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<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Living
Machines 2023 - The 12th International Conference on
Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems</span></strong><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">When:<strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> July
10-13, 2023</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Where:<strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Aquarium
of Genoa </span></strong>(<a
href="https://www.acquariodigenova.it/en/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#4A6EE0">https://www.acquariodigenova.it/en/</span></a>)
Genoa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Website: <a
href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#4A6EE0">https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Contact
email: <a href="mailto:info.livingmachines2023@iit.it"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#4A6EE0">info.livingmachines2023@iit.it</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">VENUE</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">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. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">ACTIVITIES</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">July
10, 2023</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> is
the first conference day and is dedicated to <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">workshops
and tutorials</span></strong>. The main conference will
then continue in the form of a <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">three-day
single-track oral presentation program</span></strong> from <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">July
11 to 13, 2023</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">The
conference program includes: 6<strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> plenary
lectures</span></strong> from leading international
researchers in biomimetic and biohybrid systems; <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">podium
talks</span></strong> and <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">poster
sessions</span></strong> from selected submitted full
and short papers; a journalist-moderated <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Science
Café</span></strong>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">An <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">exhibition</span></strong> for
research groups and companies will run in parallel during
the entire conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Cocktails
by the sea</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">,
a <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">banquet</span></strong> in
an exclusive location, <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">awards</span></strong>,
and more… are waiting for you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">CALL
FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS/TUTORIALS, EXHIBITORS, AND SPONSORS</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Online
information and documents are available at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><a
href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/call-for-contributions"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="font-weight:normal">https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/call-for-contributions</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> </span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><em><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">FULL
PAPERS and SHORT PAPERS</span></b></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">We
invite both <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">full
papers</span></strong> and <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">short
papers </span></strong>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<strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> Springer </span></strong><em><b><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence</span></b></em><strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">. </span></strong>Full
papers will be accepted for either podium talks (single
track) or posters. Short papers will be accepted for posters
only.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Paper
submission deadline (extended): <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">3
April 2023</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><em><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">WORKSHOPS
and TUTORIALS</span></b></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Proposals
should be <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">submitted
by email</span></strong> following the guidelines and
template available at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><a
href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/LM2023_Workshop-Tutorial-proposal-form.docx"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/LM2023_Workshop-Tutorial-proposal-form.docx</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Workshop/Tutorial
submission deadline: <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">1
April 2023</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><em><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">CONTRIBUTORS,
EXHIBITORS and SPONSORS</span></b></em><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">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 (<a href="mailto:info.livingmachines2023@iit.it"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#4A6EE0">info.livingmachines2023@iit.it</span></a>)
to discuss the terms of sponsorship and necessary
arrangements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Check
current opportunities at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"><a
href="https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LM2023_Exhibitors-and-Sponsors.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://livingmachinesconference.eu/2023/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/LM2023_Exhibitors-and-Sponsors.pdf</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT">General Chair: Barbara Mazzolai, Istituto Italiano
di Tecnologia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT">Program Chair: Fabian Meder, Istituto Italiano di
Tecnologia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A">Workshop
and Tutorial Chairs: Wenqi Hu, Max Planck Institute; Li Wen,
Beihang University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT">Communication Chairs: Giuliano Greco, Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia; Valeria delle Cave, Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia; Anna Mura, IBEC, Barcelona, CSN
foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT">Local Organization Chair: Laura Margheri, Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#0E101A"
lang="IT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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