR2013-Easton.pdf&quot;&gt;Keynote 2 - Prof. Roger L. Easton, Jr.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;docs/ICDAR2013-Lesk.pdf&quot;&gt;Keynote 3 - Prof. Michael E. Lesk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border: 1px solid #333333; margin: 0px;&quot; src=&quot;images/plamondon-award-400.png&quot; alt=&quot;plamondon-award-400&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;Professor Rejean Plamondon presenting the opening keynote after receiving the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joint TC10/11 Meeting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The meeting will take place on Monday, August 26th at 5:45pm in the Regency Ballroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ICDAR 2013 Registration is Open&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;attendees/registration&quot;&gt;registration page&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR 2013 Program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The detailed program for ICDAR can now be viewed on the &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/program&quot;&gt;Schedule&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Hotel Registration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The ICDAR 2013 reserved block has now closed, but the Omni will continue to take reservations at the negotiated rate until the hotel is full.&amp;nbsp; If you are not able to make a reservation at the $149/$180 rates, please contact the organizers at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:icdar2013@icdar2013.org&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:icdar2013@icdar2013.org&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;icdar2013@icdar2013.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conference Hotel Rates and Travel Information&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;attendees/venue&quot;&gt;venue page&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;IAPR/ICDAR 2013 Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The IAPR Technical Committees on Graphics Recognition (TC10) and Reading Systems (TC11) are pleased to announce the recipients of the IAPR/ICDAR 2013 Awards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The IAPR/ICDAR &lt;strong&gt;Outstanding Achievements Award&lt;/strong&gt; is presented to &lt;strong&gt;Prof. Réjean Plamondon&lt;/strong&gt;; The IAPR/ICDAR &lt;strong&gt;Young Investigator Award&lt;/strong&gt; is presented to &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Dimosthenis Karatzas&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Congratulations to the awardees! Please see the &lt;a href=&quot;program/awards&quot;&gt;awards&lt;/a&gt; page for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;The Quest for Lognormality in a Curved Gaussian Space-Time:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;An On-line Handwriting Generation Journey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. Roger L. Easton Jr. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Rochester Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why are Graphics Tools Less General than Text Tools? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. Michael E. Lesk &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Rutgers University&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wednesday 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August 2013&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:00 – 10:00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plenary Session PL3 - Regency Ballroom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Letters of Invitation for US Visa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Email, fax, and 1st class mail is free. Express mail service is $40 - see optional items page during registration. If you need to apply for a US Visa, please fill out the &lt;a href=&quot;attendees/invitationletter&quot;&gt;request form&lt;/a&gt; AFTER completing registration. We will not issue visa letters without confirmation that you have registered and paid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tutorials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR2013 also includes a Tutorial Program, to be held immediately before the technical conference. Tutorials survey mature or emerging topics of interest to the ICDAR community at large. Please see the tutorials link.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competitions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;As in past ICDAR editions, competitions are organized to evaluate the performance of different document analysis technologies. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Please see the competitions link.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Workshops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Thursday, August 22 - Friday, August 23, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dfki.de/afha/2013&quot;&gt;2nd International Workshop on Automated Forensic Handwriting Analysis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (AFHA2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Friday, August 23, 2013 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://imlab.jp/cbdar2013/&quot;&gt;5th International Workshop on Camera-Based Document Analysis and Recognition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (CBDAR2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/hart2013.cfm&quot;&gt;NIST Open Handwriting Recognition and Translation Evaluation &amp;amp; Workshop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (OpenHaRT2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturday, August 24, 2013&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cubs.buffalo.edu/MOCR2013/&quot;&gt;4th International Workshop on Multilingual OCR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (MOCR2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cvc.uab.es/~vfrinken/HIP2013&quot;&gt;2nd International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (HIP2013) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt; &lt;!--
