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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:Monaco">The MIRA Steering Committee is pleased to announce the first MIRA workshop, which will be held June 16-20, 2025, in Nafplio Greece (one week ahead of the ESA Living Planet Symposium).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:Monaco">Nafplio is located 2.2 hours from downtown Athens by bus (less than $20 US;
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https://www.rome2rio.com/map/N%C3%A1fplio/Athens?search=N%C3%A1fplio,Athens#trips</a>), and we intend to provide shuttle transportation as well. Nafplio is a beautiful location with many historical sites; more information can be found at
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https://www.nafplio-tour.gr/el/category</a> (in greek, but Google translate in Chrome can help).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:Monaco">Watch for more information in the coming months, and we hope to see you in Greece next year!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><a href="mailto:gregory.l.schuster@nasa.gov?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Gregory Schuster</a>, NASA LaRC, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:vamoir@noa.gr?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Vassilis Amiridis</a>, National Observatory of Athens (NOA), IAASARS, Greece<br>
<a href="mailto:betsy.andrews@noaa.gov?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Elisabeth Andrews</a>, CIRES, U. Colorado at Boulder and NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:mcambaliza@observatory.ph?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Maria ‘Obie’ Cambaliza</a>, Ateneo de Manila University and Manila Observatory, Philippines<br>
<a href="mailto:mian.chin@nasa.gov?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Mian Chin</a>, NASA GSFC, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:oleg.dubovik@univ-lille1.fr?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Oleg Dubovik</a>, CNRS/University of Lille, France<br>
<a href="mailto:sangwookim@snu.ac.kr?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Sang-Woo Kim</a>, Seoul National University, Korea<br>
<a href="mailto:elmarinou@noa.gr?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Eleni Marinou</a>, National Observatory of Athens (NOA), IAASARS, Greece<br>
<a href="mailto:jredemann@ou.edu?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Jens Redemann</a>, University of Oklahoma, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:charles.r.trepte@nasa.gov?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Chip Trepte</a>, NASA LaRC, USA<br>
<a href="mailto:pyang@geos.tamu.edu?subject=MIRA-WG%20Program%20Query%20from%20science.larc.nasa.gov/mira-wg%20site">Ping Yang</a>, Texas A&M University, USA<br>
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Contact the MIRA steering committee at: <a href="mailto:mira_crew@lists.nasa.gov?subject=[MIRA]">mira_crew@lists.nasa.gov</a>; please include [MIRA] in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></p>
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