5:00 - 8:00 pm
BRAIN, Neuroscience, and Beyond: Building Our Early Career Community
Location: TBA

For early career researchers (undergraduate through early associate professor) to socialize and network with one another and BRAIN Initiative staff. This special event includes coordinated networking, mentoring opportunities and information for all career stages.

8:00 - 9:30 am
Poster Session 1 & Exhibits
Location: Grand Ballroom E-H

Explore this year’s poster hall and interact with BRAIN Initiative scientists presenting their cutting-edge BRAIN Initiative research projects in-person and virtually through the event mobile app.  Visit a selection of in-person and virtual exhibit booths and learn about the scientific endeavors of our exhibiting organizations. 

9:45 - 10:00 am
Welcome
Location: Grand Ballroom A-D
Dr. John Ngai
Director, NIH BRAIN Initiative

Dr. Ngai opens the 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference with an update on The Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative followed by the Scholar Spotlight Lightning Talks.

10:00 - 10:15 am

Scholar Spotlight Lightning Talks
Location: Grand Ballroom A-D

10:15 - 11:15 am

Plenary: Deconstructing the Serotonin System in the Mouse Brain
Location: Grand Ballroom A-D

LUNCH + NETWORKING
On your own

Poster Session 2 & Exhibits
Location: Grand Ballroom E-H

Concurrent Symposia 1: High-density and High-resolution Neurophysiology to Reveal Local Microcircuits in the Human Brain
Location: Grand Ballroom A-C

Concurrent Symposia 2: Imaging Outside-the-Toolbox: Novel Solutions for Large Scale and Deep-Tissue Imaging
Location: Grand Ballroom D

Concurrent Symposia 3: Music: Building "Bridges" in the Brain
Location: Grand Ballroom A-C

Concurrent Symposia 4: Advancing Participant Engagement in BCI Research: Who, Why, and How?
Location: Grand Ballroom D

4:45 - 6:15 pm

Building on a Decade of Innovation
Location: Grand Ballroom A-D

Join us for an afternoon conversation reflecting on the groundbreaking impact of 10 years of BRAIN-funded science and what's still to come. More details coming soon. You don’t want to miss this event!

8:00 - 9:30 am
Poster Session 3 & Exhibits
Location: Grand Ballroom E-H

Explore this year’s poster hall and interact with BRAIN Initiative scientists as they present their cutting-edge BRAIN Initiative research projects in-person and virtually through the event mobile app. Visit a selection of in-person and virtual exhibit booths and learn about the scientific endeavors of the participating organizations. 

9:45 - 10:00 am

Welcome: Day Two

10:00 - 11:00 am

Plenary: Blood-Brain Barrier: Friend and Foe
Location: Grand Ballroom A-D

Specialty Session: BRAIN and the Future of Computing: Emerging Perspectives on Embodied NeuroAI Research
Location: White Flint Amphitheater

Specialty Session: Bringing Your Neurotechnology to Life: Topics on Translation
Location: Brookside

Specialty Session: Fostering Inspiration and Engagement through Outreach, Noggins and Art
Location: Glen Echo

Specialty Session: Technology and Resource Dissemination: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Location: Forest Glen

Specialty Session: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (BBQS) - Laying the Foundation for a New Data and Knowledge Ecosystem
Location: White Oak

12:15 - 1:45 pm

LUNCH + NETWORKING + EXHIBITS

Concurrent Symposia 5: Building on BICCN: Alzheimer's Disease Multimodal Atlasing Projects (AD-MAPs)
Location: Grand Ballroom A-C

Concurrent Symposia 6: BRAIN Informatics in the AI Era
Location: Grand Ballroom D

3:30 - 4:30 pm

Meet the Funders Networking Session - open to all attendees
Location: Grand Ballroom E-H

Networking opportunity for trainees and researchers to connect with agency and partner organizations staff to learn about funding opportunities.

Meet and mingle with representatives from the following organizations:

• NIH BRAIN Initiative Staff
• Simons Foundation
• Kavli Foundation
• National Science Foundation

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Wrap up: The Future of the BRAIN Initiative