2026 Beijing Brain Conference Online Registration Now Open | Call for Posters and Short Talks

The Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (CIBR) and Nature Portfolio are pleased to announce that the 2026 Beijing Brain Conference will be held from August 14 to 16, 2026, in Changping, Beijing.

Under the theme From Molecules to Circuits: Toward Interventions for Brain Disorders, this year’s conference will focus on multi-scale mechanistic insights and translational research across the following cutting-edge areas:

· Neurodevelopmental Disorders: From Genetics to Mechanisms

· Neural Mechanisms of Psychiatric Disorders

· Neurodegeneration and Brain Aging

· Neural Injury and System Dysfunction

· Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neuroengineering

· Therapeutic Strategies in Brain Medicine

Leading international scientists invited to speak at the conference include:

· Prof. Luis F. Parada, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

· Prof. Don W. Cleveland, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, University of California, San Diego

· Prof. Guoping Feng, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

· Prof. Stephen H. Scott, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Queen’s University

· Prof. Thomas S. Kilduff, SRI International

· Prof. Sameer Anil Sheth, Baylor College of Medicine

· Prof. Zhenyu Yue, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

· Prof. Keqiang Ye, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

· Prof. Haoxing Xu, Zhejiang University

· Prof. Xiaoke Chen, Stanford University

· Prof. Grégoire Courtine, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

· Prof. Jocelyne Bloch, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)

· Prof. N. Sumru Bayin, University of Cambridge

· Prof. Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, University of California, Los Angeles

Additional distinguished speakers will be announced soon. Please stay tune!

1. Online Registration

For registration details, please visit: https://cibrtest.cibr.ac.cn/cibrMeeting/meeting2026/apply

2. Call for Abstracts: Poster Session & Short Talks

To promote academic exchange and showcase the achievements of early-career researchers, the conference will host a Poster Session and is now accepting abstracts from researchers worldwide. Selected outstanding submissions will be presented as posters. A number of authors will also be invited to deliver Short Talks in parallel sessions, providing valuable opportunities to engage with leading international scientists. Researchers in related fields are warmly invited to submit abstracts.

Submission Requirements

1. Abstracts must be submitted in English and include a title, author name(s), affiliation(s), email address, and main text

2. Please submit your abstract via the Poster Session section of the conference registration mini-program, or through the online portal: https://www.hyterp.cn/website/2819/index.html

3. Submission Deadline: June 30, 2026, 17:00 (Beijing Time)

4. The organizing committee will select outstanding abstracts for Short Talks. Other accepted submissions will be presented as posters. Results and further instructions will be sent by email.

We warmly welcome researchers, postdoctoral fellows, students, and industry professionals from China and around the world to register and join this premier biennial gathering in brain science.

The conference is currently in active preparation. Further updates will be released via the official CIBR WeChat account (“北京脑”) and the CIBR official website: https://cibr.ac.cn/cibrMeeting/meeting2026/overview

Please stay tuned!