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 title: Participate
 description: 
 menubar: participate
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+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=https://us-rse.org/usrse26/participate/" />
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+    <p>Redirecting to <a href="https://us-rse.org/usrse26/participate/">USRSE'26 Participate</a>...</p>
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 ## Call for Submissions
 
 The submission deadlines for all tracks have passed!
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 Notifications for submissions other than posters will be sent by 11:59pm (anywhere on Earth), July 14, 2025. Poster notifications will be sent by 11:59pm (anywhere on Earth), August 15, 2025.  
 
 Accepted abstracts/descriptions will be published in the conference program.
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