<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p>The conference is only two weeks away. Here is some last minute info:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">MEET AND ASSIST SERVICE AT <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">CAIRO</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">AIRPORT</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Please send your arrival details [time and date, which airline, flight number] to <a href="Compose?To=yehiagad@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts"><span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial;
-moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1192807308_0"><span style="text-decoration: none;">yehiagad@gmail.com</span></span></span></a> and <a href="Compose?To=emanabulezz@yahoo.com" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:emanabulezz@yahoo.com"><span class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1192807308_1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">emanabulezz@yahoo.com</span></span></span></a>. There will be a 'meet and assist service' at the airport for the meeting delegates. You will be met in the arrival hall outside the area of immigration and customs by staff of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cairo</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Airport</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> shuttle service carrying a sign of the conference and your name. They will take you to the hotel. THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN ALREADY PAID FOR, SO YOU ARE NOT REQUESTED TO PAY CHARGES.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">In case of sudden change of flight plans and different arrival times and/or venues, and in case you did not meet the Cairo airport shuttle service staff, please proceed to the Cairo airport shuttle service office that is present in your arrival hall and tell them that you are affiliated to the 5th meeting of the African Society of Human Genetics and they will arrange your trip to the hotel. In case of emergency please call Professor Yehia Zakaria Gad at 0101 4343 77.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Regarding your departure trip, you are kindly requested to arrange your own transport means to the airport.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">TRAVEL
SUPPORT<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">The decision on who will receive sponsorship for the AfSHG 2007 <span style="cursor: pointer;" id="lw_1192807381_8"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span class="yshortcuts">Cairo</span></st1:City></st1:place></span> meeting has now been made by the committee. There have been many requests and thus only a limited number of individuals could be funded. If you have requested support but have not received any notice as yet, then unfortunately on this occasion we are unable to provide financial assistance. However, we hope that you would still be able to raise funds from elsewhere to attend the meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Best wishes as you prepare for the trip. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"> Looking forward
to seeing you in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cairo</st1:place></st1:City> !<span style="color: black;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Debo<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Dr Adebowale Adeyemo<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Communications/IT<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">African Society of Human Genetics<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.afshg.org/">www.afshg.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div
class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><U1:PLACE u2:st="on"><U1:PLACENAME u2:st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">National <u1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Human</u1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceName u2:st="on">Genome</u1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceType u2:st="on">Center</u1:PlaceType><o:p></o:p></span></U1:PLACENAME></U1:PLACE></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Howard</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></u1:PlaceName> <u1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></u1:PlaceName><o:p></o:p></u1:place></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u1:Street u2:st="on"><u1:address u2:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Arial;">2216 6<sup>th</sup> Street NW</span></st1:address></st1:Street></u1:address></u1:Street><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:City u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">Washington</span></st1:City></st1:place><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"></span></u1:City>, <u1:State u2:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></u1:State> <u1:PostalCode u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">20059</st1:PostalCode></u1:PostalCode><o:p></o:p></u1:place></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">(202) 806-9240 (office)<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;">(202) 265-2254 (fax)</span><span style="font-size:
11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:aadeyemo@genomecenter.howard.edu">aadeyemo@genomecenter.howard.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><a href="mailto:aadeyemo@howard.edu">aadeyemo@howard.edu</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <BR><BR>Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo