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 Conference 2020</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">online</b>, scheduled from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
Sept 29 – Oct 1</b></span></p>
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 will be adjusted in a timezone-friendly manner</span></p>
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<a href="https://www.bernstein-network.de/de/bernstein-conference/2020/copy_of_satellite-workshops">
workshop proposals</a> extended until <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">May 15</b></span></p>
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        Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">light of current developments regarding COVID-19 and the dynamics this entails,
 we decided to hold this year’s <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Bernstein Conference entirely online</span> for the first time, keeping scientific exchange alive and fruitful.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:
        EN-US" lang="EN-US">Going online is not only an emergency reaction to the current pandemic,
 but also a chance to seek new possibilities in order to keep scientific meetings climate-friendly and allow unrestricted participance from scientists who are challenged by traveling.</span></p>
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 the world while fostering the interaction, scientific debate and excellence that we all appreciate at our Bernstein Conference.</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
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        mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">We are excited to exploring this new format together with our community.</span></p>
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        EN-US" lang="EN-US">We will inform you regularly about updates on our website
<a href="https://bit.ly/BC_online">www.bernstein-conference.de</a> and via <a href="https://twitter.com/NNCN_Germany">
Twitter</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BernsteinConference?src=hashtag_click&f=live">
#BernsteinConference</a>. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further questions:
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Dr. Anja Dorrn
Scientific Coordinator

Bernstein Netzwerk Computational Neuroscience | Bernstein Coordination Site (BCOS)
Branch Office of the Forschungszentrum Juelich
at the Univerity of Freiburg
Hansastr. 9A | 79104 Freiburg, Germany

phone: (+49) 0761 203 9589
email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:a.dorrn@fz-juelich.de">a.dorrn@fz-juelich.de</a>
web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bernstein-network.de">www.bernstein-network.de</a></pre>
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