<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof" dir="auto">resources.<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"> </div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">***<b>IMPORTANT DATES</b>***</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">*<b>January 13, 2025</b>: System opens for Completed and ERF paper submissions</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">*<b>February 28, 2025</b>: Submissions are due at 5 p.m. EST</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"> </div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">We are excited to receive your submissions.</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"> </div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"><b>Mini-track Chairs:</b></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">Uchenna Peters, New Mexico State University (<a style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);" class="ms-outlook-linkify" href="mailto:upeters@nmsu.edu">upeters@nmsu.edu</a>)</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof">Michael Erskine, Middle Tennessee State University (<a style="color: rgb(0, 120, 212);" class="ms-outlook-linkify" href="mailto:Michael.Erskine@mtsu.edu">Michael.Erskine@mtsu.edu</a>)</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt;" class="elementToProof"><br><div><br style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; text-align: start;"></div></div></span></body></html>