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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dear program committee,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Abstract submission is completed and it is time to
focus on reviewing and program planning. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Abstract submission
result recap:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am very happy to announce that we collected 130
abstracts! 104 for posters and 26 for demos. We will make arrangements for
hosting more than the 10 demo slots originally planned. The added extra week
before deadline, and some late reminders, gave a substantial increase of
abstracts from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
as well as for the “Electrophysiology” topic. It also gave us
participation from two more countries, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brazil</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Abstracts distribution per country:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><img width=765 height=472 id="_x0000_i1025"
src="cid:image001.gif@01C8B44A.85A26090"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Abstracts distribution per topic:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><img width=698 height=431 id="_x0000_i1027"
src="cid:image002.gif@01C8B44A.85A26090"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>As you can see, we attract scientists from a large
number of countries, but naturally INCF member states dominate. Regarding
topics, it is clear that the people of some categories have embraced the
neuroinformatics concept more than others. This places us in a situation where
the leaders of Workshop 1 (Erik and Anders) will have a lot of abstracts to
review, whereas other workshop leaders will have considerably less. So, Erik
and Anders, if you come across abstracts that you think borders to another
topic you may consider changing its topic. Of course it goes for all of you
that if you think an abstract is in the wrong topic group, then just change its
topic. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>So now begins review phase 1 where we ask you to
grade</span></font><span lang=EN-US> </span><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>all the abstracts of your
topics 1-5, where 1 means not accepted and 5 means strong candidate for oral
presentation. At this stage you will be able to grade and comment also the demo
abstracts of your topics. Please do this by Thursday or Friday so that we will
have sufficient time for review stage 2 (accepting, rejecting, allocating 5
minute oral presentation slots). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pontus</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PS. Due to a recently decided INCF task force
workshop in conjunction to the congress, there may be a few late abstract
additions from task force participants this week. /P<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>--<br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Pontus</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Holm</st1:PersonName>, Ph.D.<br>
Program Officer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility Secretariat <br>
Karolinska Institutet<br>
Nobels väg 15A<br>
SE-171 77 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:place></st1:City><br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sweden</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Email: </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a href="mailto:pontus.holm@incf.org"><span
lang=EN-GB>pontus.holm@incf.org</span></a></span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Phone: +46 8 524 87016<br>
Fax: +46 8 524 87150<br>
web: </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.incf.org"><span lang=EN-GB>www.incf.org</span></a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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