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<div><tt><span>Friends,</span></tt></div>
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<div><span>Happy New Year! <br>
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We hope this finds you all well. </span><tt><span><span>We're
just two short months away from the IFF, so we wanted to
share an update about session submissions and the final
program:</span></span></tt></div>
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<div><span><b>The review and selection process for submitted IFF
sessions is now closed.</b> If you submitted any session
proposals, you should have received an update email
informing you whether or not your proposals were accepted,
and if so, which ones.</span></div>
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<div><span>If you submitted a session proposal, but have <b>not</b>
received an update about whether or not it was accepted,
please email us at <a
href="mailto:team@internetfreedomfestival.org">team@internetfreedomfestival.org</a>Â [GPG
key attached] to let us know - we will get back to you with
that information as soon as possible.</span></div>
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<div><span>We received an overwhelming number of submissions for
2017 - <b>nearly double that of last year’s festival</b> -
which made for an extremely competitive selection process.
We are hoping to share the initial 2017 program by mid-month
(January), so definitely be on the lookout for that coming
very soon. <b>A huge thank you to everyone who shared their
ideas with us!</b></span></div>
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<div><span>All the best for 2017, and looking forward to seeing
you in Valencia soon.</span></div>
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<div><span>Team IFF</span></div>
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