<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> all,</span></p><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">I am writing to you about two important upcoming events:</span><strong></strong></div></div></div><div><br></div><br><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">EBRAINS Summit 2025 - Transforming Brain Research and Medicine taking place from 8-11 December at The Egg in Brussels</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">! </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">and</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Camillo Golgi International school of Brain Cells & Circuits</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">It is an important opportunity for us to get together. I am sharing some of the official program details for both events here below:</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">—————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">EBRAINS Summit 2025</span></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">The Summit will feature a rich programme including </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">scientific talks</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;"> with leading experts such as </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Professor Rafael Yuste</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;"> from</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Columbia University</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;"> and </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Professor Onur Güntürkün</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;"> from </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ruhr University Bochum. Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen, European Commission,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">and</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Executive Director, Anders Dam Jensen, European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking,</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">will deliver welcome speeches.</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">In addition, the programme will include a </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">public day</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">, a </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">science slam</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">, </span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">poster sessions</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;">, and a</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> science market exhibition</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background: white;"> - all focused on advancing digital neuroscience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The programme will showcase how EBRAINS’ Research Infrastructure, digital tools and services are being actively used to advance neuroscience and drive innovation. Through real-world examples, attendees will explore how these resources support </span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">digital neuroscience research</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, with sessions covering topics such as </span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">AI and its connections to neuroscience, brain medicine, neuromorphic computing</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The EBRAINS Summit 2025 partners with the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (</span><a href="https://elinkeu.clickdimensions.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" target="_blank" title="https://elinkeu.clickdimensions.com/c/7/eyJhaSI6OTIwODcxNTYsImUiOiJtZy1lbmM6SURzN1VlU1FneG9VazhCcnlOMGV2Y1dSTUoyVWF3YXBmblZxQldtV3dvOD0iLCJyaSI6ImNvbnRhY3QtMTQ5MDY3MDIzNGU2ZWUxMTkwNGMwMDIyNDhhNDNmYjEtZmE0MmI5ODI1MTVhNGJjNmE2YTk1MzhkMzUzYzEwMDAiLCJycSI6InA" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(12, 0, 255);">INCF</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">) to support the shared mission of both organisations. The Joint Day with INCF on Thursday, 11 December will highlight our joint commitment to FAIR, open, and collaborative neuroscience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">More details about the event and registrations are available on the </span></strong><a href="https://summit2025.ebrains.eu/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">EBRAINS Summit website.</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">—————————</span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.666667px;">Camillo Golgi International school of Brain Cells & Circuits</b></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"><font face="Arial"><br></font></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14.666667px;">2025 marks 10 years of the School of Brain Cells and Circuits dedicated to “Camillo Golgi”. The 2025 Course will consider the journey of these 10 years and look forward to where we are with modelling the brain and its dynamics, towards clinical applications. </font></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Over the years we have formed a partnership with EBRAINS that offers an ideal ecosystem for collaborations and sharing of data and tools. Indeed, the school operates in synergy with another EBRAINS workshop (EITN <a href="https://www.eitn.org/">https://www.eitn.org/</a>) where the latter offers the possibility to dive deeper into the computational side of virtual brain modelling, while in Erice we will foster in depth discussions on fundamental neuroscience and clinical issues. </font></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><font face="Arial" style="font-size: 14.666667px;">This year, we will continue to dig deep into the brain digital twin, which will provide a great learning opportunity. The program is here below:</font></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: medium;"><div class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.erice-golgi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Erice-2025-v2-published-25Sept2025.pdf" style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;"></div></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.666667px;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b></b></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><img id="<F907CB1E-C4CC-4A77-9771-98DD6E04A322>" src="cid:D758C9CD-43DA-4295-B54E-C513D6AF6220" alt="preview.png" class="Apple-web-attachment Apple-edge-to-edge-visual-media Singleton" style="margin: 0px -12px; opacity: 1;"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">I hope to see you there! </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; font-size: medium; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Viktor Jirsa</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.666667px;">Director of the Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, INS UMR 1106 in Marseille, France</span></font></p></div></div></body></html>