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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#006A68'><a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/symposium-2026/"><span style='color:#006A68'>Systems Vision Science (SVS) Virtual Symposium</span></a>:</span></u></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#006A68'> July 31, 2026</span></b><span lang=EN-US>, <b><span style='color:#006A68'>14:00-18:00 German Time</span></b><br><br><span style='color:black'>as the end of the </span><u><a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/application-virtual-svs/" title="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/virtual-systems-vision-science-summer-school-symposium-2024/"><b><span style='color:#006A68'>Systems Vision Science Virtual Summer School</span></b></a></u>, which is <span style='color:black'>a virtual edition of the onsite <a href="https://summerschool.lizhaoping.org/editions-in-previous-years/"><b><span style='color:#006A68'>summer schools and symposiums of SVS.</span></b><br></a></span> <br><span style='color:black'>We </span><b><span style='color:#006A68'>invite <u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCIzbDUeswiWyB39JE9VX7Jj-DYJ5ajh8Ezek580HmXDkhiw/viewform"><span style='color:#006A68'>free registration and contribution</span></a></u></span></b><span style='color:black'> for symposium participation and/or contribution.</span><b><br><br><span style='color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The symposium will include two keynote speeches</span><span lang=EN-US> (30 min each):</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US>“<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Corticocortical Feedback as a Unifying Mechanism for Visual Perception and Learning</span></strong>” by <b><u><span style='color:#006A68'><a href="https://brain.bnu.edu.cn/English/Faculty/CurrentFaculty/Lzz/3531a3bc314549439dc5fb151a1f6619.htm"><span style='color:#006A68'>Wu Li, </span></a></span></u></b><br>State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University<br><br><b>"Using illusions and art to understand the visual brain</b>" by </span><b><u><span style='color:#006A68'><a href="https://cavlab.net/page/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Patrick Cavanagh,</span></a></span></u></b><span lang=EN-US> <br>Center for Vision Research, York University<br><br><span style='color:black'>and invited and contributed speeches (15 minutes each). </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Invited speakers include </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>Daniel Anthes, Marlene Behrmann, Marisa Carrasco, Winrich Freiwald, Richard Krauzlis, Lisa Kroell, and Zygmund Pizlo.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>The presentation topics will be any of </span><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'><a href="https://www.lizhaoping.org/Systems-Vision-Science.html" title="https://www.lizhaoping.org/Systems-Vision-Science.html"><span style='color:#006A68'>Systems Vision Science</span></a></span></u></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68'>,</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> which combines </span><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#006A68;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>computational, behavioral, and neuroscience methods</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'> <br>to discover and investigate functions and algorithms for vision in various brain regions and their implementations in neural circuits. </span><span lang=EN-US><br><b><br><span style='color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b><br><span style='color:black'>To contribute or register, please fill out our<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfCIzbDUeswiWyB39JE9VX7Jj-DYJ5ajh8Ezek580HmXDkhiw/viewform"> registration form </a>( which has an option to submit an abstract for contribution).<br>Deadline for </span>submitting <span style='color:black'>contribution is July 12, 2026, and registration without contribution is open until capacity is reached. <br>The zoom link for joining the symposium will be sent to the registrants. <br>Please direct inquiries to <a href="mailto:svs.summerschool@tue.mpg.de">svs.summerschool@tue.mpg.de</a></span>.<span style='color:black'> </span> <br><b><span style='color:#006A68'>--------------------------------</span></b> <br><br><b><span style='color:#006A68'>Organizing Team</span></b><br><b><br></b></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>Li Zhaoping<br>Maria Pavlovic<br>Vladislav Aksiotis<br>Kai Rothe<br></span><span lang=EN-US><br></span><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#006A68'>Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics<br>University of Tübingen</span></b><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>