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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*** CEN2023<span style="color:black">: Call for invited and topic-contributed sessions</span> ***<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The
</span><span lang="EN-US">5th Conference of the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.biometricsociety.org/about/regions-networks/central-european-network__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_miahoo_v0YB4pWrZlJTvBI99ZMxOAvnJ9_REwUa_Czr5POxIm7yezOFOaBFojJE1Sg$">
Central European Network</a> (CEN) will take place from 3-7 September, 2023, in Basel, Switzerland.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are pleased to announce that the call for invited and topic-contributed
<span style="color:black">session proposals </span>is now open, see the announcements in the attachment with more details.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Invited sessions can be submitted using <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAe6waB7jhBZ0RAF-oR2t5LPBAthzZZvKR7lPmeLxmSC11jQ/viewform?hl=en__;!!N3hqHg43uw!t7jaDf4vXyefisGGLrAxFcRueiVnTlvaVrCnkjeQwuBWyXZJ9tO0IyggFUgbGjmFs6GlUCALWsPi3GKyaG2AuFctZgM$">
this</a> form. Topic-contributed sessions can be submitted using <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdLTZowl8yN7BxMXfvlAGagy8I5ffbUWoxoASXqpzIJgxEEew/viewform?hl=en__;!!N3hqHg43uw!t7jaDf4vXyefisGGLrAxFcRueiVnTlvaVrCnkjeQwuBWyXZJ9tO0IyggFUgbGjmFs6GlUCALWsPi3GKyaG2AlypTXKo$">
this</a> form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This call will close on Monday, 31.10.2022, and notifications about session proposals will be sent out on Tuesday, 15.11.2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CEN2023 is a joint conference of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ibs-roes.org/__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_miahoo_v0YB4pWrZlJTvBI99ZMxOAvnJ9_REwUa_Czr5POxIm7yezOFOaBF0GxmJDA$">
Austro-Swiss Region (ROeS)</a>,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.biometrische-gesellschaft.de/__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_miahoo_v0YB4pWrZlJTvBI99ZMxOAvnJ9_REwUa_Czr5POxIm7yezOFOaBFGWasMYk$">
German Region (DR)</a>, and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-US">the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sparrow.up.poznan.pl/polbiom/index.php?lang=en__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_miahoo_v0YB4pWrZlJTvBI99ZMxOAvnJ9_REwUa_Czr5POxIm7yezOFOaBFRT-w_84$">
Polish Region</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">of the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.biometricsociety.org/home__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_miahoo_v0YB4pWrZlJTvBI99ZMxOAvnJ9_REwUa_Czr5POxIm7yezOFOaBFUNPbB_8$">
International Biometric Society (IBS)</a> <span style="color:#333333;background:white">
and supported by the </span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/baselbiometrics.github.io/home/docs/index.html__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_NKGAtAVTCFWvTjj7_5ywv8ikIYsrBIcY_NM7UuWrI-QTGfyrIsyZV6zfQRVlS0uk2c$"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#337AB7;background:white;text-decoration:none">Basel
 Biometric society (BBS)</span></a><span lang="EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Please visit the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/cen2023.github.io/home/__;!!N3hqHg43uw!_miahoo_v0YB4pWrZlJTvBI99ZMxOAvnJ9_REwUa_Czr5POxIm7yezOFOaBFLbab2co$">
CEN2023 conference website</a> for updates and more information in the coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We look forward to an exciting conference and welcome you all to Basel !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Arne Bathke, Werner Brannath, Frank Bretz, Uli Burger, Małgorzata Graczyk, Annette Kopp-Schneider (conference co-chairs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">**</span>* Apologies for cross-posting! *<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">**</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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