NeuroAlliance 2026

NeuroAlliance 2026 brings the Australasian Neuroscience Society (ANS), Biological Psychiatry Australia (BPA) and the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ACNS) together for the first time, in a joint meeting at the Hilton Sydney from 29 November to 2 December 2026.

Under the theme Merging Minds, Advancing Discoveries, the meeting gathers researchers, clinicians and professionals from across the neurosciences to form new collaborations, build networks and celebrate Australian brain research, from early career researchers to established leaders.

The programme runs across plenaries, symposia, workshops and panel discussions. There is also an EMCR trivia night on the afternoon of Monday 30 November, a good chance to put your networking skills to work.

Plenary speakers

• Prof Kay Double, University of Sydney (ANS Elspeth McLachlan Plenary Lecture)
• Prof Marta Garrido, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences (ANS Lawrie Austin Plenary Lecture)
• Prof Barry Dickson, Queensland Brain Institute (ANS Plenary Lecture)
• Prof John Cryan, University College Cork (ANS International Plenary Lecture)
• Prof Antonio Di Ieva, Macquarie University (ANS Eccles Plenary Lecture)
• Prof Bronwyn Graham, UNSW Sydney (BPA Isaac Schweitzer Lecture)
• Prof Trevor Steward, University of Melbourne (BPA Aubrey Lewis Award)
• Prof Redmond O’Connell, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience (ACNS Plenary Lecture)

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