<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Dear IVOA Colleagues,</span><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">We are within a few weeks of the **Northern Spring Interop Meeting - May 25-28**, with an IVOA Newcomers session scheduled for May 24. </span><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">It's time to provide some details of our plans!! Registration is open … and free!!</span><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="">**** IVOA May Interop Meeting and Registration page: <a href="https://indico.ict.inaf.it/e/ivoa/interop-may-2021" class="">https://indico.ict.inaf.it/e/ivoa/interop-may-2021</a></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">o Kick off of the IVOA Interop is Monday, May 24 with 2 sessions sponsored by the Education Interest Group for all of those looking for an Introduction (or Refresher) on the IVOA!! <br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">o A wide-array of presentations & discussions are planned. We continue to welcome your contributed abstracts. Submissions will be accepted until *May 17* through the meeting page link above.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">o 2 Mini-Workshops are planned during the Interop:</div><div class=""> 1) A Theory/GWS Mini-Workshop (3 sessions) on the use of Science Platforms for the dissemination of Cosmological Simulations. <div class=""> 2) A DataModel Mini-Workshop (3 sessions) on different proposals for a data model usage scheme in the VO. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">o Socializing is planned using gather.town to support this activity!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">**** You will find more details in the attached flyer!! (Please pass it on to your colleagues!!!)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As always, we look forward to the Northern Spring Interop meeting for an exchange of thoughts, ideas, and experiences. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best regards,</div><div class="">-Janet & Pat</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>