May 21-25, 2025, Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
| 7-9 PM | 2025 CAN Public lectures: Topics and speakers TBA |
Day 1: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
| 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM | CAN Satellite symposia |
| 5:00 – 5:15 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Melanie Woodin, President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience |
| 5:15 – 6:15 | Presidential Lecture: Gina Turrigiano, Brandeis University |
| 6:15 – 8:00 | Opening Reception |
Day 2: Thursday, May 22
| 8:30 – 10:15 AM | Plenary symposium 1: Fear, Threat and Aversive Learning Chair – Mihaela Iordanova (ConcordiaU) Maithe Arruda-Carvalho (UToronto Scarborough) Josh Johansen (RIKEN Institute, Japan) Susan Sangha (Indiana University, USA) |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Partner update |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee break Posters/exhibits |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Brain Star Award winner talk |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Featured Plenary speaker 1: Kerry Ressler (McLean Hospital Harvard University USA) |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Advocacy lunch |
| 1:30 – 3:00 | Parallel Symposia (4 symposia, 4 speakers in each) |
| 3:00 – 3:30PM | Trainee Power Pitch Session |
| 3:30 – 3:45PM | Partner update |
| 3:45 – 5:15PM | Coffee break Poster session 1 / exhibits |
| 5:15 – 5:45 | New investigator award lecture |
| 5:45 – 6:45 | Brain Prize lecture |
| 7:30 – 9:30 | CAN Student Social |
Day 3: Friday, May 23
| 8:30 – 10:15 AM | Plenary symposium 2: Visualizing the Brain Chair – Jibran Khokhar (WesternU) Istvan Katona (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) Isabelle Boileau | CAMH, University of Toronto Michele Desjardins | Université Lavala |
| 10:15 – 10:25 | Partner update |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Coffee break Posters/exhibits |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Brain Star Award winner |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Featured Plenary speaker 2 Yulong Li | Peking University, China |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee Showdown |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Parallel Symposia |
| 2:30 – 3:00PM | Trainee Power Pitch Session |
| 3:00 – 4:30 | Coffee break in Poster Hall Poster session 2 & Exhibits |
| 4:45– 5:45 | Keynote lecture: Paul Frankland, University of Toronto |
| 5:45 – 6:45 | Equity, Diversity and Inclusion event Event organized by the CAN Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee Panelists: TBA |
Day 4: Saturday, May 24
| 8:30 – 10:15 A.M. | Plenary symposium 3: External Influences on Neurodevelopment Chair – Deborah Kurrasch | University of Calgary Jessica Rosin | University of British Columbia Catherine Lebel | University of Calgary Armen Saghatelyan | University of Ottawa |
| 10:15 – 10:25 | Partner update |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Posters/exhibits Coffee break |
| 10:45 – 11:00 PM | Brain Star Award winner |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Featured Plenary speaker 3 Yasmin Hurd (MSSM, USA) |
| 12:00 – 1:30 PM | CAN-ACN Annual General Meeting of members Career Networking event Lunch on own |
| 1:30 – 2:00PM | Trainee Power Pitch Session |
| 2:00 – 3:30 | Poster session 3 & Exhibits |
| 3:30 – 5:00 | Parallel Symposia |
