The Challenge of Chronic Pain: from Genomics to Therapy

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November 29 – December 1, 2023
Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Niels Eijkelkamp, Rohini Kuner, Ingo Kurth, Shafaq Sikandar

Keynote and confirmed speakers gender ratio: 7 women, 7 men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 38%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate

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

COMPLEX NETWORKS 2023

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November 28-30, 2023
Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Chantal Cherifi, Murat Donduran

Keynote speakers and tutorials gender ratio: 3 women, 5 men (38%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 26%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate

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

Computational Neuroscience, Neurotechnology and Neuro-inspired AI Autumn School

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October 25 – October 31, 2023
Organizing Committee: Saugat Bhattacharyya, Cian O’Donnell, KongFatt Wong-Lin, Damien Coyle, Bronac Flanagan, Muskaan Singh, Louise Gallagher, Elaine Duffy, Gerald Hasson, Cheryl Mullan, Eoghan Tucker

Speakers gender ratio: 4 women, 9 men (31%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 26%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate

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

CCN 2023: Conference on Cognitive Computational Neuroscience

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August 24 – August 27, 2023
Programme Committee: Leyla Isik, Megan Peters, Laura Gwilliams, Gemma Roig, Nico Schuck, Eric Schulz, Maria Eckstein, Benjamin Peters, Jean-Remi King

Speakers gender ratio: 3 women, 3 men (50%)**
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 39%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate

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

**We will update as more confirmed speakers get added!

Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2023

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July 16-20, 2023

Organising Committee: Alzheimer’s Association

Plenary speakers gender ratio: 2 Women: 2 Men (50%)**
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate

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

** If more plenary speakers get added before the start date, we will update accordingly!

Genomics of Brain Disorders: Wellcome Connecting Science

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May 17-19, 2023
Organising Committee: Jemma Hume, Nagehan Ramazanoglu Bahadir, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Kristen Brennand, Anders Børglum, Mina Ryten

Confirmed speakers gender ratio: 6 Women: 7 Men (46%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviations above base rate

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

** If the speakers list gets updated closer to the conference we will update this page as well

NeuroFrance 2023

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May 24 – May 26, 2023
Program Committee: Jean-René Duhamel, Anne Didier, Antoine Ameloot, Pierre Fourneret, Céline Amiez, Valérie Gaveau, Suliann Ben Hamed, Mateus Joffily, Jennifer Beneyton, Jérémie Mattout, Jean-Louis Bessereau, Christelle Peyron, Pascale Bomont, Emmanuel Procyk, Jérôme Brunelin, Hélène Puccio, Julien Courchet, Olivier Raineteau, Caroline Demily, Sylvain Rheims, Ouria Dkhissi-Benyahya, Clara Saleri, Alexandra Fargeot, Jérôme Sallet, Pier-Francesco Ferrarri, Sylvia Wirth

Plenary speakers gender ratio: 4 Women: 4 Men (50%)
Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%*
BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate

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