2026 IEEE Brain Discovery & Neurotechnology Workshop
National Housing Center, 1201 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005
About
Researchers from neuroscience, engineering and clinical practice will examine technologies for understanding brain function and treating disorders. Three tracks cover emerging neural recording and imaging methods, machine learning and brain-inspired computation, and clinical translation through neuroprosthetics, neuromodulation and brain-computer interfaces. The programme connects multiscale measurement, interpretable models, multimodal data and biomarkers with deployment challenges. Panels consider ethics, standards, clinical needs, careers and funding; posters, live demonstrations, exhibits and an aging-brain symposium support exchange.
In-person at the National Housing Center, 1201 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, November 11–13. All times are US Eastern (America/New_York): November 11 registration 12:00, activities 13:00; November 12–13 registration 08:00, sessions 08:30; closing events end November 13 at 18:00. Regular fees: IEEE members USD 425, non-members USD 475; students USD 50/75 respectively. Early rates ended October 1. General poster/demo abstracts close October 19. Member and non-member registration is available through the event website.
Organizing team
- Christine Edwards — NeuroDynamics, LLC
- Ravi Hadimani — Virginia Commonwealth University
Guest speakers
- John Ngai — NIH BRAIN Initiative
- Brian D. Berman — Virginia Commonwealth University
- Dan Rizzuto — Nia Therapeutics
- Deblina Sarkar — Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIT Media Lab
- Erika Ross Ellison — Neuralink
- Frances Chance — Sandia National Labs
- Guorong Rudy Wu — UNC School of Medicine
- Hong Chen — Washington University
- Jan Kubanek — Washington University School of Medicine
- Jingyu Liu — Georgia State University
- Mark J. Schnitzer — Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University
- Ranu Jung — The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research
- Viktor Jirsa — Inserm Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes