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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear All,
</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The International Conference for Technology and
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">AnaLysis</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> of Seizures, 2019 (ICTALS2019) will
take place at the University of Exeter, September 2</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nd</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
– 5</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> 2019. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The goal of this conference is to bring together neurologists, neuroscientists, researchers from quantitative disciplines
and people with lived experience of epilepsy in order to work as a community to advance our understanding of epilepsy and develop practical ways to improve diagnosis and treatment.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is the second ICTALS conference, which is an evolution of the previous International Workshop on Seizure Prediction
(IWSP) series.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The theme for this year’s conference will be:
<b>“The Epilepsy Journey: from first seizure to treatment and beyond”</b>. We will emphasise how advances in our understanding of the dynamics of brain networks can be used to make a difference to people with epilepsy at all points of their journey: from elucidating
the causes of the first seizure to diagnosing epilepsy, understanding how </span>
</span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ictogenic</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> networks give rise to recurrent seizures and
how this insight can inform personalised treatment. To encourage this focus on translatable output of research we will seek to include all relevant communities. In addition to focussing on current scientific, clinical and technological advances, we will take
steps to increase accessibility for people with lived experience of epilepsy. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">We have begun to create a webpage for the conference, which we will populate with further information in due course.
You can find this at: </span></span><a href="http://exeter.ac.uk/ictals2019" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">http://exeter.ac.uk/ictals2019</span></span></a><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In the
</span></span><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">mean time</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">, please save the
date above in your diary and we will follow up with further information, including registration and programs over the next few months.
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<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best wishes</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Marc
</span></span><span class="spellingerror"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Goodfellow</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> (on behalf of the local organising
committee). </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://emps.exeter.ac.uk/mathematics/staff/mg401" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">https://emps.exeter.ac.uk/mathematics/staff/mg401</span></span></a><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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