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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Please advise if you have difficulties registering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Jason <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Aco-update <aco-update-bounces@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Watitis Committee<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 30, 2024 9:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> Watitis Committee <watitis@uwaterloo.ca><br><b>Subject:</b> WatITis 2024 Registration Open!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td colspan=4 style='padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636'><img width=321 height=143 style='width:3.3472in;height:1.493in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.png@01DB29ED.104DBE40"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#FFFAAA;padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#FFEA30;padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#FDD54F;padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 0in'></td><td width="25%" style='width:25.0%;background:#E4B429;padding:11.25pt 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr><td colspan=4 style='background:white;padding:22.5pt 22.5pt 22.5pt 22.5pt'><p style='line-height:16.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>WatITis 2024 registration is open!<br></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>A technology focused conference made for you, by you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>The annual WatITis conference will be held in-person at the Science Teaching Complex (STC) and virtually on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024. <a href="https://portal.uwaterloo.ca/#/events/e789/registration" title="https://portal.uwaterloo.ca/#/events/e789/registration"><span style='color:#363636;text-decoration:none'>Registration is now open</span></a> and will remain open until Monday, November 18th, 2024. On the registration page, University of Waterloo employees may need to log in before registering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xxmsonormal><span style='color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="https://portal.uwaterloo.ca/#/events/e1210/registration">Register for WatITis 2024</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Network with other IT professionals and learn more about information technology initiatives at the University of Waterloo. Hear from a variety of presenters including two <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/watitis/sessions-2024/keynotes">keynote speakers</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#363636;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Mark Daley</span></b><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>, Chief AI Officer, Western University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#363636;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><b><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Okey Igboeli</span></b><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>, Associate Professor - Teaching Stream, Director of Science and Business Program, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#363636;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>For more information, please visit the <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/watitis">WatITis website</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Jordan Barnartt & Sergey Bobkin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Chairs, WatITis Committee</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'> </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=4 style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='background:black;padding:15.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=150 style='width:112.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:30.0pt'><td width=50 style='width:37.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/university.waterloo/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=40 height=40 style='width:.4166in;height:.4166in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://creativeservices.uwaterloo.ca/_images/icon-sm-fb-rev.gif" alt=Facebook></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=50 style='width:37.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://www.instagram.com/uofwaterloo/?hl=en"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=40 height=40 style='width:.4166in;height:.4166in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://creativeservices.uwaterloo.ca/_images/icon-sm-ig-rev.gif" alt=Instagram></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=50 style='width:37.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:30.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/school/uwaterloo/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=40 height=40 style='width:.4166in;height:.4166in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://creativeservices.uwaterloo.ca/_images/icon-sm-linkedin-rev.gif" alt=LinkedIn></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td style='background:black;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>University of Waterloo<br>200 University Ave. W, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan=4 style='padding:30.0pt 22.5pt 22.5pt 22.5pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0069in;height:.0069in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://url5971.uwaterloo.ca/wf/open?upn=-2BAFVkma-2BTxJyjDN9-2FXik7cAGrO3HXRxXcEZ-2B1boeIcNZNx1h-2BFNt5MfaQ6CRApDALuy331Xqq9JcX7l1ltBHPZhvATEOt3OvUDs-2FDkUIg4rQ1RVNcTSFZzgY9-2Byuk0popWFD1jpdnhiXslsF3EvJ85U9rzLJWn-2Bz4tLi1YCejoGYRURmBm5mz2hx8CUMsNum-2FNEw-2B3XIONzqSCJ7T8PdwYYeBZ9IcSR1kuP-2Bqf4-2FHeRT5zKlFky1j36BBHMa0cjH"></span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>