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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Get ready for Eternacon 2019!</span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-size: medium;">What Is Eternacon?<br /></span></h3>
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<p>First hosted at Stanford University in 2015, Eternacon is a gathering of Eterna players, scientists, and developers. Originally only a dream among community members as a "Eterna Convention", the Eternacon was fully realized by <a href="http://www.eternagame.org/web/player/74251/">tomoedachii</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.eternagame.org/web/player/102911/">vineetkosaraju</a>, who put together a plan that would allow for the first conference in 2015.&nbsp;In the past, the conference has included many different talks by participants about puzzle solving, scientific advancements, the community, and the future of Eterna as a whole, a tour of the lab, open discussion about the current state of eterna with the oppotrunity to make suggestions to the team, and the chance to get to know fellow Eterna players.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-size: medium;">Donate to Eternacon</strong></p>
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<p>To make a donation to Eternacon to help pay for administrative costs and player support you can do so at the <a href="https://makeagift.stanford.edu/get/page/makeagift?pgnTPC=399&amp;stp=163&amp;olc=14209&amp;cturl=close">Stanford donation portal for Eterna</a>. When making the donation specify in the special instructions that the donation is for Eternacon. If you wish to donate using other methods please contact an organizer.</p>
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<p><strong style="font-size: medium;">Sponsors<br /></strong></p>
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<p>As in prior years, we are actively seeking partnerships with commercial and other organizations to sponsor Eternacon each year to provide funding for facilities, materials, and player support. In return, organizations will be recognized as sponsors on promotional material and have the opportunity for a brief presentation at the conference. Please contact eterna.conference@gmail.com if you are interested.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Resources From Past Eternacons</span></strong></p>
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<p>[[/2015|Eternacon 2015]]</p>
<p><span>[[/2016|Eternacon 2016]]</span></p>
<p><span><span>[[/2017|Eternacon 2017]]</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>[[/2018|Eternacon 2018]]<br /></span></span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-size: medium;">Eternacon 2019<br /></span></h3>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>When:</strong> July 19-21, 2019</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Where:</strong> Stanford University, room TBA</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>General Contact:</strong>&nbsp;eterna.conference@gmail.com</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Planning Comittee:</strong> Coordination through Slack, all welcome to participate! Please contact an organizer for access.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Organizers:</strong></p>
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<li>Lead Organizer -&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eternagame.org/web/player/40299/">Jennifer Pearl</a></li>
<li>Core Organizer - &nbsp;<a title="LFP6" href="http://www.eternagame.org/web/player/48290/">LFP6</a></li>
<li>Stanford Liason - Feriel</li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Planned Events (Schedule TBA):</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Ribosome design, including AMA with Jewett lab, Northwestern University&nbsp;</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Announcement of the first Eterna patents</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Official Player Representation/Organization</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">New Scientific Initiatives</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Friday seminar by Dr David Hendrix on <a href="https://academic.oup.com/nar/article/46/16/8105/5050624">A deep recurrent neural network discovers complex biological rules to decipher RNA protein-coding potential</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Additional seminars &amp; workshops by world-leading RNA scientists and Eterna players</li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Resources</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B4_HzzouSv0OdnVEMHNEcW5sM1k">Google Drive&nbsp;Folder</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://eternagame.org/web/news/9267613/">Planning Survey Announcement</a></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://eternagame.org/web/news/9368774/">Registration Announcement</a></li>
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