Subject: [AUDITORY] Abstract Submission Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026 From: Matthew Joseph Goupell <goupell@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:43:12 -0500--0000000000000db308064459de8c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Abstract Submission Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026 <https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/> Dear Auditory List, Abstract submission and conference registration are now open for the Confer= ence on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC) <https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/>! CASC is the merging of the conference on =E2=80=9CAging and Speech Communication (ASC)=E2=80=9D and the conference o= n =E2=80=9CCognitive Hearing Science for Communication (CHSCOM).=E2=80=9D Conference Information The conference will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026. The primary goal of this conference is to continue a series of exceptional international and interdisciplinary research conferences that address speech-communication challenges in older adults. CASC will be held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center located on the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The conference websit= e <https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/> contains details about the program, costs, registration, and abstract submission. Important dates: - Abstract submission opens: November 15, 2025 - Abstract submission closes: February 1, 2026 - Abstract decisions: By March 1, 2026. The 2026 conference is organized around eight themes: - Age-related changes in auditory perception and physiology - Animal studies of aging and hearing - Aging and speech: production, perception, and understanding - Cognition and aging - Aging and multisensory perception and processing - Access to hearing health care - Hearing loss and hearing assistive devices (HA & CI) - Technological advances (Pharmaceuticals, AI, and more) Who should come to CASC? - The conference is intended for any individual interested in age-related changes in speech perception, production, and understanding. It is appropriate for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and ot= her scientists working in the fields of aging, cognition, and communication sciences and disorders. - Previous attendees to any Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication (CHSCOM) - Previous attendees to any Aging and Speech Communication (ASC) conferenc= e - Attendees of American Auditory Society, Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Neurobiology of Language, Acoustical Society of America, Hearing Across the Lifespan, and other similar conferences US Organizing Committee: Mitch Sommers, Kate McClannahan, Samira Anderson, Matthew Goupell International Organizing Committee: Henrik Danielsson, Helen Henshaw, Ingrid Johnsrude, Sergi Rotger-Griful, Jerker R=C3=B6nnberg CASC Scientific Advisory Board: Stefanie Kuchinsky, Monita Chatterjee, Rebecca Bennett, Natalie Phillips, Kelly Harris --0000000000000db308064459de8c Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:"tr= ebuchet ms",sans-serif"><span id=3D"gmail-docs-internal-guid-d512aacf-= 7fff-947c-b6a1-1a0159ef2631"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margi= n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href=3D"https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/" styl= e=3D"text-decoration-line:none"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:A= rial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-n= umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal= ;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Abstract Submissio= n Open: Conference on Cognition, Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC), St= . Louis, MO, May 6-9, 2026</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:= Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;f= ont-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoratio= n-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0</span></a></p><p dir=3D"lt= r" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background= -color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norm= al;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0</span></p= ><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"= ><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bot= tom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:r= gb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-var= iant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseli= ne">Dear Auditory List,=C2=A0</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height= :1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-= family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternat= es:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D= "line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:= normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertic= al-align:baseline">Abstract submission and conference registration are now = open</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-v= ariant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:base= line"> for the </span><a href=3D"https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/" style=3D"te= xt-decoration-line:none"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sa= ns-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-d= ecoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Conference on Cognition, = Aging, and Speech Communication (CASC)</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:1= 2pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpar= ent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant= -alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">! CASC is the merging of the co= nference on =E2=80=9CAging and Speech Communication (ASC)=E2=80=9D and the = conference on =E2=80=9CCognitive Hearing Science for Communication (CHSCOM)= .=E2=80=9D</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0p= t;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margi= n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.= 38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-wei= ght:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-var= iant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseli= ne">Conference Information</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.= 38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-fam= ily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-var= iant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:= normal;vertical-align:baseline">The conference will be held at Washington U= niversity in St. Louis, MO, </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-famil= y:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weigh= t:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varia= nt-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline= ">May 6-9, 2026</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-= serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:no= rmal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical= -align:baseline">. The primary goal of this conference is to continue a ser= ies of exceptional international and interdisciplinary research conferences= that address speech-communication challenges in older adults.=C2=A0=C2=A0<= /span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo= ttom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m= argin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-seri= f;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal= ;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-ali= gn:baseline">CASC will be held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center locat= ed on the Medical Campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The </span>= <a href=3D"https://sites.wustl.edu/casc/" style=3D"text-decoration-line:non= e"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-co= lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;= font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-alig= n:baseline">conference website</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font= -family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font= -variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alterna= tes:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> contains details about the program, co= sts, registration, and abstract submission.</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"lt= r" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background= -color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norm= al;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Important dates:= </span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" s= tyle=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;co= lor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;fon= t-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:b= aseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-to= p:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12p= t;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-eas= t-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Abst= ract submission opens: </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-colo= r:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fo= nt-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:= baseline">November 15, 2025=C2=A0</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"l= ist-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0= ,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant= -east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;w= hite-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;mar= gin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;backgro= und-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:n= ormal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Abstract subm= ission closes: </span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transp= arent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varia= nt-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline= ">February 1, 2026</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:= disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backgroun= d-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:nor= mal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"= ><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"= role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:trans= parent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-vari= ant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Abstract decisions: By </spa= n><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-n= umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal= ;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">March 1, 2026</spa= n><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-n= umeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal= ;vertical-align:baseline">.