<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">*****************************</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">** OPAM 2026 ******************************</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">**</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">34th Annual Workshop on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.opamconference.com/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.opamconference.com/</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">November 19, 2026 in San Diego, California</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">********************************************************************************</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">We are excited to announce to the OPAM community our upcoming online workshop</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px">, hosted by OPAM, which is</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> completely free!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">The workshop will feature Dr. Sarah Merrill (University of Massachusetts, Lowell)</span>,<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black"> who will discuss how to write competitive NSF GRFP and fellowships applications. This wor</span>kshop <span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">will occur on </span><b style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">Thursday, May 7th at 1pm EST</b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:black">.</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> See graphic below.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">You can find the Zoom link to attend on our website (<a href="https://www.opamconference.com/workshops-summary">https://www.opamconference.com/workshops-summary</a>). Alternatively, if you </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">are unable to join the webinar live</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">,</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> you can view a recording of it</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> on our website.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We hope to see many of you online at our upcoming workshop, and of course</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">,</span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> we hope to see you live in San Diego at this year's OPAM conference. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The 2026 OPAM organizers</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hong Nguyen, Giovanna Del Sordo, Sisi Wang, Mallory Terry, Zexuan Niu, & Irina Lavrova</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><img src="cid:ii_mnxz4ozi0" alt="image.png" width="445" height="250" style="margin-right: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">OPAM runs through our most recent NSF grant, and also with the support of generous sponsors. Sponsorship rates begin at $275, including advertising space in the OPAM program, website, emails, and spotlight exposure during the conference. To learn more about becoming a sponsor for OPAM 2025, please visit </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.opamconference.com/sponsor-opam" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(17,85,204)">our sponsorship page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> or e-mail us at </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:opam.info@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span style="font-size:10pt">opam.info@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. We appreciate your support!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p></div>