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<b>Submit your abstracts for MCLS 2025!</b> </div>
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Dear MCLS community, </div>
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We are excited to announce that the submission portal for <a href="https://www.the-mcls.org/mcls-2025-hong-kong" target="_blank" id="OWA78f93b9b-1175-83ed-f407-a351d294eeb0" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.the-mcls.org/mcls-2025-hong-kong" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
MCLS 2025</a> is officially open! </div>
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Abstracts can be submitted here: <a href="http://www.conftool.org/mcls-2025" target="_blank" id="OWAad782f53-d973-4fff-64c9-1c4e499da63c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="http://www.conftool.org/mcls-2025" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
http://www.conftool.org/mcls-2025</a>.<br>
The full timeline for the 2025 conference can be seen below: </div>
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· <b>November 15, 2024</b>: Conference Submission Portal Opens </div>
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· <b>January 1, 2025</b>: Early Bird Registration Opens/New Membership Year Begins </div>
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· <b>January 17, 2025</b>: Deadline for Abstract Submissions (Jan 17th 11:59pm American Samoa Time / Jan 18th 2:59am Los Angeles / Jan 18th 5:59am New York / Jan 18th 10:59am London / Jan 18th 6:59pm Hong Kong) </div>
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· <b>January 17, 2025</b>: Deadline for Signing Up as Reviewer </div>
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· <b>February 17, 2025</b>: Notification of Presentation Acceptance </div>
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· <b>March 31, 2025</b>: Early Bird Registration Closes </div>
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· <b>April 14, 2025</b>: Registration Closes </div>
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· <b>June 9-11, 2025</b>: MCLS Conference at EdUHK </div>
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<b>Conference Website</b>: More information on the conference can be found <a href="https://www.the-mcls.org/mcls-2025-hong-kong" target="_blank" id="OWA2446093f-4a9e-5391-7cc2-a327d48ef159" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.the-mcls.org/mcls-2025-hong-kong" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
here</a><u>.</u> The website will be continuously updated as the conference approaches. </div>
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<b>Symposium Finder</b>: To facilitate forming of symposia, we created a Google sheet for individuals to find presenters/organizers:
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2025 Symposium Formation</a></span></span></span></span></span></span>. </div>
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<b>Sign Up to be a Member of the Scientific Committee</b>: Please consider serving on the MCLS 2025 Scientific Committee to review abstract submissions.<br>
You can sign up through the <a href="https://forms.gle/ZcFtRzdFUf6Vca6x8" target="_blank" id="OWA3cebc0bd-c427-3b79-9ee8-64e246404eca" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://forms.gle/ZcFtRzdFUf6Vca6x8" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="4" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">
MCLS 2025 Scientific Committee Recruitment Form</a> by <b>17 January, 2025</b>.<br>
Reviewers will receive a certificate to acknowledge their service. </div>
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· Members of the Scientific Committee should have a Master's degree or equivalent. </div>
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· Each member will receive 5-10 submissions to review. </div>
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We Look forward to seeing you at MCLS 2025! </div>
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Dr. Jenny Yun-Chen Chan, Dr. Alfredo Bautista, Dr. Sum Kwing Cheung, and Prof. Kerry Lee </div>
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The MCLS 2025 Conference Organizing Committee <br>
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<span style="color: black;">Jenny Yun-Chen Chan, Ph.D.</span></p>
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Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education </p>
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<span style="color: black;">Education University of Hong Kong </span></p>
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