<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify" id="docs-internal-guid-3f977045-14a8-3e2c-af6c-33bd0545bac1"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The HiPC 2013 conference scheduled for 18-21 December in Hyderabad </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">will shift its venue to Bengaluru (Bangalore). </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The city of Hyderabad is located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, an area slated for bifurcation. The schedule for this action and the debate over the outcome for Hyderabad may coincide with HiPC 2013 schedule, and local discord could disrupt travel routes, especially for those traveling by ground in India. </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">To all HiPC 2013 registrants-attendees who already booked travel to Hyderabad, we trust this will allow you sufficient notice to change your bookings without penalty. We apologize for any inconvenience.<br class="">
<br class="">The dates (December 18-21, 2013) for the conference remain the same. The new venue is the </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Park Plaza Bengaluru hotel</span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">. After October 1st, visit the HiPC Accommodations page for instructions to secure accommodations at the conference hotel.</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The conference website at </span><a href="http://www.hipc.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">www.hipc.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> has this information and other details about this change. </span></p>
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</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Park Plaza Bengaluru: </span><a href="http://www.parkplaza.com/bangalore-hotel-in-560037/indbanl/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.parkplaza.com/bangalore-hotel-in-560037/indbanl/</span></a><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-size:13px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"></span></p>
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