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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We are excited to announce </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the first-ever Nek5000<span> </span><span class="il">Hackathon</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>When:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nov. 12</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (1
PM, Sunday) --<span> </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_161145410" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Nov.
14</span></span><span> </span>(5<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_161145411" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">pm</span></span>,
Tuesday)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, 2017</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Where:<span> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">NCSA Building, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), IL, USA</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="il">Hackathon</span><span> </span>Goal: </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The event will bring together users and developers
with the intent to help new and current users bring their applications into production mode. It will also give users a chance to provide the development team with feedback on what features or enhancements they would like to see in future releases. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Format:<span> </span></b>W</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">e are asking each of the participants (or as a team) to develop a small example
demonstrating the phenomena of interest that could be shared with the rest of the user community through the NekExamples Suite. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There will not be a formal presentation agenda.
We anticipate, however, several rounds of short presentations describing the problems of interest, the features that make the problem interesting and challenging, and the anticipated ways in which the Nek team can help. Please bring your laptops and come
prepared to access your usual work sites remotely, from UIUC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>Cost: </b>There is no formal registration fee. Lunches will be covered. We may collect a nominal fee for group dinners on Sunday and Monday.</span></div>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Hotels:</b> Th</font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ere are several hotels in the area that are a short walk from the workshop site (Siebel Center, Day 1; NCSA
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Hampton Inn on University ~ 5 minute walk.</font></div>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Illini Union ~ 10 minute walk.</font></div>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Towne Place Suites by Marriott, Champaign 15 minutes</font></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">We look forward to seeing you next month!</span></div>
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