SONA Conference 2023

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July 11-14, 2023
Organizing Committee: The Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA)

Keynote speakers gender ratio: 2 women, 3 men (40%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field

Cold Spring Harbor Asia: Novel Insights into Glia Function & Dysfunction

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April 24 – April 28, 2023
Program Committee: Shumin Duan, Helmut Kettenmann, Schuichi Koizumi, Bruce Ransom, Mami Noda

Invited speakers gender ratio: 7 Women: 16 Men (30%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 33%*
BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the molecular neuroscience field

AD/PD™ 2023: Striving for a better future for all those affected by neurodegenerative diseases

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March 28 – April 1, 2023
Program Committee: Abraham Fisher, Ezio Giacobini, Gabriel Gold, Roger M. Nitsch, Manfred Windisch (all men)

Plenary speakers gender ratio: 3 Women: 4 Men (43%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 2, at base rate or within 1 standard deviation below base rate

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field

LabLinks: Decision-making: From molecular to cognitive neuroscience

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Organisers:
Athena Akrami, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre
Christina Konen, Editor, Neuron
Nikolay Tsanov, Editor, Cell Reports
Rita Gemayel, Editor, Cell Reports

Invited speakers gender ratio: 2 Women: 7 Men (22%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 35%*
BWN rating: 2 (i.e. 1 standard deviation below base rate)

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the fields of molecular and cognitive neuroscience.

Cell Symposia 2022: The Biology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

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Organisers:
Daniel Geschwind, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Hailan Hu, Zhejiang University, China
Ann Goldstein, Scientific Editor, Cell
Ulrich Schridde, Scientific Editor, Neuron

Invited speakers gender ratio: 6 Women: 13 Men (31.5%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 32%*
BWN rating: 2 (i.e. within or at 1 standard deviation below base rate)

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.

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Massachusetts General Hospital Centre for Precision Psychiatry: First Annual Conference on Precision Psychiatry

Conference on Precision Psychiatry — The Promise of Precision Prediction, Prevention and Treatment in Mental Health (virtual; September 30-October 1, 2021)

Organisers:
Karmel Choi, Lee Cohen, Maurizio Fava, Amy Fitzpatrick, Robbie Mealer, Andy Nierenberg, Matt Nock, Roy Perlis, Jordan Smoller, Sabine Wilhelm

Invited speakers gender ratio: 9 Women: 14 Men (39%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 47%*
BWN rating: 2 (i.e. within 1 standard deviation below base rate)

*Method of estimation: base rate of women in field of precision psychiatry.