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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The NEST Initiative is excited to invite everyone interested in Neural Simulation Technology and the NEST Simulator to the NEST Conference 2022. The NEST Conference provides an opportunity
for the NEST Community to meet, exchange success stories, swap advice, learn about current developments in and around NEST spiking network simulation and its application.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We explicitly encourage young scientists to
participate in the conference!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year's conference will again take place as a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>virtual conference</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on Thursday/Friday<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>23/24
June 2022</b>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submission of contributions is now open!</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are inviting contributions to the conference, including talks, "posters" and workshops on specific topics.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please register and submit your contribution(s) via the conference website</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="https://nest-simulator.org/conference" title="https://nest-simulator.org/conference"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://nest-simulator.org/conference</span></b></a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Important dates</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">30 April</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022
- Deadline for NEST Initiative membership applications eligible for fee reduction</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">11 May</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 -
Deadline for submission of contributions<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">03 June</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 -
Notification of acceptance</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">17 June</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 -
Registration deadline</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">23 June</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2022 -
NEST Conference 2022 starts</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are looking forward to seeing you all in June!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hans Ekkehard Plesser and the conference organizing committee</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Head, Department of Data Science</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Norwegian University of Life Sciences</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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