=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><p dir=3D"ltr" style= =3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir=3D"lt= r" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style= =3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background= -color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:norm= al;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The 2026 confere= nce is organized around eight themes:=C2=A0</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-t= op:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;fon= t-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:= transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font= -variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-l= eft:18pt"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo= ttom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-co= lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;= font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Age-related changes= in auditory perception and physiology=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul style= =3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-t= ype:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backg= round-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian= :normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:= pre;margin-left:18pt"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0= pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;b= ackground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-a= sian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Animal = studies of aging and hearing=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul style=3D"margin-= top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;fo= nt-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color= :transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;fon= t-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-= left:18pt"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-b= ottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-c= olor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal= ;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Aging and speech: = production, perception, and understanding=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul sty= le=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style= -type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac= kground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asi= an:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac= e:pre;margin-left:18pt"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top= :0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt= ;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east= -asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Cogni= tion and aging=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin= -bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;f= ont-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;f= ont-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alte= rnates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:18pt"><p = dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" rol= e=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transpare= nt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-= alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Aging and multisensory perceptio= n and processing=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;marg= in-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt= ;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent= ;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-al= ternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:18pt"><= p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" r= ole=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transpa= rent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-varian= t-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Access to hearing health care= =C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><= li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Ari= al,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-nu= meric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;= vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:18pt"><p dir=3D"ltr" st= yle=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentat= ion"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-varian= t-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:nor= mal;vertical-align:baseline">Hearing loss and hearing assistive devices (HA= & CI)=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><ul style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bot= tom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-= family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-= variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternat= es:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left:18pt"><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role= =3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transparen= t;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-a= lternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Technological advances (Pharmaceu= ticals, AI, and more)=C2=A0</span></p></li></ul><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"lin= e-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12= pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transpare= nt;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-= alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">=C2=A0</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span = style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);backg= round-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-va= riant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line= :underline;vertical-align:baseline">Who should come to CASC?</span></p><ul = style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-st= yle-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);= background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-= asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-s= pace:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo= ttom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-co= lor:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;= font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The conference is i= ntended for any individual interested in age-related changes in speech perc= eption, production, and understanding. It is appropriate for graduate stude= nts, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and other scientists working in the fie= lds of aging, cognition, and communication sciences and disorders.</span></= p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-fa= mily:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-va= riant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates= :normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"li= ne-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><spa= n style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric= :normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;verti= cal-align:baseline">Previous attendees to any Cognitive Hearing Science for= Communication (CHSCOM)</span></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-= type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);back= ground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asia= n:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space= :pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom= :0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;background-color:= transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font= -variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Previous attendees to a= ny Aging and Speech Communication (ASC) conference</span></p></li><li dir= =3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,san= s-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertic= al-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38= ;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role=3D"presentation"><span style=3D"fon= t-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-v= 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ration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">US Organizing Committee</spa= n><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,= 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-ea= st-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">: M= itch Sommers, Kate McClannahan, Samira Anderson, Matthew Goupell=C2=A0</spa= n></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom= :0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(= 0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-varian= t-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:und= erline;vertical-align:baseline">International Organizing Committee</span><s= pan style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);b= ackground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-a= sian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">: Henri= k Danielsson, Helen Henshaw, Ingrid Johnsrude, Sergi Rotger-Griful, Jerker = R=C3=B6nnberg=C2=A0</span></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;marg= in-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Ari= al,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-nu= meric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;= text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">CASC Scientific Adv= isory Board</span><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-seri= f;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal= ;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-ali= gn:baseline">: Stefanie Kuchinsky, Monita Chatterjee,=C2=A0</span></p><p di= r=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span= style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);back= ground-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asia= n:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Rebecca Be= nnett, Natalie Phillips, Kelly Harris</span></p><br></span></div></div> --0000000000000db308064459de8c--