The BNA2023 International Festival of Neuroscience
23rd - 26th April 2023 - Brighton, UK

Celebrate and share the latest thinking in global neuroscience today


Key dates

20th August 2022 - Date by which you have to be a member of the BNA, if you are to be eligible to apply for BNA bursaries to attend the Festival without a supporting statement from a Full Member.

21st September 2022: Registration and poster abstract submission opens

23:59 GMT 1st December 2022: Earlybird deadline for registration and poster abstract submission at lower rates.
(Please note that the earlybird deadline was previously 30th November, but has been moved forward by a day due to the announcement by the University and College Union of industrial action on 30th November.) 

23:59 GMT 31st January 2023: Deadline for poster abstract submissions

23:59 GMT 20th February 2023: Deadline for BNA bursary applications

23rd - 26th April 2023: The International Festival of Neuroscience 2023


Contacts for BNA2023

General enquiries, sponsorship and registration: [email protected] 
Scientific programme: [email protected] (0)7584 016279 or (0)739 215 5972
Press enquiries: [email protected] (0)739 215 5972


Festival Venue

The Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2GR, United Kingdom


Please be aware of websites claiming to offer accommodation services on behalf of the International Festival of Neuroscience. Please ignore these emails; genuine information will be sent either from the BNA directly, or from our professional conference organiser, Outsourced Events.


The Festival of Neuroscience is run by BNA Events Ltd (Company number 07784689), a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Neuroscience Association (Company Number: 04307833, Registered Charity No: 1103852).