conference link October 18 – 21, 2023 Organizing Committee: Timothy Behrens, Alla Karpova Speakers gender ratio: 15 women, 19 men (44%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 52%* BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the cognitive neuroscience field ..read more

conference link August 6 – 11, 2023 Organizing Committee: Roy V. Sillitoe, Daniela Popa, Alanna Watt, Samuel S. Wang Speakers gender ratio: 26 women, 27 men (58%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%* BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more

symposium link October 24 – 27, 2023 Organizing Committee: Albino Oliveira-Maia, Marta Moita, Zachary Mainen Speakers gender ratio: 8 women, 9 men (47%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%* BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more

conference link October 3 – 7, 2023 Organizing Committee: C. Andrew Frank, Avital Rodal Speakers gender ratio: 5 women, 6 men (45%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%* BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more

course linkJuly 22, 2023 Organizing Committee: Davide Momi, Joana Cabral, John David Griffiths Speakers gender ratio: 4 women, 4 men (50%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 32.5%* BWN rating: 4, within 2 standard deviations above base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neural structure and brain modelling field ..read more

conference linkNovember 29 – December 1, 2023 Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Niels Eijkelkamp, Rohini Kuner, Ingo Kurth, Shafaq Sikandar Keynote and confirmed speakers gender ratio: 7 women, 7 men (50%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 38%* BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the pain research field ..read more

conference linkNovember 28-30, 2023 Organizing Committee/Program Chairs: Chantal Cherifi, Murat Donduran Keynote speakers and tutorials gender ratio: 3 women, 5 men (38%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 26%* BWN rating: 3, within 1 standard deviation above base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the computational neuroscience field ..read more

Access and read the preprint here ““We controlled for race and ethnicity…” Considerations for the use and communication of race and ethnicity in neuroimaging research” by Carlos Cardenas-Iniguez and Marybel Robledo Gonzalez discusses how large neuroimaging studies have the potential to further structural inequities through their dissemination, and how consequently researchers must be more careful about how they communicate about these topics in their research. Through this paper, the authors provide several recommendations “for researchers to reflect on race and ethnicity choices in study des ..read more

conference linkJuly 11-14, 2023 Organizing Committee: The Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA) Keynote speakers gender ratio: 2 women, 3 men (40%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%* BWN rating: 2, within 1 standard deviation below base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more

conference linkDecember 4-7, 2023 Organizing Committee: Australasian Neuroscience Society Association Specialists Plenary speakers gender ratio: 1 women, 4 men (20%) Estimated base rate of women in the field: 43%* BWN rating: 1, within 2 standard deviations below base rate *Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in the neuroscience field ..read more