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margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:161.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Dynamics of Soft Matter Workshop</span></b> will be held December 4-6,
2008, in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:State></st1:place>, as a satellite event of the
MRS annual meeting. Contributed talks and posters are being
solicited. Sessions on complex fluids, biology, polymers, and surfaces, are
planned. See the website </span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/dsm2008/index.shtml"
title="http://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/dsm2008/index.shtml">http://neutrons.ornl.gov/conf/dsm2008/index.shtml</a>
</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>for more information (including plenary and invited speakers and the
agenda) with instructions for submitting contributed talks and posters.
Each talk will include an overview of the status of current applications and
techniques, the potential of using advanced neutron techniques to provide new
capabilities, and the developments required to enable these goals to be met.
The Workshop will utilize open discussion to summarize the science
presentations to maximize the integration of science and techniques to develop
the directions of research and future investments in a wide variety of
environments. Active feedback will enable a summary of future actions to be
discussed on the last day. Included in the Workshop summary will be a
description of the capabilities of the present and planned reactor and
accelerator-based sources along with development of new techniques. The summary
will also serve as an important document when communicating with funding
agencies and the public. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:161.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;
margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Based on presentations and
discussions during this Workshop, an outline and writing assignments will be
developed for a book in the Springer Series on Neutron Scattering Applications
and Techniques (</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://www.springer.com/series/8141"
title="http://www.springer.com/series/8141">http://www.springer.com/series/8141</a>)</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>; it is
expected that this book will serve as a guideline for future international
collaborations. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Al Ekkebus</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Allen E. Ekkebus</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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