<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><font class="" face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;">Dear Colleagues,</font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">You might aware that Edu IG is meant to play a contact point between VO community and those interested in science Education and particularly in Astronomy Education and Outreach. To continue the momentum of Edu IG that might have gone slow after Interop in Cape Town, we plan to organize a session or two during the coming Shanghai Interop. </font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Given the interest of China VO in Education and Public Outreach, Shanghai Interop is the best place to have these sessions. As we have done in the last Interop, we can focus on broader area to have discussions on best possible ways to connect VO and Education. </font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Let me know your interest to participate and present your work in Edu IG session during Shanghai Interop. Please feel free to extend this invitation to your c<span class="">olleagues interested in these discussions. </span></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="">Please note</span> IVOA has the <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:edu@ivoa.net" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:edu@ivoa.net">edu@ivoa.net</a> mailing list, a more appropriate place to discuss these Edu sessions. </font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Best regards</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Sudhanshu Barway, Edu IG Vice-Chair </font></div><div class=""><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;"><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Chenzhou Cui</font></span></div></div></body></html>