BNA Members' Meeting: call for submissions

24th Oct 2022

We are inviting BNA members to submit proposals for sessions at the Members' Meeting on 24th & 25th April 2024. We especially encourage applications from student and early career members, including talks that are about plans for research, not just results; and aim to create a programme with diversity of geography, gender, topics, ethnicity and career stages.

Submissions are open from Monday 20th November 2023 – Friday 19th January 2024. 

We welcome submissions for the following session types:

Rapid Fire (10 x session slots): 
Talks should be 12 minutes long (+ time for 1 question from the audience). 
Rapid Fire sessions are exclusive to Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher members. 

*Members who presented a talk at the Members’ Meeting 2022 are not eligible. 

Research Communication (6 x session slots): 
Talks should be 20 minutes long (+ 5 min questions from the audience). 
We encourage submissions from Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher members. 

*Members who presented a talk at the Members’ Meeting 2022 are not eligible. 

Debate (1 x session slot): 
The debate should be 45 minutes in total and should include 2 speakers presenting opposite views of a topic.  

It is up to you to propose how to use this time, although it must include the chance for delegates to participate. We suggest opening statements from each speaker for ~10 minutes, followed by 10 min discussion and 15 min audience participation. 

*All session participants must be BNA members

Panel Session (1 x session slot): 

The panel session should be 60 minutes in total and include up to 4 participants and 1 chair. It is up to you to propose how to use this time, although it must include the chance for delegates to participate. We welcome proposals on a broad range of topics, including:

• Original research
• Neuroscience Teaching & Education
• Sustainability 
• Credibility
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Neuroscience 

*All session participants must be BNA members

Interactive Workshop (1 x session slot):

The workshop should be 60 minutes in total. This session is intended to be highly engaging and interactive, involving delegate participation. 

*All session participants must be BNA members

We look forward to reading your proposals! Submission deadline = Friday 19th January 2024