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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Colleagues,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The NEST Initiative is excited to invite everyone interested in Neural Simulation Technology and the NEST Simulator to the <b>NEST Conference 2024</b>. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Save the date for the virtual conference taking place on <b>June 17</b><b><span lang="EN-US">–</span>18, 2024</b>!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The annual 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. We particularly
encourage young scientists to participate in the conference!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Registration and abstract submission will open early next year. For more information on the event please visit the conference website</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nest-simulator.org/conference" title="https://nest-simulator.org/conference">https://nest-simulator.org/conference</a>.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are looking forward to seeing you in June <span lang="EN-US">
and wish you happy holidays and a good start into the new year!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hans Ekkehard Plesser and colleagues</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Prof. Dr. Hans Ekkehard Plesser</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Department of Data Science</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Faculty of Science and Technology</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Norwegian University of Life Sciences</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Phone +47 6723 1560</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Home </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><a href="http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser" title="http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser"><span lang="EN-GB">http://arken.nmbu.no/~plesser</span></a></span></p>
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