<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><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Howdy VOEvent / IVOA TDIG worthies,</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Time is increasingly the independent variable of interest to the Virtual Observatory, and for that matter, few things are more virtual than time.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The draft program of early submissions is now available for the Science of Time symposium, to be held by the Harvard-Smithsonian CfA from 5-9 June 2016:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <a href="http://hanksville.org/timesymposium/SoT_agenda_v1.6.pdf" class="">http://hanksville.org/timesymposium/SoT_agenda_v1.6.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">Abstracts are still being accepted and a few more talks can be accommodated by extending sessions, etc., but deadlines are approaching:</div><div class=""><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>abstracts for oral presentations:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 1</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>abstracts for posters:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 15</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>regular registration:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>May 15<br class=""><br class="">Your participation would be welcome, and in good company:<br class=""><br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://sot2016.cfa.harvard.edu/Program/registrants.html" class="">http://sot2016.cfa.harvard.edu/Program/registrants.html</a><br class=""><br class="">Carpe Diem!<br class=""><br class="">Rob Seaman<br class="">University of Arizona</div></div></div><div class="">for the Science of Time organizing committee</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://sot2016.cfa.harvard.edu/" class="">http://sot2016.cfa.harvard.edu</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>