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Traditionally the scientific program of ICDAR is complemented by satellite workshops focusing on particular subfields such as: Graphics Recognition (GREC) and Camera Based Document Analysis and Recognition (CBDAR). Proposers will be informed of the official decision soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Satellite Workshops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tuesday-Wednesday, August 20-21, 2013&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://grec2013.loria.fr/GREC2013/&quot;&gt;10th International Workshop on Graphics Recognition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (GREC 2013) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(See Workshop Site for GREC2013 Deadlines - different from other ICDAR 2013 Workshops) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsorship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR 2013 is soliciting sponsors for the event. Details of sponsorship levels can be found in this &lt;a href=&quot;/conference/sponsorship&quot;&gt;Call for Sponsorship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-bidi-language: KN; mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:DOCUME~1esobczakLOCALS~1Tempmsohtmlclip1�1clip_image002.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;plamondon&quot; width=&quot;118&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;Keynote 1:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;The Quest for Lognormality in a Curved Gaussian Space-Time:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;An On-line Handwriting Generation Journey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award Winner&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Prof. Réjean Plamondon &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;École Polytechnique de Montréal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Monday 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August 2013&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:00 – 10:00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plenary Session PL1 - Regency Ballroom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:DOCUME~1esobczakLOCALS~1Tempmsohtmlclip1�1clip_image004.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.rit.edu/news/umag/spring2007/images/11-Easton.jpg&quot; width=&quot;121&quot; height=&quot;176&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Keynote 2: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Imaging Technologies &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Impending New &quot;Golden Age&quot; in Manuscript Studies&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. Roger L. Easton Jr. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Rochester Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tuesday 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August 2013&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:00 – 10:00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plenary Session PL2 - Regency Ballroom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Conference Outline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;The conference was held at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/WashingtonDCShoreham.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;Washington DC Omni Shoreham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; hotel with the main conference sessions being held August 25-28, 2013, workshops on the 23rd and 24th and half-day tutorials on the 24th and 25th. &amp;nbsp;A doctoral consortium was held on the afternoon of the 25th. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;ICDAR 2013 would like to thank all participants for a successful conference!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Presentations for&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;the keynote addresses are now available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;docs/ICDAR2013-Plamondon.pdf&quot;&gt;Keynote 1 - Prof. Rejean Plamondon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;docs/ICDAR2013-Easton.pdf&quot;&gt;Keynote 2 - Prof. Roger L. Easton, Jr.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;docs/ICDAR2013-Lesk.pdf&quot;&gt;Keynote 3 - Prof. Michael E. Lesk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border: 1px solid #333333; margin: 0px;&quot; src=&quot;images/plamondon-award-400.png&quot; alt=&quot;plamondon-award-400&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; height=&quot;267&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;Professor Rejean Plamondon presenting the opening keynote after receiving the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 8pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joint TC10/11 Meeting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;The meeting will take place on Monday, August 26th at 5:45pm in the Regency Ballroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ICDAR 2013 Registration is Open&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;attendees/registration&quot;&gt;registration page&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR 2013 Program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The detailed program for ICDAR can now be viewed on the &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/program&quot;&gt;Schedule&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Hotel Registration&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The ICDAR 2013 reserved block has now closed, but the Omni will continue to take reservations at the negotiated rate until the hotel is full.&amp;nbsp; If you are not able to make a reservation at the $149/$180 rates, please contact the organizers at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:icdar2013@icdar2013.org&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:icdar2013@icdar2013.org&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #ff0000;&quot;&gt;icdar2013@icdar2013.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Conference Hotel Rates and Travel Information&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Please visit the &lt;a href=&quot;attendees/venue&quot;&gt;venue page&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;IAPR/ICDAR 2013 Awards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The IAPR Technical Committees on Graphics Recognition (TC10) and Reading Systems (TC11) are pleased to announce the recipients of the IAPR/ICDAR 2013 Awards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;The IAPR/ICDAR &lt;strong&gt;Outstanding Achievements Award&lt;/strong&gt; is presented to &lt;strong&gt;Prof. Réjean Plamondon&lt;/strong&gt;; The IAPR/ICDAR &lt;strong&gt;Young Investigator Award&lt;/strong&gt; is presented to &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Dimosthenis Karatzas&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Congratulations to the awardees! Please see the &lt;a href=&quot;program/awards&quot;&gt;awards&lt;/a&gt; page for details.