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Call for Symposia
The Program Committee is issuing a call for symposia.
We have introduced some changes to symposia for the seventh edition of the conference. For the 2027 meeting, symposia will be either one or two hours long. They will consist of three or six 15-minute presentations with a collective Q&A (15 minutes for three, 30 minutes for six) at the end for discussion and audience participation.
How to Propose a Symposium
The symposium may have one or two organizer(s) who also serve a moderator(s)[MB1] [CM2] . Typically, the organizer introduces the symposium theme for 1 minute, followed by their speakers presenting for 15 minutes each, leaving time for discussion and questions from the audience. Symposium organizers/moderators may or may not also be speakers.
The deadline to submit a symposium is 28th August 2026.
Symposium organizers may email the Scientific Program Committee at the email indicated below (well in advance and with as complete details as available) to discuss potential symposia, but all discussions are non-binding until after the September deadline and the final program is decided. Email: [email protected]
The Program Committee will give priority to symposia that reflect themes of deep interest to the brain stimulation community and do not duplicate other proposals. The scope of relevant materials would mirror that of the Brain Stimulation journal or the list of Abstract topics. Consideration will also be given to gender, institution/geographical location, age-into-career, and professional specialization, as well as diversity in the technologies examined and/or approach taken (e.g. clinical trials, imaging, engineering, basic mechanisms) – though it is recognized that a given symposium will naturally focus on a given topic. Symposia with an overall commercial bias will not be selected. An individual may be a proposed speaker on more than one proposed symposium however two symposium which feature largely overlapping speakers will not be competitive.
Symposia presenters (but not organizers or moderators who are not speaking*) can register for the conference at a reduced fee of: €375 + VAT.
*If a delegate is a moderator/organizer in one session and a speaker in another session they can register of the reduced fee as a result of being a speaker.
How to Submit a Symposium
The symposium organiser will be responsible for submitting the abstracts that make up their symposium via our online system by the deadline above https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80742/submitter
To assist with this process, symposium organisers should download the template submission form here and ask their presenters to complete the form with the details of their abstract. Once the symposium organiser has collected their abstracts, they should proceed to the online submission form to submit each of the abstracts in their symposium.
At the beginning of each abstract submission, the symposium organiser will be asked to enter the title of their symposium and their symposium description. This will ensure the individual abstracts are matched to the correct symposium.
The text to describe the symposium is unstructured but would likely include a few sentences describing the background and why the question is important.
If symposium organisers require any assistance with their submissions, they should email: [email protected]
We look forward to receiving many outstanding symposia proposals. Think broadly and creatively about the deep, controversial, or hot new issues in our field and let us have a great meeting in Lyon. We look forward to seeing you there!
Poster abstract submission
Poster abstract submission deadline 28 August 2026
Your submission should be in the form of text, no more than 300 words long. If your abstract is accepted, it will be included in our online abstract link that will be distributed to all conference participants. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Committee to ensure that the topic of the submission is consistent with the scope of the topics covered at the meeting. Once the abstracts are accepted, at least one of the authors must register for and present at the conference. Successfully submitted abstracts will be acknowledged with an electronic receipt including an abstract reference number, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Allow at least 2 hours for your receipt to be returned to you.
For revisions or queries regarding papers already submitted:
If you do not receive acknowledgement for your abstract submission or you wish to make any essential revisions to an abstract already submitted, please do not resubmit your abstract, as this may lead to duplication. Please contact the Conference Content Executive with details of any revisions or queries. Please quote your reference number if you have one.
Please do not email credit card information under any circumstances.