Behavioral Neuroscience conferences

The Human Advantage: The Neuroscience of Leadership in the Age of AI examines how brain health and cognitive skills influence leadership, judgment, performance and resilience. With routine cognitive tasks increasingly automated, the summit considers the neural and behavioral foundations of attention, trust, adaptability, creativity, empathy and moral agency. Keynotes and interdisciplinary panels connect neuroscience research with its practical implications for individuals and organizations. Named participants include Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva, Oriel FeldmanHall and Earl K. Miller. The summit takes place on 6 November 2026 at Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 8th floor, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Times are Eastern Standard Time (America/New_York, UTC−5). The agenda begins with registration and breakfast at 08:30, opening remarks at 09:00, and keynote and panel sessions from 09:10. Closing remarks are at 16:05, followed by a reception at 16:15. The registration system lists an overall event window of 08:00–18:00; the agenda may change. Attendance is free and open to all, including students, researchers, educators, healthcare practitioners and business professionals. Capacity is limited and advance registration is required through the event-specific Wharton form.

The Society for Neuroscience annual meeting brings together the global neuroscience community for lectures, symposia, nanosymposia, posters, professional-development sessions and exhibits. The 2026 meeting offers in-person participation in Washington, D.C. and a virtual component with posters and livestreamed featured lectures.

NeuroAlliance brings together cellular and systems neuroscience, biological psychiatry and cognitive neuroscience. The scientific programme examines how brain mechanisms shape cognition, behaviour and psychiatric illness, connecting molecular and cellular approaches with neuroimaging, computational analysis and clinical research. Plenaries address the microbiome–brain relationship across the lifespan, neural mechanisms of blindsight, negative self-beliefs and mental health, navigation circuits in Drosophila, biometals in brain disease, human decision-making, ovarian hormones and mental health, and computational approaches to brain patterns. Parallel symposia and contributed presentations extend these themes across neural circuits, genetics, omics and therapeutic mechanisms. All times are Australia/Sydney (AEDT, UTC+11). On 29 November, registration starts at 16:30, Welcome to Country at 17:00, opening remarks at 17:15 and the first plenary at 17:30–18:15. Scientific sessions start at 08:30 on 30 November, 08:45 on 1 December and 08:30 on 2 December; closing remarks finish at 17:00 on 2 December. Full registration costs AUD 935 for members of participating societies and AUD 1,200 for non-members; student rates are AUD 545 and AUD 660 respectively, including GST. Retired-member and day registrations are also offered. Member rates require ANS, BPA, ACNS, FENS or JNS membership. Registration uses an EventsAir account.

The 34th annual meeting brings together psychophysiology and cognitive, social and affective neuroscience research through keynote talks, oral presentations and posters. The programme includes workshops and an early- and mid-career researcher prize address. Undergraduate, postgraduate and Honours students are encouraged to present their work alongside researchers at other career stages. Student travel support is available to current ASP student members travelling more than 100 km who are otherwise self-funded; eligibility is assessed during registration. Abstract submissions close at 23:59 AEDT on 2 November, and early-bird prices end on 16 November. Conference registration offers full-programme and partial attendance options, with separately described dinner and membership inclusions.

The SICB annual meeting examines how organisms function and evolve by integrating morphology, development, physiology, behaviour and ecology. Symposia connect neural sensing to movement; test developmental and evolutionary responses to climate; investigate regeneration of bodies, brains and behaviour; and combine extinct and living organisms to reconstruct biological change. Further sessions examine dormancy, compliant structures, host–microbiome feedback, mutualisms, shark development, polyploidy, crustacean life cycles and animal aesthetics. Neuromechanics sessions compare how muscle–tendon properties, passive body mechanics, active sensing and neural circuits support stable, adaptable movement. Regeneration sessions combine single-cell and spatial omics, gene editing, live imaging, lineage tracing and comparative genomics to test whether recovery reuses developmental mechanisms. Dormancy sessions compare molecular and physiological pathways across diapause, torpor and hibernation. Contributed talks and posters extend these comparative approaches across biological scales. The Science and Society plenary examines the evolutionary biomechanics of terrestrial locomotion; the President’s plenary asks whether humans are unusually extravagant in their energy use. The programme begins on 3 January at 19:30 with the Science and Society plenary, followed by a 20:30 reception. Scientific sessions continue on 4–7 January; the final scheduled lecture ends at 16:30 on 7 January. All programme times are Eastern Standard Time (America/New_York, UTC−05:00). Presenters must register by 2 November 2026 to remain on the programme. Early registration prices apply through 2 December 2026. Full-meeting fees before/after that date are: professional members $572/$672; nonmember professionals $842/$942; postdoc members $367/$467; nonmember postdocs $486/$586; student members $227/$327; nonmember students $346/$446; and emeritus members $405/$505. Developing-country professional members pay $200/$300, nonmember professionals $275/$375, and student members $127/$227. Eligible AMS, MISS, SVP or TCS affiliates pay $572/$672. K–12/community-college educator members pay $243/$343 and nonmembers $335/$435. One-day rates before/after the same date are: professional/postdoc/emeritus members $230/$330; nonmember professionals/emeritus/educators $351/$451; educator members $150/$250; student members and developing-country members $135/$235; and nonmember students and developing-country nonmembers $200/$300. Fees are in US dollars. Registration requires an attendee profile; affiliate eligibility is checked. Refund requests must arrive by 2 December 2026 and incur a 20% administrative fee; partial-refund adjustments incur 3.5%.

