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Couldn't agree more. A tribute to the organisers and superb hospitality, indeed. And a fascinating city to visit.

Garry Robins

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I echo Barry's opinion. It was a terrific social networks conference, with awesome infrastructure support. Getting to inland China was a bother, but once there -- fantastic. / Ron

On 8/21/13 5:23 PM, "Barry Wellman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>This was a great social networks conference, one of the best that I
>attended. The papers were solid -- better than most Sunbelts that I
>have seen. The colleagues from East Asia and elsewhere were delightful,
>and the hospitality was out of this world.
>
>Most papers were in English, although there was a separate track for
>Chinese-language papers.
>
>Here's the program:
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>http://insna2013.xjtu.edu.cn/Conference_Program.aspx
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>Huge praise to Prof Yanjie Bian, conference manager Vivian Wang, and
>their associates for great organizing and welcoming.
>
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> Barry Wellman
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