Register now for the Symposium “Naturalistic Neuroscience: From perception to action and back”

The upcoming Symposium “Naturalistic Neuroscience: From perception to action and back” will take place from May, 28-29, 2026, at the University of Bonn. 

Experts from diverse fields will come together at this international symposium to discuss the current state and future directions for naturalistic neuroscience research.

Organiser and Scientific Committee

The symposium is hosted by the caian – Centre for AI and Neuroscience at the University of Bonn, with support from NeurotechEU and iBehave.

Scientific Committee

• Prof. Dr. Dr. Dominik R. Bach (University of Bonn and University College London)
• Dr. Sabine Krabbe (German Center for Neurodegenerative Disease)
• Prof. Dr. Floris de Lange (Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Bonn)

Speaker and Programme

Speaker

• Gareth Barnes (University College London)
• Georg Keller (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
• Karin Roelofs (Radboud University)
• Katja Reinhard (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati)
• Neil Burgess (University College London)
• Matthias Stangl (Boston University) 

Programme 

Day 1: Thursday, 28 May 2026

09:30   Check-in desk opens

10:00   Opening remarks & introduction

10:30   Keynote 1 

11:20   Keynote 2 

12:10   Lunch break with Poster session 1

13:30   Panel 1

15:00   Coffee break

15:30   Keynote 3 

16:20   Wrap-up

16:30   Facility visits 

19:00 Social dinner (optional)

 

Day 2: Friday, 29 May 2026

09:00   Keynote 4 

09:50   Panel 2 

10:35   Coffee break

11:00   Keynote 5 

11:50   Panel 3

12:35   Lunch break with Poster session 2

14:00   Keynote 6 

14:50   Panel 4

15:35 Coffee break

16:00   Keynote 7 

16:50   Closing remarks

17:00   End 

Registration and Call for Abstracts

Registration

Postdoctoral and senior researchers from the alliance are warmly invited to apply. Please reach out to your NeurotechEU project coordinator regarding cost coverage. 

To register for the symposium, please follow this link. Tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis. The registration will close on Sunday, April, 19.

Tickets 

Conference ticket (28.-29. May)        20 Euro

Dinner ticket (28. May 2026)             50 Euro

Call for Abstracts

Abstracts may be submitted in the following areas:

• experimental research in naturalistic neuroscience

• novel neurotechnology for naturalistic neuroscience
• theoretical underpinnings of naturalistic neuroscience

The deadline for submission is April, 6.

More information 

For more information, please visit the symposium website. We would appreciate it if you could also share this information with interested colleagues at your university.