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<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%">Dear colleagues and friends,</p>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"> this is the 2nd announcement for '<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl">The
Information Universe</a>' conference which will take
place between October 7 - 9, 2015 in Groningen, The
Netherlands. The conference will bring together
internationally renowned experts and scientists from the
fields of theoretical physics, astronomy, computer
science, neuroscience and life sciences to discuss the
role of information in our universe. </p>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px">Feel free to
forward this announcement to colleagues and friends at
your institutions who may be interested to attend. </p>
<h2 style="font-size:13pt; font-family:'Montserrat';">Keynote
speakers and talks</h2>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px"> </p>
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<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Erik Verlinde, University of
Amsterdam </strong><br>
<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#erik"><em>Emergent
gravity from quantum information: Explaining the
dark universe</em></a></li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Alex Szalay, The Johns Hopkins
University</strong><br>
<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#alex"><em>How
to Collect Less Data...</em></a></li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Gregory Chaitin, Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro</strong><br>
<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#gregory"><em>Epistemology
as algorithmic information theory: Building the
world out of information and computation rather than
matter and energy</em></a></li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Gerard 't Hooft, University of
Utrecht</strong><br>
<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#gerard"><em>Cogwheels,
the cellular automaton interpretation, and conformal
gravity</em></a></li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Charley Lineweaver, Australian
National University</strong><br>
<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#charley"><em>Infogenesis:
the Low Entropy Origins and Evolution of
Information: Selfish Genes and Selfish Memes</em></a></li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Lude Franke, UMCG, University
of Groningen</strong><br>
<a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl/keynotes.html#lude"><em>The
Biological Information Universe: Understanding
disease by reusing genetic data</em></a></li>
</ul>
<h2 style="font-size:13pt; font-family:'Montserrat';">Invited
speakers</h2>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;"> </p>
<ul>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Tamara Davis</strong>, Prof.
Cosmology & Astrophysics, <a
href="http://www.caastro.org">Center of Excellence for
All-sky Astrophysics</a>, Australia</li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Alessandra Silvestri</strong>,
Fellow of the <a href="http://www.d-itp.nl/">Delta
Institute for Theoretical Physics</a>, Lorentz
Institute, Leiden University </li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Barbara Terhal</strong>, Prof.
Theoretical Physics (condensed matter) at the <a
href="http://www.quantuminfo.physik.rwth-aachen.de/cms/Quantuminfo/%7Edqvq/Das-Institut/lidx/1/http://www.quantuminfo.physik.rwth-aachen.de/cms/Quantuminfo/%7Edqvq/Das-Institut/lidx/1/">
Institute for Quantum Information</a>, RWTH Aachen
University </li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Renate Loll</strong>, Prof.
Theoretical Physics (quantum gravity), <a
href="http://www.ru.nl/imapp/">IMAPP</a>, Radboud
University</li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Henry Markram</strong>, <a
href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/brain-simulation-platform1">
Brain Simulation Platform</a>, <a
href="http://www.humanbrainproject.eu">Human Brain
Project</a>, EPFL</li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"><strong>Karlheinz Meier</strong>, <a
href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/neuromorphic-computing-platform1">
Neuromorphic Computing Platform</a>, <a
href="http://www.humanbrainproject.eu">Human Brain
Project</a>, University of Heidelberg </li>
</ul>
<h2 style="font-size:13pt; font-family:'Montserrat'">Registration
and Deadlines</h2>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%"> Registeration is open on our website <a
href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.informationuniverse.rug.nl">www.informationuniverse.rug.nl</a></a>.
Keep in mind the following important dates: </p>
<ul>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%">Early bird registration deadline:<!-- <span style="color:red"><strike>15 July, 2015</strike></span>-->
31 July, 2015</li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%">Abstracts will still be considered<br>
</li>
<li style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px;
line-height:150%">Regular registration deadline: 30
September, 2015</li>
</ul>
<h2 style="font-size:13pt; font-family:'Montserrat';">
Unique Venue</h2>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px"> The
conference will be hosted by the 3D fulldome theater <a
href="http://www.infoversum.nl">Infoversum</a> in
Groningen. You will have a unique opportunity to present
data, simulations or scientific animations in our
immersive dome environment. Upon request, presenters will
be put in contact with our dedicated productions team. </p>
<p style="font-family:'Tahoma'; font-size:13px">On behalf of
the Scientific Organizing Committee,<br>
Edwin Valentijn </p>
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