<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Dear all,</span></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We are pleased to announce that the <a href="https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-x_anchor-dbb93e5d-deff-1972-f473-ad12f57719a0" title="https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Workshop on Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience</a> will be held once again as part of the 35th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (<a href="https://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-x_anchor-38e44c55-33b4-e41f-0f4f-1d9cc4acf63d" title="https://www.cnsorg.org/cns-2026" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">CNS*2026</a>), in Halifax, Canada.</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The full CNS*2026 conference will take place from July 11–15, 2026, with workshops held on July 14–15, 2026. </div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Our confirmed and tentatively confirmed <b>invited speakers </b>so far include:</div><ul style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" role="presentation" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Demian Battaglia, CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France</div></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" role="presentation" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Marilyn Gatica, Northeastern University London, UK</div></li><li style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" role="presentation" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margi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djust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please pay attention to the registration for CNS*2026 deadlines and fees, as workshop registration at least is required for attendance, and see our <a href="https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="gmail-x_anchor-b62db046-940a-e077-e638-216221a3ea4e" title="https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">website</a><a href="https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://jlizier.github.io/CNS2026-InfoTheoryWorkshop/" id="gmail-OWA8e3d5abf-016e-1491-c4de-d89c743b0d85" class="gmail-x_OWAAutoLink" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"> </a>for more details.</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We hope you will join us there! </div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Organising Committee:</b></div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Joseph T. Lizier, Chair, The University of Sydney, Australia</div><div class="gmail-x_elementToProof" style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Marilyn Gatica, Co-Chair, Northeastern University London, UK</div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Demian Battaglia, CNRS / University of Strasbourg, France</div></div>