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. Roger L. Easton Jr. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Rochester Institute of Technology&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tuesday 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August 2013&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:00 – 10:00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plenary Session PL2 - Regency Ballroom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Keynote 3: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why are Graphics Tools Less General than Text Tools? &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prof. Michael E. Lesk &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Rutgers University&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wednesday 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August 2013&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:00 – 10:00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Plenary Session PL3 - Regency Ballroom&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Letters of Invitation for US Visa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Email, fax, and 1st class mail is free. Express mail service is $40 - see optional items page during registration. If you need to apply for a US Visa, please fill out the &lt;a href=&quot;attendees/invitationletter&quot;&gt;request form&lt;/a&gt; AFTER completing registration. We will not issue visa letters without confirmation that you have registered and paid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tutorials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR2013 also includes a Tutorial Program, to be held immediately before the technical conference. Tutorials survey mature or emerging topics of interest to the ICDAR community at large. Please see the tutorials link.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competitions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;As in past ICDAR editions, competitions are organized to evaluate the performance of different document analysis technologies. &lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Please see the competitions link.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Workshops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Thursday, August 22 - Friday, August 23, 2013&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;·&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dfki.de/afha/2013&quot;&gt;2nd International Workshop on Automated Forensic Handwriting Analysis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (AFHA2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Friday, August 23, 2013 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://imlab.jp/cbdar2013/&quot;&gt;5th International Workshop on Camera-Based Document Analysis and Recognition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (CBDAR2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/hart2013.cfm&quot;&gt;NIST Open Handwriting Recognition and Translation Evaluation &amp;amp; Workshop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (OpenHaRT2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Saturday, August 24, 2013&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cubs.buffalo.edu/MOCR2013/&quot;&gt;4th International Workshop on Multilingual OCR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (MOCR2013)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cvc.uab.es/~vfrinken/HIP2013&quot;&gt;2nd International Workshop on Historical Document Imaging and Processing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (HIP2013) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt; &lt;!--
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;Traditionally the scientific program of ICDAR is complemented by satellite workshops focusing on particular subfields such as: Graphics Recognition (GREC) and Camera Based Document Analysis and Recognition (CBDAR). Proposers will be informed of the official decision soon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;Satellite Workshops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tuesday-Wednesday, August 20-21, 2013&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;· &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://grec2013.loria.fr/GREC2013/&quot;&gt;10th International Workshop on Graphics Recognition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (GREC 2013) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(See Workshop Site for GREC2013 Deadlines - different from other ICDAR 2013 Workshops) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sponsorship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 10pt;&quot;&gt;ICDAR 2013 is soliciting sponsors for the event. Details of sponsorship levels can be found in this &lt;a href=&quot;/conference/sponsorship&quot;&gt;Call for Sponsorship&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:DOCUME~1esobczakLOCALS~1Tempmsohtmlclip1�1clip_image002.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;plamondon&quot; width=&quot;118&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;Keynote 1:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;The Quest for Lognormality in a Curved Gaussian Space-Time:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;An On-line Handwriting Generation Journey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award Winner&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Prof. Réjean Plamondon &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; color: black;&quot;&gt;École Polytechnique de Montréal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Monday 26&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August 2013&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;9:00 – 10:00&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-no-proof: yes;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;file:///C:DOCUME~1esobczakLOCALS~1Tempmsohtmlclip1�1clip_image004.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.rit.edu/news/umag/spring2007/images/11-Easton.jpg&quot; width=&quot;121&quot; height=&quot;176&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Keynote 2: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Imaging Technologies &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal;&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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