The meeting uses altered states across evolutionarily distant species to investigate the biological basis of consciousness. Sleep, anaesthesia, hibernation and dissociative states are examined from molecular and circuit mechanisms through animal and human behaviour. Discussions connect experimental neuroscience with disorders of consciousness, recovery after general anaesthesia and the therapeutic potential of anaesthetic- and psychedelic-induced states. The format emphasizes unpublished findings, extended discussion, posters and interactions between trainees and established researchers. Attendance applications are reviewed and capacity may fill before the application deadline.

This meeting connects neural plasticity across molecular, synaptic, circuit and behavioural scales. The programme examines learning and memory, stress and threat responses, brain-body interactions, medial prefrontal function and behavioural strategies for interpreting neural dynamics. Additional sessions explore hippocampal computation, orbitofrontal contributions to learning and decisions, endogenous opioids, retrosplenial cortex, and activity-dependent plasticity in sensory pathways. Morning and evening symposia leave time for informal scientific discussion. Attendance is capped below 100. Registration is $750 and includes social hours, break refreshments and the banquet; accommodation is booked separately through the conference’s hotel route.

COSYNE 2027 meets in Montréal, 11–16 March: main meeting 11–14 March and workshops 15–16 March. Registration opens 2 November 2026. COSYNE brings experimental and theoretical approaches together to understand how neural systems support behaviour and cognition. Research connects systems neuroscience with computational models, emphasizing explanations of brain function and exchange between empirical and theoretical researchers. The main meeting is at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth and workshops are at Le Westin Montréal. Abstract submission is closed. Abstracts use double-blind review, with decisions expected in December 2026. Presenting authors must register by 31 January 2027 at 23:59 EST. Early rates end on 2 February at 23:59 EST.

This EMBO Workshop integrates developmental biology, sensory neuroscience, central circuits, motor control, behavior, population genetics, genomics, and ecology to advance comparative insect neuroscience. Early-career researchers are prioritized for selected talks, and all accepted participants present their work.

The meeting links amygdala-centered neural activity to emotional and internal states across molecules, cells, circuits, brain-wide networks and human neuroscience. Themes include motivation, reward, social behavior, threat, learning, memory, decision making, stress, addiction, pain and psychiatric disease. Basic, computational, translational and clinical researchers will discuss technologies for measuring, mapping, modelling and manipulating these mechanisms. Talks, poster sessions and discussion focus on emerging and unpublished research. Applicants need a science or engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent; undergraduates are not eligible. Places may fill before the application deadline.

The meeting examines the neural mechanisms that produce behaviour in natural settings and how those mechanisms evolved. It connects comparative neuroscience with behavioural ecology through molecular specialization, electrophysiology, synaptic and modulatory mechanisms, neural population dynamics and causal circuit experiments. Participants will assess how new methods for tracking behaviour and recording freely moving animals can strengthen mechanistic explanations across species and guide future collaborative research. Attendance requires a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering, or an accepted equivalent. Applications are subject to selection and available capacity.

The conference links molecular, cellular, circuit and systems mechanisms of cerebellar development, function and dysfunction across species and life stages. Imaging, experimental physiology and theoretical models will connect early developmental patterning with mature computation and behaviour. Sessions examine motor and cognitive functions, autism and ataxia, and the difficulties of translating findings between species or integrating evidence across scales. The aim is to distinguish conserved organizational principles from meaningful differences between experimental systems. Attendance applications are reviewed and capacity may fill before the application deadline.