<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear AUC community members,</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As mentioned last week, the next AUC conference will take place in Uppsala on August 24<sup>th</sup> to 28th, 2026. The first two days will be devoted to the workshops. We are aiming for 4 slots with two hours each on Monday and Tuesday. If you are interested, could you please send me your topic(s) and your desired slots (see table below) until Friday, 14<sup>th</sup> February. I will draft a schedule afterwards and send it out to all the presenters for their review. </div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please be aware that our budget is very tight this year. Thus, we can only afford to sponsor one presenter per workshop.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; width: 1021px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); background-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Day </b></div></td><td style="border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); background-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Session </b></div></td><td style="border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); background-color: rgb(68, 114, 196); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Time </b></div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div class="elementToProof" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, August 24th<b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9:00 – 11:00 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">2 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">11:30 – 13:30 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">14:30 – 16:30 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">4 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">17:00 – 19:00 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div class="elementToProof" style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tuesday, August 25th<b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">5 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9:00 – 11:00 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">6 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">11:30 – 13:30 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">14:30 – 16:30 am </div></td></tr><tr><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 2cm; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b></div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 49.65pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">8 </div></td><td style="border-right-width: 1pt; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(142, 170, 219); padding: 0cm; vertical-align: top; width: 99.2pt; height: 15pt;"><div style="line-height: 16px; margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">17:00 – 19:00 am </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Kind regards</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Johannes & Alexander</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; 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