한국뇌신경과학회는 2026년 제29회 정기국제학술대회를
본 학회에서는 다양한 전문 분야를 최대한 포괄하도록 프로그램을 구성할 계획이며, 각 심포지움 주제를 공모를 통하여 접수하고 있으니 많은 관심 부탁드립니다.
Call for Symposia for KSBNS 2026
The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences (KSBNS) invites you to submit proposals
for a symposium for the 29
th KSBNS annual meeting, which will be held from September 6 to
8, 2026, in Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, South Korea’s hub of science, technology,
and innovation.
We are looking for high-quality symposia from all over the world. If you would like to
organize a symposium, please complete Symposium Proposal Form and submit it to
neuro@ksbns.org by 6:00 PM (KST) on December 12, 2025. The KSBNS Academic Program
Committee will review the symposium proposals after the submission deadline and
applicants will be notified of the outcome via email around January 2026. For further
inquiries, please contact neuro@ksbns.org.
Please refer to the following guidelines for preparing a proposal as outlined below:
1. Symposium organization
▪ Each symposium should last 90-100 minutes, with 4 speakers presenting and discussing a
coherent topic in modern neuroscience that should be of general interest to a broad
audience.
▪ Each symposium should have one chairperson to moderate the session and lead
discussion. Although one of the speakers can be designated as the chairperson, we
recommend a separate chairperson to maximize discussion.
▪ All speakers, chairpersons and co-organizers should be included only with their prior
consent, and confirmation of their intent to participate (e.g., a copy of the corresponding
email) must be attached to the symposium proposal.
▪ Each individual may participate in only one symposium session in any role (speaker,
chairperson, or organizer); participation in multiple symposia is not allowed.
▪ All speakers, chairpersons, and organizers must attend in-person at the venue (Daejeon
Convention Center, Daejeon); online participation will not be allowed.
▪ Organizers may not serve as speakers in the symposium they organize.
▪ The Academic Program Committee may request the addition of a short talk by an
early-career researcher in appropriate sessions. This assignment will not affect the time
allocated for the invited speakers’ presentations.
▪ English is the official language of the meeting and must be used in all symposia.
▪ Each principal organizer can organize no more than one symposium.
▪ Each principal organizer must be a member of the KSBNS for his/her proposal to be
accepted.
2. Selection criteria
▪ The highest priority will be given to symposium proposals that include a diverse group of
participants (e.g., gender, race, country of origin and seniority). Thus, a diversity statement
should be included in the proposal. In addition, proposing a symposium composed of
researchers from the same institute is discouraged and may lead to rejection by the KSBNS
Academic Program Committee.
▪ The KSBNS Academic Program Committee will give priority to proposals that do not
conceptually overlap with symposium themes from prior annual meetings of the KSBNS.
▪ The KSBNS Academic Program Committee will review three representative papers of
potential speakers published in the previous 3 years.
▪ Proposals for symposia composed of researchers with a wide range of methodologies and
approaches on a common theme are preferred. Proposing a symposium that includes
thematically unrelated speakers is highly discouraged and may lead to rejection by the
KSBNS Academic Program Committee.
▪ The KSBNS Academic Program Committee will review the proposal and may request
revisions.
▪ Should significant changes be made after approval, such as a change in the list of speakers,
the proposal may be reconsidered or the symposium's selection may be canceled.
3. Financial support
▪ A supporting grant of up to 3,000,000 KRW will be provided to each selected symposium.
The final amount of this grant will be determined based on several factors, including
participant attendance and the travel distance of invited international speakers.
▪ There is a chance that financial support may not be available if all the symposium speakers
are Korean, due to unavoidable circumstances.
▪ If the proposed symposium can be supported by external sponsor(s), this information
should be included in the application and will be considered advantageous.
▪ The participating speakers and chairs of selected symposia will have their registration fees
waived.
▪ Additional expenses (e.g., travel, accommodation, and other expenses) should be covered
by the symposium participants and organizers.
