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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">The National Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience
invites proposals
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<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US"><font size="3">for Satellite Workshops directly preceding the
Bernstein Conference 2015 in
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<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Heidelberg</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">**********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Call for Workshop proposals:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Workshops: September 14, 2015 (Main Bernstein Conference: September 15-17, 2015)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Deadline of proposal submission: March 15, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Notification of acceptance: April 20, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Conference Registration starts: April 27, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Early Registration Deadline: July 21, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">**********************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">The Bernstein Conference started out as the annual meeting of the National Bernstein Network
Computational Neuroscience and has become the largest single-track Computational Neuroscience conference in
<st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> in recent years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Since 2013, the Bernstein Conference hosts pre-conference workshops, which have developed
swiftly into a well-attended event. They supply a stage to debate topical research questions and challenges in Computational Neuroscience and related fields, different points of view and scientific approaches in an informal setting. Workshops addressing c<a name="_GoBack"></a>ontroversial
issues, open problems, and comparisons of competing approaches are encouraged.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break">
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<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">SCHEDULE:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">September 14, 2015, 9:00 – 18:30.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">You may apply for either half-day or full-day workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Workshop costs:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">The Bernstein Conference does not provide financial support, but workshop organizers and
speakers are offered free workshop registration and reduced fees for the main conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">For further information about the conference, please visit the
</span><a href="http://www.bernstein-conference.de/"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">conference website</span></a><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">DETAILS FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Please find attached the Workshop Proposal form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">Deadline for submission of Workshop Proposals: March 15, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">We are looking forward to meeting you in
<st1:City w:st="on">Heidelberg</st1:City>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang="EN-US">THE WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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