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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">Living Machines 2023 - The 12th
                    International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid
                    Systems</strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">When:</span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"> 10 – 13, July 2023</strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Where:</span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"> Aquarium of Genoa </strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">(</span><a
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                    href="https://www.acquariodigenova.it/en/"
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                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.acquariodigenova.it/en/</a><span
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                    Genoa, Italy</span></p>
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                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Website: </span><a
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                    href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023"
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                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023</a></p>
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                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Contact
                    email: </span><a style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26);
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                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">info.livingmachines2023@iit.it</a></p>
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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">VENUE</strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">The
                    Aquarium of Genoa has the most extensive range of
                    aquatic biodiversity in Europe. The exhibition
                    gallery consists of over 70 exhibits and about
                    12,000 specimens of 600 species from around the
                    world.</span></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Located
                    in the Porto Antico Area, the ancient port area in
                    the heart of Genoa, which was redesigned by Renzo
                    Piano in 1992, and is now a vibrant quartier with
                    restaurants, bars, shopping places, and summer
                    events.</span></p>
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                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">ACTIVITIES</strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">10 July 2023</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> is
                    the first conference day and is dedicated to </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">workshops and tutorials</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">.
                    The main conference will then continue in the form
                    of a </span><strong style="background: transparent;
                    margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">three-day
                    single-track oral presentation program</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> from </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">11 July to 13 July 2023</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">.</span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">The
                    conference program includes: 6</span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"> plenary lectures</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> from
                    leading international researchers in biomimetic and
                    biohybrid systems; </span><strong style="background:
                    transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">podium
                    talks</strong><span style="background: transparent;
                    margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"
                    data-preserver-spaces="true"> and </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">poster sessions</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> from
                    selected submitted full and short papers; a
                    journalist-moderated </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">panel discussion</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">/</span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">Science Café</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">.</span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">An </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">exhibition</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> for
                    research groups and companies will run in parallel
                    during the entire conference.</span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">Cocktails by the sea</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">,
                    a </span><strong style="background: transparent;
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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> in
                    an exclusive location, </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">awards</strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">,
                    and more… are waiting for you!</span></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> </span></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">CALL FOR PAPERS,
                    WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS, EXHIBITORS, AND SPONSORS</strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Online
                    information and documents are available at:</span></p>
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                    href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/call-for-contributions"
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                        style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                        margin-bottom: 0pt;"
                        data-preserver-spaces="true">https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/call-for-contributions</span></u></a></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"> </strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em style="background:
                      transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">FULL
                      PAPERS and SHORT PAPERS</em></strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">We
                    invite both </span><strong style="background:
                    transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">full
                    papers</strong><span style="background: transparent;
                    margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"
                    data-preserver-spaces="true"> and </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">short papers </strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">in
                    areas related to the conference themes. All
                    contributions will be refereed, and accepted papers
                    will appear in the Living Machines Proceedings,
                    published in the</span><strong style="background:
                    transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span
                      style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                      margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> Springer-Verlag </span><em
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                      margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="background:
                        transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom:
                        0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Lecture Notes
                        in Artificial Intelligence</span></em><span
                      style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                      margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">. </span></strong><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Full
                    papers will be accepted for either podium talks
                    (single track) or posters. Short papers will be
                    accepted for posters only.</span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Paper
                    submission deadline: </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">15 March 2023</strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> </span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em style="background:
                      transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">WORKSHOPS
                      and TUTORIALS</em></strong></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Proposals
                    should be </span><strong style="background:
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                    by email</strong><span style="background:
                    transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"
                    data-preserver-spaces="true"> following the
                    guidelines and template available at:</span></p>
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href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/LM2023_Workshop-Tutorial-proposal-form.docx"
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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Workshop/Tutorial
                    submission deadline: </span><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">1 April 2023</strong></p>
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                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> </span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;"><em style="background:
                      transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">CONTRIBUTORS,
                      EXHIBITORS and SPONSORS</em></strong></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Sponsorship
                    of this event provides an ideal opportunity to
                    network with both young and experienced researchers,
                    who will present their latest work through talks and
                    posters.</span></p>
                <p style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background:
                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Research
                    groups and companies wishing to participate in the
                    exhibition, or support the conference in any way,
                    and gain the corresponding benefits by promoting
                    themselves and their products through conference
                    publications, conference events, and conference
                    publicity are encouraged to contact the organizers (</span><a
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                    to discuss the terms of sponsorship and necessary
                    arrangements.</span></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true">Check
                    current opportunities at:</span></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><span
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"> </span></p>
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                  transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong
                    style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt;
                    margin-bottom: 0pt;">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</strong></p>
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                    Chair: Barbara Mazzolai, Istituto Italiano di
                    Tecnologia</span></p>
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                    Chair: Fabian Meder, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia</span></p>
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                    and Tutorial Chairs: Wenqi Hu, Max Planck Institute;
                    Li Wen, Beihang University</span></p>
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                    Chairs: Giuliano Greco, Istituto Italiano di
                    Tecnologia; Anna Mura, IBEC, Barcelona, CSN
                    foundation</span></p>
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                    Organization Chair: Laura Margheri, Istituto
                    Italiano di Tecnologia</span></p>
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