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Friday, September 26, 2008
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OMG Technical Meeting
September 22, 2008 at 12pm to September 26, 2008 at 6pm – Hilton in the Walt Disney World Resort The OMG hosts four Technical Meetings approximately every ten to twelve weeks per year in various locations around the world. Typically, three are located within the US and one is held at an internat… Organized by Kevin Loughry loughry@omg.org | Type: Meeting
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