Organizers of scientific events who are based in the United States and wish to involve participants from sanctioned countries should start to plan for this as early as possible, says Megan Peters, the chair of the Neuromatch Academy board of directors and a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Irvine. “Never assume that you understand the law,” she advises. “The sanctions are much farther-reaching than you might think.”

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