IGSN / SFB 874 Conference: Molecular and Neural Correlates of Memory and Cognition*

Organizer: Denise Manahan-Vaughan
Speaker gender ratio: 11 Women : 0 Men (100%)
Estimated** base rate of women in the field: 37-52%

*The NeuroNexxt initiative, a platform for female neuroscientists, was launched at this meeting.
**Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in cognitive neuroscience.

Neuroscience 2019

Organizers: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 13 Women : 10 Men (57%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 31%

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

Maryland Neuroimaging Retreat 2019

13th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting

Organizers: Ruth Slack and Paul Frankland
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 2 Women :  5 Men (29%)
Plenary symposia speaker gender ratio: 5 Women :  4 Men (56%)
Parallel symposia speaker gender ratio: 23 Women :  25 Men (48%)
Total speaker gender ratio: 30 Women :  34 Men (47%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 31%

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

CAJAL Course in Computational Neuroscience 2019

Organizers: Brent Doiron, Maria Geffen, Jakob Macke, Joe Paton
Faculty gender ratio: 7 women : 11 men (39%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%

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

57th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology

Program Chairs: See here
Sponsors: American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
Invited speaker gender ratio: 96 women:103 men (48%) 
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 29%

*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword neuropsychopharmacology and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in the 1 page of results using our python script. Search originally performed in January 2019.