Add banner; update participation info

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-<h1>October 15-17, 2024, 
-<i class="fa-solid fa-pepper-hot fa-flip-horizontal fa-sm" style="color: #741655;"></i>
-Albuquerque, NM 
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 <h1>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow</h1>
 
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-This year's theme is <b><i>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow</i></b>: A celebration of
-all that RSEs have done for computing in the past, in the present, and in the future.
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-More information will be released in the coming months!
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   <h3>But what <i>is</i> an RSE?</h3>
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   and those somewhere in-between. We aspire to apply the skills and practices of software development to research to create more robust,
   manageable, and sustainable research software.
   Read more on the <a href="https://us-rse.org/" target="_blank">US-RSE website</a>.</p>
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+  <p>This year's theme is <b><i>Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow</i></b>: A celebration of
+  all that RSEs have done for computing in the past, in the present, and in the future.
+  Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):</p>
+
 
-  <h3>Join the mailing list</h3>
-  <p>
-  Do you want to receive news about the US-RSE conference series? Join our mailing
-  list to get direct news about all US-RSE conferences.
-  <p>
-  <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/us-rse.org/g/usrse-conference" target="_blank" class="btn btn-light btn-lg" role="button" alt="Button link to the US-RSE Conference series mailing list page">Join</a>
+    <ul>
+        <li>History of the RSE movement</li>
+        <li>RSE impact</li>
+        <li>Efforts to expand the RSE movement</li>
+        <li>Research data management</li>
+        <li>Software engineering approaches supporting research</li>
+        <li>Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for RSEs and in RSEng</li>
+        <li>Training and workforce development</li>
+        <li>Maturing and expanding the RSE profession</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p><b>Submission Website</b>: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=usrse2024" target="_blank">EasyChair</a></p>
+
+      <h3> Important Dates </h3>
+      <ul>
+      <li><b>Submissions open</b>: Monday, February 12, 2024</li>
+      <li><b>Workshops, Tutorials, and BoF submissions due</b>: Friday, March 22, 2024</li>
+      <li><b>Papers and Notebooks due</b>: Monday, May 20, 2024</li>
+      <li><b>Poster and Talk abstracts due</b>: Monday, June 3, 2024
+      <li><b>Conference Date</b>: October 15-17, 2024, Albuquerque, NM</li>
+      </ul>
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   <h2>Our Sponsors</h2>
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+  <h3>Join the mailing list</h3>
+  <p>
+  Do you want to receive news about the US-RSE conference series? Join our mailing
+  list to get direct news about all US-RSE conferences.
+  <p>
+  <a href="https://groups.google.com/a/us-rse.org/g/usrse-conference" target="_blank" class="btn btn-light btn-lg" role="button" alt="Button link to the US-RSE Conference series mailing list page">Join</a>
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   <h3> Have questions? </h3>
   <p>
   Contact the organizers at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>.

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 - Training and workforce development
 - Maturing and expanding the RSE profession
 
+**Submission Website**: [EasyChair](https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=usrse2024)
+
 Accepted abstracts will be placed on the website ahead of the conference.
 
 ## Important Dates