Guidelines for Submission and General Recommendations

The call for symposia is a critical step in this process, inviting the scientific community to present innovative concepts that will advance brain research.

The SONA2025 Committee encourages global scientists to submit proposals highlighting novel results and discoveries in brain and central nervous system research.

The number of symposia is limited to 32, each lasting 2 hours. Therefore, the Program Committee will give priority to proposals of outstanding Scientific interest, speaker achievements, ability to engage a multidisciplinary audience, and diversity.

Proposals should aim for balance and representation of speakers concerning gender, ethnicity, geographical distribution, institutional affiliation ‘scientific seniority’, scientific approach, and field of work. Preference will be given to proposals with diverse geographical representation of speakers. Proposals with speakers from only one country will not be accepted. In addition, Proposals that aim for diverse representation concerning gender identity are strongly encouraged.

Symposia requires at least 4 speakers and 1-2 chairpersons. It is recommended that no more than 1 chairperson also be one of the 4 speakers. Junior are encouraged to be involved in the proposals. However, all speakers should be experienced in presenting their research to a broad multidisciplinary audience.

Proposal Submission

Proposals must be submitted and completed online between 1 May and 1 September 2024 to be considered.

Accepted proposals will be notified via email by the Program Committee. The proposals will be definitely accepted once the organizers confirmed their participation.