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        <span class="subheading">Register a conference, workshop, meeting, etc. relevant to the workflows community</span>
        <h2 class="mb-4">How to Publicize an Event</h2>
        <a href="/events" class="btn btn-primary mt-3 py-3 px-5">All Events</a>
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        <p>
            The Workflows Community Initiative (WCI) provides a curated list of <strong>workflow-related</strong>
            community events suitable for workflow researchers, developers, and users. We invite all members of
            the workflows community to publicize their events through this list.
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        <h3 class="mt-5">Adding a Workflow-Related Event</h3>
        <p>
            To add an event, you only need to add the framework information into an YAML file hosted as part of the <a
                href="https://github.com/workflowscommunity/workflowscommunity.github.io" target="_blank">WCI GitHub
                repository</a>. The preferred way to submit your changes is via creating a pull request with the
            changes.
            To this end, these are the recommended steps for adding an event:
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            <li><strong>Fork</strong> the WCI GitHub repository</li>
            <li><strong>Clone</strong> your forked repository:
                <pre class="bg-light p-3">git clone https://github.com/&#60;your_username>/workflowscommunity.github.io</pre>
            </li>
            <li><strong>Edit</strong> the <code>_data/events.yml</code> file, and add the information
                regarding the event:
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- name: "Event Name"
  series: "Event Series or Acronym" <span style="color: #999"># optional</span>
  location: "Event Location" <span style="color: #999"># format: "City, Country" or "Virtual"</span>
  start_date: &#60;event_start_date> <span style="color: #999"># format: YYYY-MM-DD</span>
  end_date: &#60;event_end_date> <span style="color: #999"># format: YYYY-MM-DD</span>
  url: &#60;event_url>
  type: &#60;event_type> <span style="color: #999"># options: Conference, Workshop, Summit, Forum, Meeting, Other</span>
  deadlines: <span style="color: #999"># optional: provide up to 3 deadlines</span>
    - name: "Deadline Title 1"
      date: &#60;deadline_date_1> <span style="color: #999"># format: YYYY-MM-DD</span>
    - name: "Deadline Title 2"
      date: &#60;deadline_date_2> <span style="color: #999"># format: YYYY-MM-DD</span>
    - name: "Deadline Title 3"
      date: &#60;deadline_date_3> <span style="color: #999"># format: YYYY-MM-DD</span>
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            <li><strong>Commit</strong> the changes, and create a <strong>pull request</strong> for the WCI GitHub
                repository.</li>
            <li>The WCI team will then evaluate your pull request, and merge the changes if the event is considered
                relevant to the community.</li>
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