Conference Watch

Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Meeting 2018 (CCN 2018)

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Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Meeting 2018 (CCN 2018)

Organizers: Danielle Bassett, Alyson “Allie” Fletcher, Kendrick Kay, Konrad Kording, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, Thomas Naselaris, Hendrikje Nienborg, Russ Poldrack and Daphna Shohamy
Sponsors: see here
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 3 women : 4 men (43%)
Tutorial and special event speaker gender ratio: 2 women : 4 men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%

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

Neuroplasticity Workshop: From Bench to Machine Learning

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 Neuroplasticity Workshop: From Bench to Machine Learning

Organizers: Andre Grüning, Julie Seibt
Sponsors: Human Brain Project, European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience, Wellcome Trust
Speaker gender ratio: 2 women : 9 men (18%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%

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

CSH Asia: Latest Advances in Development & Function of Neuronal Circuits

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Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Latest Advances in Development & Function of Neuronal Circuits

Organizers: Frank Bradke, Kazuo Emoto, Hailan Hu, Alcino Silva
Sponsor: Novartis
Total speaker gender ratio: 7 women : 17 men (29%)
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 0 women : 2 men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-18%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience, specifically the numbers based on attendance at COSYNE (Computational and Systems Neuroscience) 2016.

NEURONUS 2018 IBRO Neuroscience Forum

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 NEURONUS 2018 IBRO Neuroscience Forum

Organizers: Aleksandra Krugolec and Przemysław Kac
Sponsors: see here
Total invited speaker gender ratio: 7 Women : 18 Men (28%)
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman : 5 Men (17%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 32%

*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
**At the time of posting, there was an error in our base rate using Society for Neuroscience registration data; this has now been corrected.

SCGB Postdoc Meeting Series

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 Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain (SCGB) Postdoc Meeting Series**

NY-area meeting organizers: Kanaka Rajan and  James Murray
West Coast meeting organizer: Anna Gillespie
Total invited speaker gender ratio: 12 Women : 16 Men (43%)
NY-area invited speaker ratio: 8 Women :  12 Men (40%)
West Coast invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 4 Men (50%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%

*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
**Numbers are for all meeting held up until May 2018. 14 meetings are included: 10 NY-area meetings (since June 2016) and 4 West Coast meetings (since June 2017).