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Final Program, ISA Asia-Pacific Region Conference, Hong Kong, June 25-27 2016
Please see attached for the provisional program for the ISA Asia-Pacific region conference to be held at City University of Hong Kong, June 25-27 2016. Kindly note that this is NOT the final draft which will be uploaded on the conference website: http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/Asia-Pacific-Hong-Kong-2016
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