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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleague,<br>
<br>
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the <strong><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Special Session </span></strong>CST2010-S17
on the topic of &nbsp;<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&quot;</span></strong><b>Non-Gradient
Methods in Optimization<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&quot;</span></strong></b>
as part of &nbsp;the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures
Technology.<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>The Tenth International Conference on Computational
Structures Technology that will take place in Valencia, Spain from 14-17
September 2010: <a href="http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2010.htm"><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://www.civil-comp.com/conf/cst2010.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal>Please note that the call for papers for the conference <b>closes
on 15th November 2009</b>.<span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Please
email this call to anyone you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Best
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>session
organizers</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><br>
J.F. Aguilar Madeira, IDMEC/IST, Portugal &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT>H. Pina, IDMEC/IST, Portugal &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;&shy;_________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>J.F.
Aguilar Madeira (PhD)</span><span lang=PT style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IDMEC-IST,
Technical University of Lisbon</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Av.
Rovisco Pais, 1040-001 Lisboa, Portugal</span><span lang=PT style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel:
+351218417466 Fax:+351218417915</span><span lang=PT style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>e-mail:
<a href="mailto:prfernan@dem.ist.utl.pt">jaguilar@dem.ist.utl.pt</a></span><span
lang=PT style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

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