Call for Symposia

Symposium Structure and Guidelines

Symposium Duration:

• Each Symposium will last 90 minutes, featuring four presentations of 18 minutes each, followed by 4-minute Q&A session.

Speaker Requirements:

• At least one of the Speakers must be a young researcher (under 40 year old);
• The four Speakers must be affiliated with different institutions.

Symposium Proposal:

• Each Symposium may be proposed by one or two Chairs, preferably SINS members;
• Only one of the Chairs is allowed to also serve as a Speaker;
• If only one Chair is indicated, the Scientific Committee will assign a second Chair.

Limitations for Chairs/Speakers:

• Each Chair/Speaker may propose or participate in only one Symposium proposal;
• Chairs of Symposia from the last SINS Congress in Torino (2023) are not eligible to submit proposals.

Symposia Reserved for Young Researchers:

• At least two Symposium slots will be reserved for proposals in which all participants, including Chairs and Speakers, are under 40 years of age as of the submission deadline.

Proposal Submission

Symposium proposals should address one of the following topics:

• Cognition and Behavior
• Development
• Disorders of the Nervous System
• Excitability, Synaptic Transmission, Network Functions
• Novel Methods and Technology Development
• Sensory and Motor Systems
• Sleep, Autonomic and Neuroendocrine Systems

Each proposal must include the following information:

• Title: A concise description of the Symposium topic (less than 10 words);
• Summary: A brief overview of the scientific background and relevance of the topic (up to 100 words), along with a list of 5 representative publications of the Speakers on the topic;
• Speakers’ details: Full name, e-mail and affiliation of the 4 Speakers and the titles of their presentations.

Evaluation

Proposals will be evaluated by the SINS Scientific Committee, including members of the SINS Governing Board and the Local Organizing Committee.

Evaluation will be based on:

• Scientific relevance of the proposed topics, consistent with the broadest possible representation of the Symposium themes;
• Expertise of the proposed Chairs and Speakers;
• Coherence and complementarity of topics covered within the Symposium.

Additional considerations include:

• Ensuring a balanced representation of different neuroscience fields;
• Promoting gender diversity among participants;
• Inclusion of multiple young researchers (under 40 years old);
• Prioritizing Speakers who did not present at Symposia in the last SINS Congress.

Submission Process

Symposium proposals must be submitted strictly according to the Instructions for Proposers, using the Congress Management Platform.

The Symposium proposal submission deadline is January 12, 2025 January 26, 2025 (extended) at 11:59 PM (CET).

Acceptance of proposals will be announced by March 6, 2025.