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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am Liang Chen from <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northeast</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Normal</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We will organize a international workshop on <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Singularities, Geometry, Topology and Related Topics</I></B>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>The first announcement</STRONG> is as follows:<BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The workshop will take please at Northeast Normal University(NENU), <st1:City w:st="on">Changchun</st1:City> <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> from 1 September to 3 September 2014.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The workshop will celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Weizhi Sun.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The workshop will be partly supported by National Science Foundation Council (NSFC, No.11101072, 11271063). The </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">accommodation costs for invited speakers will be covered and anyone who takes plane to <st1:City w:st="on">Changchun</st1:City>, we will also pick you up at <st1:City w:st="on">Changchun</st1:City> airport (i.e., <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Longjia</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">International</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>). People who do not have own funds can apply our accommodation support. In this case, please ask the organizers as soon as possible (since the number of people whom we can support is limited)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Please note that all participants will be required to pay the registration fee by the sponsor which is expected to be RMB 300 (or 50 US dollar). Some costs will be covered such as all lunches and dinner, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Changchun</st1:City></st1:place> city visiting fee and so on during workshop. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">After that, 4 September and 5 September, we will organize academic sightseeing in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Shenyang</st1:City></st1:place> city (you can freely choose follow or not). The expenses will be paid by participants themselves (about RMB 700-800 or 120-140 US dollar). If you want to participate in this visiting, please let me know. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">If you are interested in attending the workshop please respond to this email. It would be very helpful to let us know whether you want to give a talk or not. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We hope to welcome every one who is interested in this workshop.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The organizers are Donehe Pei and Liang Chen</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">（</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">）</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><BR>The Scientific Committee:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Toshizumi Fukui, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Saitama University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US">Japan</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US"></SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Goo Ishikawa, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Hokkaido University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US">Japan</SPAN
></st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US"></SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">Shyuichi Izumiya</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:State w:st="on">Hokkaido</st1:State> University, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US">Japan</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US"></SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Guangfeng Jiang, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Beijing</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of Chemical <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Huili Liu, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>North Eastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Carmen Romero-Fuster, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Universitat de València</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">Farid Tari, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">University of São Paulo</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Brazil</st1:country-region></SPAN></st1:place><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">Jiancheng Zou</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:State w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">North</SPAN></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"> <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">University of Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Organizing Committee:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Liang Chen, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Northeast Normal University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Ruimei Gao, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Changchun</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of Science and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yang Jiang, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Shenyang Normal University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US">Donghe</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"> <st1:State w:st="on">Pei</st1:State>, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Northeast Normal University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Yong Wang<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Northeast Normal University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Zhigang Wang, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Haerbin Normal University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jingbo Xu, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Jilin Normal University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" lang="EN-US"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am looking forward to your reply.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA" lang="EN-US">With best regards!<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break">Liang Chen</SPAN></P></SPAN>
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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Liang Chen（陈亮）<BR>School of Mathematics and Statistics<BR>Northeast Normal University<BR>Changchun, CHINA</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial">Personal Homepage:<BR><A href="http://math.nenu.edu.cn/faculty/chenliang/" target="_blank">http://math.nenu.edu.cn/faculty/chenliang/</A></FONT></P>
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