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-***
-**Trixi.jl at JuliaCon 2023**<br/>
-At this year's JuliaCon, we will be present with an online contribution that involves Trixi.jl:
-
-* [Scaling Trixi.jl to more than 10,000 cores using MPI](https://pretalx.com/juliacon2023/talk/PC8PZ8/),
-  27th July 2023, 10:30–11:30 (US/Eastern), 32-G449 (Kiva)
-
-We are looking forward to seeing you there ♥️
-***
-
 **Trixi.jl** is a numerical simulation framework for hyperbolic conservation
 laws written in [Julia](https://julialang.org). A key objective for the
 framework is to be useful to both scientists and students. Therefore, next to