Organized by the Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (referred to as CIBR), the third Beijing Brain Conference will be held in Beijing from August 16th to 18th, 2024.

Held biennially since 2020, the Beijing Brain Conference is a high-end international academic exchange event in the field created by CIBR in collaboration with domestic and international neuroscience research institutions. The 2024 Beijing Brain Conference will be held offline for the first time, with Nature Portforlio and Institute of Development and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Science as Co-Organizers. This year, the conference will focus on the state of the art in neuroscience research, organizing four thematic forums on Basic Principles in Brain Connection and Function, Neural Computation and Neuroengineering, Integrative Neuroscience, and Neurological Disorders and Translational Neuroscience, as well as a Youth Forum. More than 40 leading scientists and outstanding young scholars from home and abroad will attend the conference, including Dr. Charles M. Lieber (Harvard University, Member of the National Academy of Sciences), Dr. Scott Sternson (University of California, San Diego), Dr. Qiufu Ma (Westlake University), Dr. Hanchuan Peng (Southeast University), Dr. Hongwei Dong (University of California, Los Angeles), Dr. Takeshi Sakurai (University of Tsukuba), and Dr. Sangram Sisodia (University of Chicago).

To enhance academic exchanges among young scholars, the conference will also host a Poster session and calls for global submissions of abstracts.

Requirements:

1. Abstracts must be in English and include: title, author's name, affiliation, email address, and main text. The title should be in Arial font size 16, while the rest should be in Times New Roman font size 12;

2. Use "Name-Affiliation-Abstract Title" as the email subject and send an abstract of up to 500 words to the conference's dedicated email address at beijingbc@cibr.ac.cn;

3. The deadline for registration is 5:00 pm (GMT +8.00) on June 21, 2024. A scanned copy of the signed Research Integrity Commitment Form (see Attachment 1) must also be submitted along with the abstract;

4. The organizing committee will select outstanding works from the submitted abstracts for display at the conference venue, issue certificates, and provide certain rewards. Selected individuals will be notified of subsequent matters via email。

The conference is currently in intense preparation, please follow the official website for updates.

Contact information for the conference organizing committee:

Email: beijingbc@cibr.ac.cn