The Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society was founded in 2012 and is made up of over 300 members across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. The society launched an Equity and Diversity Policy in 2016.*

Statistics have been compiled for the society’s annual meeting in 2014, held as the International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience.

Percentage of women in each role by year:

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	All
Opening/Welcome	0%	25%	0%	100%	0%	0%	100%	100%	50%	75%	45%
Keynote/Plenary	0%	40%	33%	33%	30%	33%	60%	50%	60%	20%	36%
Keynote Chair	–	50%	–	33%	10%	33%	25%	0%	50%	60%	33%
Symposia Talks	43%	33%	42%	67%	29%	50%	38%	69%	38%	50%	46%
Symposia Chair	33%	83%	33%	33%	43%	33%	0%	33%	60%	63%	41%
Oral Presentations	50%	47%	53%	58%	55%	43%	50%	59%	59%	47%	52%
Oral Presentations Chair	–	50%	33%	40%	17%	40%	40%	60%	60%	74%	46%
Poster Presentation	63%	48%	45%	58%	46%	51%	65%	60%	59%	50%	55%
Workshop Speakers	40%	–	–	–	33%	86%	70%	44%	39%	50%	52%
Conference Organising Committee	–	53%	42%	50%	57%	50%	63%	39%	31%	63%	50%
Overall	33%	48%	35%	52%	32%	42%	51%	51%	51%	55%	45%

Raw data for each year:

Melbourne 2010
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	1	0	0	1
Keynote/Plenary	2	0	0	2
Keynote Chair	0	0	0	0
Symposia Talks	8	6	0	14
Symposia Chair	2	1	0	3
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	15	15	0	30
Oral Presentations Chair	0	0	0	0
Poster Presentation	16	27	1	44
Workshop Speakers	3	2	0	5
Conference Organising Committee	0	0	0	0
Total	47	51	1	99

Sydney 2011
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	3	1	0	4
Keynote/Plenary	3	2	0	5
Keynote Chair	1	1	0	2
Symposia Talks	18	9	1	28
Symposia Chair	1	5	0	6
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	17	15	0	32
Oral Presentations Chair	4	4	0	8
Poster Presentation	122	113	27	262
Workshop Speakers	0	0	0	0
Conference Organising Committee	9	10	0	19
Total	178	160	28	366

Brisbane 2012
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	1	0	0	1
Keynote/Plenary	2	1	0	3
Keynote Chair	0	0	0	0
Symposia Talks	7	5	0	12
Symposia Chair	2	1	0	3
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	34	38	0	72
Oral Presentations Chair	8	4	0	12
Poster Presentation	179	144	7	330
Workshop Speakers	0	0	0	0
Conference Organising Committee	7	5	0	12
Total	240	198	7	445

Melbourne 2013
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	0	1	0	1
Keynote/Plenary	2	1	0	3
Keynote Chair	2	1	0	3
Symposia Talks	4	8	0	12
Symposia Chair	2	1	0	3
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	25	35	0	60
Oral Presentations Chair	6	4	0	10
Poster Presentation	52	73	1	126
Workshop Speakers	0	0	0	0
Conference Organising Committee	6	6	0	12
Total	99	130	1	230

Brisband 2014
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	1	0	0	1
Keynote/Plenary	7	3	0	10
Keynote Chair	9	1	0	10
Symposia Talks	65	27	1	93
Symposia Chair	16	12	0	28
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	10	12	2	24
Oral Presentations Chair	5	1	0	6
Poster Presentation	191	160	15	366
Workshop Speakers	4	2	0	6
Conference Organising Committee	3	4	0	7
Total	311	222	18	551

Auckland 2015
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	1	0	0	1
Keynote/Plenary	2	1	0	3
Keynote Chair	2	1	0	3
Symposia Talks	6	6	0	12
Symposia Chair	2	1	0	3
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	23	17	0	40
Oral Presentations Chair	6	4	0	10
Poster Presentation	180	188	2	370
Workshop Speakers	1	6	0	7
Conference Organising Committee	2	2	0	4
Total	225	226	2	453

Shoal Bay 2016
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	0	2	0	2
Keynote/Plenary	2	3	0	5
Keynote Chair	3	1	0	4
Symposia Talks	10	6	0	16
Symposia Chair	4	0	0	4
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	33	33	0	66
Oral Presentations Chair	6	4	0	10
Poster Presentation	23	43	1	67
Workshop Speakers	3	7	0	10
Conference Organising Committee	3	5	0	8
Total	87	104	1	192

Adelaide 2017
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	0	1	0	1
Keynote/Plenary	2	2	0	4
Keynote Chair	4	0	0	4
Symposia Talks	5	11	0	16
Symposia Chair	4	2	0	6
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	34	48	0	82
Oral Presentations Chair	4	6	4	14
Poster Presentation	39	59	0	98
Workshop Speakers	5	4	0	9
Conference Organising Committee	11	7	0	18
Total	108	140	4	252

Mebourne 2018
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Opening/Welcome	1	1	0	2
Keynote/Plenary	2	3	0	5
Keynote Chair	1	1	0	2
Symposia Talks	10	6	0	16
Symposia Chair	2	3	0	5
Oral Presentations (not Keynote/Symposia)	43	61	0	104
Oral Presentations Chair	2	3	0	5
Poster Presentation	55	79	10	144
Workshop Speakers	11	7	0	18
Conference Organising Committee	9	4	0	13
Total	136	168	10	314

Launceston 2019
	Male	Female	Unknown	Total
Keynotes	1	3	0	4
Keynote and Award Talk Chairs	4	1	0	5
Symposia Chairs	2	3	0	5
Oral Session Chairs	6	6	0	12
Symposia Speakers	6	10	0	16
Regular Oral Presentations	18	16	0	34
Fast Oral Presentations	9	25	0	34
Workshop Presentations	2	2	0	4
ECR Day Presentations	2	2	0	4
Poster Presentations	36	62	0	98
Total	86	130	0	216

*Source: https://www.acns.org.au/about-acns/