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<p><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">The <a href="https://bit.ly/BN_welcome" moz-do-not-send="true">
Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience</a> invites proposals for Satellite Workshops at the online Bernstein Conference 2021
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">BERNSTEIN CONFERENCE<br>
Each year the Bernstein Network invites the international computational neuroscience community to the annual Bernstein Conference for intensive scientific exchange. It has established itself as one of the most renown conferences worldwide in this field, attracting
students, postdocs and PIs from around the world to meet and discuss new scientific discoveries.<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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<a href="https://bit.ly/BC21_online" moz-do-not-send="true">Bernstein Conference</a> will be held online, from Sep 21 – 23, 2021.</span></strong></b></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">IM IMPORTANT DATES<br>
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- Satellite Workshops: September 21, 2021, 2 pm – 10 pm CEST<br>
- Main Conference: September 22 – 23, 2021<br>
- Deadline for Satellite Workshop proposal submission: May 10, 2021<br>
- Notification of workshop acceptance: planned in June 2021</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">WORKSHOP PROPOSALS</span></p>
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EN-US" lang="EN-US">Satellite Workshops of the Bernstein Conference provide a stage to discuss topical
research questions, novel scientific approaches and challenges in Computational Neuroscience and related fields.
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</span><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Workshops addressing controversial issues, open problems, and comparisons of competing approaches are encouraged. The format should be designed to foster debate, rather than a series of talks. The
</span>Workshop Selection Committee<span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"> will take scientific excellence, topical relevance gender diversity and variety of career levels into account as their selection criteria.<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Workshop proposals are welcome as flexible formats of 4-8 hours (all workshops will start at 2 pm CEST, but will end based on individual schedules)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Workshop Proposal Forms can be downloaded here:<br>
<a href="http://bit.ly/BC21_workshops" moz-do-not-send="true">http://bit.ly/BC21_workshops</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">Please submit the completed form to
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="bernstein.conference@fz-juelich.de"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">bernstein.conference@fz-juelich.de</span></a><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US"><br>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Deadline: May 10, 2021</b><b> – not to be extended</b><br>
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Workshop organizers and all speakers will receive a waiver for
the online conference.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">WORKSHOP SELECTION COMMITTEE<br>
Marion Silies (Workshop Chair)<br>
Moritz Helias (Workshop Vice Chair)<br>
Matthew Botvinick<br>
Megan Carey<br>
Peter Dayan<br>
Brent Doiron<br>
Rainer Friedrich<br>
Julijana Gjiorgjieva (Program Chair)<br>
Ann Hermundstad<br>
Christian Machens (Program Vice Chair)<br>
Srdjan Ostojic<br>
Nathalie Rochefort<br>
Nicole Rust<br>
Gasper Tkacik</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">For any further questions, please contact:
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="bernstein.conference@fz-juelich.de"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US" lang="EN-US">bernstein.conference@fz-juelich.de</span></a></p>
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Dr. Anja Dorrn
Scientific Coordinator
Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience | Bernstein Coordination Site (BCOS)
Branch Office of the Forschungszentrum Juelich
at the University 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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