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<span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:18.2042px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">You’re invited to a webinar on September 13 to learn more about the</span><span style="margin:0px"> 202</span><span style="margin:0px">3</span><span style="margin:0px"> GIX
Innovation Competition, sponsored by</span><span style="margin:0px"> Mitsubishi and Amazon. Competitors are tasked to address a problem related to health and wellness or the environment, and there is<span> </span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.2042px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px">more
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the challenge,<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">prizes</span><span style="margin:0px">, and registration</span><span style="margin:0px">:</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.gixnetwork.org/competition__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!miCwVm1sulKMUjL2N9AZYe02ativXNb1ciEmPdgng6n6UILg6wDCrLgCSHVm_SuYbsFBd8F6Hj4GQA$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:18.2042px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">www.gixnetwork.org/competition</span></span><span> </span>[gixnetwork.org]</a><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:18.2042px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:18.2042px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193)"> </span></p>
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robotic solutions?<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px">Learn about the<span> </span></span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gixnetwork.org/program/msti/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!miCwVm1sulKMUjL2N9AZYe02ativXNb1ciEmPdgng6n6UILg6wDCrLgCSHVm_SuYbsFBd8G03NmRSw$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="margin:0px"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:18.2042px;font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="margin:0px">University
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