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["Alp, Esen E." <eea AT anl.gov>]

Dear Edson:

It’s unfortunate that we will miss LACAME 20. I enjoyed LACAME 19 in Santiago 
de Chile last year very much.

We also had to cancel the North American Mössbauer Symposium, which was to be 
held in 15-16 May 2020 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. 

It looks like this will be the case for most major meetings in 2020. We 
should all be hopeful that we will be able to enjoy each other’s company and 
friendship in the coming years. I look forward to see you in ICAME and LACAME 
in the near future.

Best regards,

Ercan Alp
Argonne National Laboratory

> On Apr 16, 2020, at 1:59 PM, Edson Passamani Caetano <edson AT cce.ufes.br> 
> wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleagues from Mössbauer Community,
> 
> First, we hope that you all, including your families, are healthy and safe 
> (the social distance process is probably something that most of us never 
> thought before that could occur!).
> 
> Since March of 2020, the LACAMEŽ20 (Latin American Conference on the 
> Applications of the Mössbauer Effect) organizers have been closely 
> monitoring the worldwide situation about COVID-19 in order to take the best 
> choices and decisions on the Conference planning, of course, always taking 
> in mind that the well-being of all Conference participants is our top 
> priority.
> 
> Therefore, considering that (i) the Coronavirus will be widespread in 2020, 
> (ii) the vaccine will probably not be available this year, (iii) most 
> foreign participants belongs to the risk group, (iv) the LACAMEs occur in 
> even years, while the ICAMES in odd years and (v) to avoid superposition of 
> international conferences with the same subject, the Latin American 
> Committee and the organizers of LACAME`20 made the tough decision to cancel 
> the Conference, originally scheduled to be held on October 25-30, 2020 in 
> Vitória/Brazil, and, to postpone to 2022 (LACAMEŽ22).
> 
> We would like to thank you all for your patience, mainly those possible 
> participants that have already sent their abstracts to the conference. 
> Following requests by the committee members of LAC, the organizers of 
> LACAME`20 understood that the cancellation is the best decision for 
> everyone at this moment.
> 
> We wish all the best for the entire Mossbauer community and hope that 
> everyone be well. We also hope to meet you in 2022 in Vitória/Brazil
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> 
> Edson Passamani Caetano
> 
> PS: If you receive this message more than once, sorry for that!