{"id":178,"date":"2026-02-10T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/soar\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:24:51","slug":"2023-conference-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/soar\/2023-conference-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Conference Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"178\" class=\"elementor elementor-178\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b6f0ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"14804\" data-id=\"4b6f0ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider 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