CAN-ACN Symposia Abstract Submission Information – Parallel Symposium
Open: November 4, 2025 to December 8, 2025
The format of the CAN meeting will consist of:
- morning Plenary Symposia and Distinguished Lectures
- afternoon Parallel Symposia and poster sessions throughout the day
Members in good standing of the Association can submit parallel symposia proposals. We will be openly requesting proposals for Parallel Symposia that cover a wide range of topics in both basic and translational neuroscience.
Parallel Symposia are 1.5 hours long and will be chosen based on scientific merit and whether the topic was not covered recently; a balance of junior and senior faculty, and gender of speakers is encouraged. We encourage applicant to incorporate clinical speakers and a trainee into their panel submission. We also wish to ensure that a wide range of neuroscience topics are represented in various symposia.
Specific criteria to follow
- Only members in good standing can submit a proposal
- Four speakers (Chair may or may not be a speaker)
- Speakers cannot have presented at CAN the previous year. (Recent speakers can act as chair)
- Individuals can only be included as speaker in a single proposal
- Topics should not overlap with plenary symposia and presentations – please review the preliminary program before submission
- While including geographically diverse speakers is encouraged, successful symposia will include Canadian scientists.
Please note we cannot provide any support for travel or other expenses for symposium speakers.
Information required for submission:
- Title of symposium
- Symposium Chair: Name, university affiliation and type of position, contact information and email (Note: the symposium chair will be the main contact for the organisers)
- For each speaker: University affiliation and type of position, contact information and email
- Title of talk
- Abstract for symposium (max 150 words)
- Recent publications on the topic by the speakers
All proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Program Committee, and the committee will choose twelve for presentation at the Canadian Neuroscience meeting.
If your submission is accepted, all symposium speakers listed will be required to submit an individual abstract no later than February 14, 2026.
Please note that after a symposium has been reviewed and accepted, substitution of speakers will not be accepted, unless under exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the program committee. Any speaker substitutions may result in your symposium being re-evaluated.