<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-79b83dac-7fff-0951-93f9-feb42af1bccb"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear moderator, please post the announcement below: </span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On May 18-19 2020, Columbia University in New York will host a conference on <b>Curiosity, Creativity, and Complexity</b>, catalyzing interdisciplinary discussion on these topics across neuroscience, psychology, artificial intelligence, and economics. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration opens mid-February. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Faculty, students, and postdocs are welcome to attend. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Full details and updates:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/curiosity-creativity-and-complexity-conference" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/curiosity-creativity-and-complexity-conference</span></a></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jacqueline Gottlieb<br><br>Professor<br>Department of Neuroscience The Kavli Institute for Brain Science<br>Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute</font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><pre style="margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Director<br>Research Cluster on Curiosity, Center for Science and Society</font></pre><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Columbia University <br><a href="https://mail.cumc.columbia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=kRtha9b4drjlsdsfhy01Pd_d5aQWzkL7HkWPYUyH1zB9iz0CdDPSCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdwB3AHcALgBnAG8AdAB0AGwAaQBlAGIAbABhAGIALgBjAG8AbQA.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gottlieblab.com" target="_blank">www.gottlieblab.com</a></font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><a href="https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/content/research-cluster-curiosity" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">https://scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/content/research-cluster-curiosity</a><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></pre><div><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt"><br></pre></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>