<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>On 26-27 September 2019, the HBP Education Programme will organise a workshop on research ethics and societal impact at the Graz University of Technology under the title<b class=""> “Neuroscience, robotics, AI and medical informatics: New insights with diversity & ethics”</b>.<br class="">Participation in the event is open to the entire scientific community, but especially targets early-career researchers (<b class="">advanced Master’s students, PhD students and early postdocs</b>). <br class=""><br class="">Please find some general information about the workshop and the HBP Curriculum below and at <a href="http://bit.ly/HBP-Ethics2019" class="">bit.ly/HBP-Ethics2019</a>.<br class=""><br class="">————————————————————————————————————————— <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="2" class=""><b class=""><i class="">The </i><a href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education/participatecollaborate/curriculum/" class=""><i class="">HBP Curriculum on Interdisciplinary Brain Science </i></a><i class="">combines web-based distance learning courses and complementary face-to-face workshops. It provides basic lessons in the Human Brain Project (HBP) core fields neuroscience, medicine and ICT for early-career researchers outside their area of specialisation, as well as courses on the subjects of ethics and intellectual property rights, translation and exploitation of research.</i></b></font></div><div class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 13pt;">3<sup class="">rd</sup> HBP Curriculum Workshop Series - <br class="">NEUROSCIENCE, ROBOTICS, AI AND MEDICAL INFORMATICS: NEW INSIGHTS WITH DIVERSITY & ETHICS <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">26-27 September 2019, Graz, Austria <br class=""></span></b><a href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education/participatecollaborate/curriculum/workshops/3rd-curriculum-workshop-ethics/" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">bit.ly/HBP-Ethics2019</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Application deadline: 19 August 2019</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.800000190734863px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px;">In this 2-day workshop, scientists from different fields like neuroscience, robotics, AI and medical informatics will provide you with insights on how they consider variables such as sex, gender, age etc. Additionally, experts in ethics and diversity will introduce you to Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) concepts and their practical application.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.800000190734863px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px;">This workshop addresses researchers and students who want to…<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><ul type="disc" class="" style="margin-top: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.800000190734863px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px;">explore and make best use of gender and diversity in their field of expertise<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.800000190734863px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px;">get to know and apply RRI and ethical standards and useful tools for “Diversity in research”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.800000190734863px;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 15.333332061767578px;">share experiences and gain innovative insights from cross-science perspectives</span><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"> </span></b></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Application information & Abstract submission<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Application is open to the entire student community and early-career researchers, regardless of whether they are affiliated with the Human Brain Project or not. It is aimed to offer equal opportunities for all early-career researchers regardless of gender, age, origin, etc.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Participation fee: 250 €<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">The fee does not include travel and accommodation. Fees will be collected after participants have been selected.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Registration fee waivers</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> are available for a maximum of five participants. Participants can apply for fee waivers prior to the application deadline by sending an email to </span><span lang="DE" class=""><a href="mailto:curriculum.edu@humanbrainproject.eu" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">curriculum.edu@humanbrainproject.eu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 9pt;">Please also check with your supervisor how your institution can support you with regard to expenses for the attendance of the workshops. Further information about organisations offering travel support can also be found on our </span><span lang="DE" class=""><a href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education/student-community/" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 9pt;">website</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 9pt;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Chairs<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Karin Grasenick | convelop cooperative knowledge design gmbh<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></span><span class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Harald Kleinberger-Pierer | convelop cooperative knowledge design gmbh</span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Organised by <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Sylvia Aßlaber | Medical University Innsbruck<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Laura Saxer | Medical University Innsbruck</span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Contact <o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="DE" class=""><span lang="DE" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:curriculum.edu@humanbrainproject.eu" class="">curriculum.edu@humanbrainproject.eu</a></span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br class=""></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Speakers confirmed<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Simisola Akintoye (De Montford University, UK)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Michele Farisco (Uppsala University, Sweden)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Benedikt Feldotto (Technical University of Munich, Germany)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Jan Fousek (Aix-Marseille University, France)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Karin Grasenick (convelop cooperative knowledge design gmbh, Austria)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Harald Kleinberger-Pierer (convelop cooperative knowledge design gmbh, Austria)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Robert Legenstein (University of Technology Graz, Austria)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Martina Mara (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Alessandra Nostro (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-size: 10pt;">Alois Saria (Medical University Innsbruck, Austria)</span></p></div><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p></div></div></div></body></html>