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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear TraMineR users,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The next LaCOSA conference (see the call below) is an excellent opportunity to meet people interested in sequence analysis and to exchange about your own work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The TraMineR team would be very happy to meet you at that occasion and strongly encourages you to submit a communication.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gilbert<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;background:white">CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:white">LaCOSA II </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Methods
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
</span><span style="color:black;background:white">Lausanne, June 8-10, 2016</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:white">The International Conference on Sequence Analysis and Related Methods will be held at the University of Lausanne four years after the Lausanne Conference on Sequence Analysis (LaCOSA). The conference aims to
bring together scholars using innovative methods for analyzing longitudinal data in social, managerial, political, health or environmental sciences with developers of methods for longitudinal analysis.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:white">In addition to usual contributions, the conference will also promote a data analysis contest. For detailed instructions, please refer to the conference website.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:white">Call for contributions: <a href="https://www.lives-nccr.ch/sites/default/files/pdf/actualite/lacosa2_flyer.pdf" target="_blank">
https://www.lives-nccr.ch/sites/default/files/pdf/actualite/lacosa2_flyer.pdf</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:white">For further information please visit:
<a href="https://lacosa.lives-nccr.ch/" target="_blank">https://lacosa.lives-nccr.ch/</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;background:white"><br>
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</span><span style="color:black;background:white">-- Apologies for cross-posting --
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gilbert Ritschard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NCCR LIVES & Institute of Demography and Socioeconomics (IDESO)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Geneva, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">54, rte des Acacias, CH-1227 Carouge, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CH"><a href="http://mephisto.unige.ch/"><span lang="EN-US">http://mephisto.unige.ch</span></a></span>
<span lang="FR-CH"><a href="http://www.lives-nccr.ch/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.lives-nccr.ch</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CH">LaCOSA 2016 <a href="http://lacosa.lives-nccr.ch/">
http://lacosa.lives-nccr.ch/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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