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This is a reminder about abstracts for NAWEA/WindTech 2019 Conference, which will be held October 14-16, 2019 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.Abstracts for papers and posters are due 1 May.  This conference joins the symposium of the North American Wind Energy Academy (NAWEA) and the International Conference on Future Technologies in Wind Energy (WindTech). This combined event is inspired by and envisioned as North America’s counterpart to European Academy of Wind Energy’s exciting Science of Making Torque from the Wind and Wind Energy Sciences Conferences. The theme of NAWEA/WindTech 2019 is the Grand Vision of Wind Energy. The focus will be on research topics relevant to the next generation of wind energy technologies which will help facilitate the wind supplying a large fraction of the world’s energy supply.This conference is being undertaken in association with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and in collaboration with the European Academy of Wind EnergyA number of side events and a field trip (on October 17) are also planned.Details, including for the submission of abstracts, may be found at www.naweawindech2019.org