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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Dear colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>We are delighted to announce a landmark symposium on the occasion of Valentino Braitenberg's 100<sup>th</sup> birthday in our campus's </span><a href="https://www.mph.tuebingen.mpg.de/en"><span lang=EN-US>Max Planck House</span></a><span lang=EN-US>, Tübingen, Germany, June 29-July 1st, 2026:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.braitenberg100-theoretical-neuroscience.de/"><span class=spelle><b><span lang=EN-US>Braitenberg</span></b></span><b><span lang=EN-US> 100: Computational Neuroscience - Past, Present, and Future</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>The symposium will gather many of the world’s leading experts to celebrate past achievements, showcase current breakthroughs, and <br>brainstorm the future of computational neuroscience. There will be keynote speeches, poster sessions, and various program events to facilitate intellectual exchanges and interactions. <br><br><span style='color:#A20615'>--------------------------------</span><br><b><br><span style='color:#A20615'>Keynote Speakers Include:</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Neil Burgess • Patrick Cavanagh • Kathleen Cullen • Peter Dayan • Kenji Doya • Ivan De Araujo • Wulfram Gerstner • Michael Hasselmo • Sabine Kastner • Read Montague • Reza Shadmehr • Naoshige Uchida • Li Zhaoping<br><br><span style='color:#A20615'>--------------------------------</span><br><b><span style='color:#A20615'><br>To facilitate interactions and discussions, we have a limited capacity of 130 seats.<br>Registration opens in mid-January</span> <span style='color:#A20615'>2026.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Information about the program, poster submission, and registration procedures will follow soon. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>We look forward to welcoming you to Tübingen for <i>Braitenberg 100</i>—an inspiring celebration of computational neuroscience’s past, present, and future.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Warm regards,<br><i>The Organizing Committee,</i><br><i>Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics</i></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A20615'>--------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Please direct inquiries to </span><a href="mailto:braitenberg100@tue.mpg.de%0b"><span lang=EN-US>braitenberg100@tue.mpg.de</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:#0563C1'><br></span></a><a href="http://www.braitenberg100-theoretical-neuroscience.de/"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.braitenberg100-theoretical-neuroscience.de/</span></a> <b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'><br></span></b><span lang=EN-US><br><span style='color:#A20615'>--------------------------------</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#A20615'><img border=0 width=395 height=177 style='width:4.1145in;height:1.8437in' id="Grafik_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01DC6DC2.F7289FF0"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>