BNA members receive international recognition with SfN awards
8th October 2024
24th Oct 2022
We are inviting BNA members to submit proposals for sessions at the Members' Meeting on 24th & 25th April 2024. We especially encourage applications from student and early career members, including talks that are about plans for research, not just results; and aim to create a programme with diversity of geography, gender, topics, ethnicity and career stages.
Submissions are open from Monday 20th November 2023 – Friday 19th January 2024.
We welcome submissions for the following session types:
Rapid Fire (10 x session slots):
Talks should be 12 minutes long (+ time for 1 question from the audience).
Rapid Fire sessions are exclusive to Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher members.
*Members who presented a talk at the Members’ Meeting 2022 are not eligible.
Research Communication (6 x session slots):
Talks should be 20 minutes long (+ 5 min questions from the audience).
We encourage submissions from Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher members.
*Members who presented a talk at the Members’ Meeting 2022 are not eligible.
Debate (1 x session slot):
The debate should be 45 minutes in total and should include 2 speakers presenting opposite views of a topic.
It is up to you to propose how to use this time, although it must include the chance for delegates to participate. We suggest opening statements from each speaker for ~10 minutes, followed by 10 min discussion and 15 min audience participation.
*All session participants must be BNA members
Panel Session (1 x session slot):
The panel session should be 60 minutes in total and include up to 4 participants and 1 chair. It is up to you to propose how to use this time, although it must include the chance for delegates to participate. We welcome proposals on a broad range of topics, including:
*All session participants must be BNA members
Interactive Workshop (1 x session slot):
The workshop should be 60 minutes in total. This session is intended to be highly engaging and interactive, involving delegate participation.
*All session participants must be BNA members
We look forward to reading your proposals! Submission deadline = Friday 19th January 2024