{"id":1139,"date":"2026-04-22T14:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:09:37","slug":"invited-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/2026\/04\/22\/invited-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Invited talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:35% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"343\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2025\/04\/IPDC-Logo.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-361 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2025\/04\/IPDC-Logo.webp 343w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2025\/04\/IPDC-Logo-300x134.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Besides our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ipdc2026\/keynotes\/\">keynote<\/a> presentations by Xu Cheng (University of Pennsylvania), S\u00edlvia Gon\u00e7alves (McGill University), Guido M. 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