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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings from the DPS WG (Distributed Services and Protocols)! Or, if you're feeling nostalgic, from the last hurrah of the Grid and Web Services WG<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have started the preparation of the agenda of the upcoming interop IVOA meeting in Sydney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(<a href="https://rds.org.au/events/ivoa-2024/" title="https://rds.org.au/events/ivoa-2024/">https://rds.org.au/events/ivoa-2024/</a>)
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<p class="MsoNormal">where we are planning to have _<i>one</i>_ session.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Among other subjects, we plan to discuss about:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Execution Planner and remote execution<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Authentication/Authorisation and SSO<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">VOSpace evolution<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Hybrid clouds<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0D0D0D;background:white">If you're eager to contribute to the session, please don't hesitate to reach out to Sara and myself!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jesus Salgado & Sara Bertocco<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#070068;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Jesús Salgado</span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> <br>
<span style="color:#E70068">SKA Regional Centre Architect</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#5B6770;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:jesus.salgado@skao.int"><span lang="ES" style="color:#0563C1">jesus.salgado@skao.int</span></a></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#5B6770;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#5B6770;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">SKA Observatory<br>
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