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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">After three conferences in 2020, Neuromatch is pleased to be holding our fourth on
<b>December 1-2, 2021</b>. Neuromatch 4.0 will be focused on <b>Computational Neuroscience</b> and will be similar to the scope of the first two NMC events in spring 2020. Agendas from previous NMC editions (1.0, 2.0 and 3.0) can be found on the Agenda from
the conference website under the gear icon.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The scope of NMC4 includes computational neuroscience and machine learning work that has a biological link. Registration costs are set at 15USD to cover technical costs, and if this
is a difficulty, the fee can be waived without question.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each of our conferences has led the way in providing new innovations to the virtual conference space, and this year we are excited to offer you:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A combination of the virtual with the in-person conference experiences. You are encouraged to host or attend a
<b>local <i>meetup</i></b><i>, </i>bringing people together to enjoy the conference, without the incredible economic and environmental costs of flying around the world. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The maintalks will be hosted on Crowdcast. Instead of posters, we offer
<b><i>flash talks</i></b> (brief pre-recorded videos), and dedicated meet up times for discussion within Discord. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NMC for kids: a special session of talks for a younger audience and the young at heart interested in neuroscience.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#1D1C1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are developing new mechanisms to connect talks in the conference to corresponding preprints on bioRxiv, and we will provide links to preprints on other platforms as well. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:white"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Read more at
</span><a href="http://conference.neuromatch.io/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:#F8F8F8">http://conference.neuromatch.io/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Important dates:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in;padding-inline-start:48px" type="disc">
<li style="color:#1155CC;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 7, 2021: Registration and submission opens<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#1155CC;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">October 25, 2021: Abstract submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#1155CC;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Early November: local meetups portal opens<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#1155CC;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 1 - 2, 2021: Abstract acceptance and live talk selection news<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#1155CC;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 12, 2021: Video submission deadline for flashtalks<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:#1155CC;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">December 1 - 2, 2021: <b>NMC 4.0</b><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each of the two conference days will have three sessions, each of which is 3 hours long. Here are the hours for each of the sessions, as they would occur across five time zones from
around the world:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="624" height="360" style="width:6.5in;height:3.75in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D7BB6A.0EE5AEE0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to seeing you at NMC 4.0!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All the best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Neuromatch Conference Organizing Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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