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Dear colleagues,</div>
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<i>apologies for any cross-posting</i></div>
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This is the final call for papers for this year's ALIFE 2025 conference.</div>
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Please also see below for details on how to apply for a special extension for submitting your manuscript.</div>
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<b>Key Submission Deadlines:</b></div>
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Full Papers and Summaries: <b><s>May 4th, 2025</s> May 11th, 2025</b></div>
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Late Breaking Abstracts: <b><s>July 4th, 2025</s> September 8th, 2025</b></div>
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<b>New! Submission Deadline: 10-day Special Extension Application </b><br>
[<b>Apply before 11/05/2025</b>. Applications granted on a first-come, first-served basis.]</div>
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Not 100% sure you can make the submission deadline on time?</div>
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A 10-day deadline extension (to May 21st 2025) for submitting a manuscript* may be
<b><u>exceptionally</u> </b>granted under the following conditions:</div>
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1. Some of the authors of the manuscript are reviewers for the conference, or are willing and qualified to become reviewers.<br>
2. Among those authors who are reviewers, 2 (1 for single author manuscripts) must commit to become
<b>Super Reviewers</b>, i.e. review a total of [normal review load + 1] papers (currently, the maximum review load is estimated to be 4 papers, so review load + 1 = 5 papers)<br>
3. The authors accept that there will be no bidding on their paper (reviewer matching will be based on keywords)</div>
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To apply for a Special Deadline Extension, send an email to <a href="mailto:lana.sinapayen@gmail.com" id="OWA4d86a99d-1edc-5dd0-dd23-1a26aa9a7904" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:lana.sinapayen@gmail.com" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px;">
lana.sinapayen@gmail.com</a> before May 11th, with the subject:<br>
<b>[ALIFE 2025] Deadline Extension Application </b></div>
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In your email, include the name and email address of the 1st author, as well as the names and emails of the author(s) who volunteer to become Super Reviewers.</div>
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*This applies to both Full Papers and Summaries, and for submissions to both the main track or any of the
<b><u><a href="https://2025.alife.org/program" id="OWAc278f405-5134-18af-6e97-55cc87654032" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://2025.alife.org/program" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px;">four special sessions</a></u></b>. </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Please visit the</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span><span style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212);"><b><a href="https://2025.alife.org/submit" id="OWAc3908137-867c-9601-76a7-2804abc8494a" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://2025.alife.org/submit" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">ALIFE
2025 website </a></b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>for full details on the different submission types.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Paper templates - </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212);"><a href="https://www.overleaf.com/read/fvmzytmzwmrg#f2566f" id="OWA98ea1cd7-5bc0-ca97-1ace-df44a8898c21" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.overleaf.com/read/fvmzytmzwmrg#f2566f" data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">LaTeX</a></span><span style="color: black;"> -
</span><span style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212);"><a href="https://www.overleaf.com/read/fvmzytmzwmrg#f2566f" id="OWAa66e7774-c474-3413-375b-af6ff607ed9d" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.overleaf.com/read/fvmzytmzwmrg#f2566f" data-linkindex="4" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">PDF</a></span><span style="color: black;"> -
</span><span style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212);"><a href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673470f3683eebf779996e38/67f997ff24b41b717ec7170b_ALIFE%20template.docx" id="OWAddb940d5-3039-9511-84e0-df6cac9f00bf" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/673470f3683eebf779996e38/67f997ff24b41b717ec7170b_ALIFE%20template.docx" data-linkindex="5" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Word</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Submission Pages - </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212);"><a href="https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ALIFE/?page=Submit&id=FullPaperSubmission&site=alife2025" id="OWA382695a6-0dfd-51b2-a06c-c84ae88f7784" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ALIFE/?page=Submit&id=FullPaperSubmission&site=alife2025" data-linkindex="6" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Full
Papers</a></span><span style="color: black;"> - </span><span style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212);"><a href="https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ALIFE/?page=Submit&id=FullPaperSubmission&site=alife2025" id="OWAe9b076e6-95ce-7cf5-c0f0-38cfe879a8a2" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/ALIFE/?page=Submit&id=FullPaperSubmission&site=alife2025" data-linkindex="7" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(125, 168, 212); text-decoration: none; margin: 0px;">Summaries</a></span></div>
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Please contact <u><a href="mailto:science2025@alife.org" id="OWA6ce38892-886b-66e2-c894-0f109ab04218" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:science2025@alife.org" data-linkindex="8" style="margin: 0px;">science2025@alife.org</a> </u>with any queries regarding the
submission process.</div>
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We look forward to your submissions!</div>
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Sincerely,</div>
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The ALIFE 2025 Organizing Committee</div>
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