Date	Click on	Title of the symposium	Organizer
Thursday 17, 2025 09h00-11h00	SP1	Brain Circuits for Motor and Social Behaviors	Abdeljabbar El Manira (Sweden)
	SP2 MNS	Serotonergic Modulation and Neurochemical Pathways: Implications for Antidepressant Efficacy, Epilepsy, and Neurotoxicity	Philippe De Deurweardere (France) and Victor Owoyele (Nigeria)
Thursday 17, 2025 15h30-17h30	SP3	Early life stress,Sex differences, and Maternal influences: Insights into Brain and Behavioral Disorders	Fatiha Chigr (Morocco)
	SP4	Molecular targets of addictive drugs and associated neuropsychiatric disorders	Mohammed Kabbaj (USA)
	SP5 IBRO	Young Women Investigator in Africa	Nouria Lakhdar-Ghazal (Morocco)
	SP6	The Science of Burnout: From Brain Mechanisms to Holistic Management Approaches	Gams Massi (Cameroon)
Friday 18, 2025 09h00-11h00	SP7	An update on the pathophysiology of the non-motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease	Abdelhamid Benazzouz (France)
	SP8	AfrAbia's Genetic Puzzle: Mapping the Genetic Terrain of Parkinson's Disease	Wael Mohammed (Malaysia)
	SP9	Emerging effectors in neurodegeneration: from preclinical to clinical models	Inès El Bini Dhouib (Tunisia)
	SP10 IBRO	The neurobiology of animals' adaptations to harsh African biotopes	Khalid El Allali (Morocco)
Friday 18, 2025 15h00-17h00	SP11	Natural Products Research, Characterization and Therapeutic Role	Martha Davilla-Garcia (USA)
	SP12 NWG	Brain Pathologies - Neuron and Glia Diversity in Regeneration	Frank Kirchhoff & Luciana Politti Cartarozzi
	SP13	Emerging regenerative medicine for CNS repair	Fatiha Nothias & Afsaneh Gaillard (France)
	SP14	The signaling system of the neuropeptide relaxin 3/rxfp3 in cognitive and pain processes	Monica Navarro & Olucha Bordonau (Spain)
Saturday 19, 2025 09h00-11h00	SP15	Neuroimmune dysfunction and mental health outcomes: advances in immunopsychiatry in Africa	Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots (UK)
	SP16 IBRO	Neuroinfections	Francesca Cirulli & Rachael Dangarembizi
	SP17 IBRO-ARC	The rising Star symposium (ARC- Sponsored): Neuroimmunology Schools in Africa Alumni Research and Progress	Willias Masocha (Zimbabwe/Koweit) and Roberto Furlan (Italy)
Saturday 19, 2025 15h00-17h00	SP18	Molecular Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Translational Medicine and the Role of Natural Antidotes	Chinna Orish (Nigeria)
	SP19 PsyCoMed	Neurological disorders caused by Mediterranean pollutants	Marc LANDRY (France)
	SP20	Environmental toxins and brain alterations: from mild cognitive effects to severe consequences	Samir Ahboucha (Morocco)
	SP21	Artisanal mining and its impact on the brain in the eastern region of Cameroon.	Ayissi Rigobert Espoir and Eric Bila Lamu (Cameroon)
17h15-19h00	WWN Circle	World Women in Neurosciene Mentoring Circle - "The Art of Building a Career in Neuroscience"	Martha Dávila-García (USA)
Sunday 20, 2025 09h00-11h00	SP22	The Brain, Environment and Nutraceuticals; Combating Neurodegeneration through Neuroprotection	Abel Agbon Nosereme (Nigeria)
	SP23	Epidemiology, physiopathological and therapeutic aspects of multiple sclerosis: an emerging disease in Africa	Samir Ahboucha and Fatiha Chigr (Morocco).
	SP24	Management of Neurodegenerative Disorders by Potential Bioactive Compounds	Taoufik Ghrairi (Tunisia)
	SP25	ISN-sponsored Alumni	Nouria Lakhdar-Ghazal (Morocco)
Sunday 20, 2025 15h00-17h00	SP26	Recent advances at the interface of neuroscience and AI (NeuroAI)	Sricanth Ramaswamy (UK) Jie Mei (Austria)
	SP27	Advancing Neuroscience Education in Africa through Capacity Building	Sharon Juliano (USA)
	SP28	The Brain Research International Data Governance & Exchange (BRIDGE): African perspectives	Amadi Ihunwo
	Alba Network	Alba Network Panel Discussion: Equity in publishing strategies for inclusive publishing and knowledge sharing.	Francesca Cirulli (Italy)