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15 ︎︎︎ 17 · 10 · 2025
Lisbon, Portugal


This year’s Champalimaud Research Symposium, Neuro-Cybernetics at Scale, will explore how behavior emerges through complex feedback loops across neural circuits, bodies, and varied environments. While reductionist approaches have brought deep insights into individual components, understanding behavior as it unfolds in the real world demands a shift toward systems-level thinking—across scales, disciplines, and modalities.

The symposium draws inspiration from the recent advances in AI and machine learning, where scaling has unlocked unprecedented performance. We believe neuroscience may be approaching a similar inflection point. By convening researchers in experimental neuroscience, robotics, machine learning, control theory, and theoretical neuroscience, we aim to explore how ideas of scaling and feedback can shape the future of systems neuroscience.
This single-track scientific meeting will feature four keynote speakers and a lineup of esteemed invited speakers, along with selected talks from submitted abstracts. Attendees will also have the opportunity to showcase their research during two poster sessions, all while enjoying various networking and social activities.

We anticipate around 300 participants for this interactive three-day event, held in a venue renowned for its unique and inspiring atmosphere. We are confident that this setting will facilitate lively discussions and stimulate groundbreaking scientific exchange. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect and collaborate with fellow researchers.

We look forward to welcoming you to Lisbon.

The Symposium Chairs,

Guillaume Hennequin 
Memming Park
Shreya Saxena

meet the experts


chairs



Guillaume Hennequin [University of Cambridge] Memming Park [Champalimaud Foundation] Shreya Saxena [Yale University]


keynote speakers



Adrienne Fairhall [University of Washington] Auke Ijspeert [EPFL] Eva Dyer [Georgia Tech] Misha Ahrens [Janelia Research Campus]



invited speakers


Ehud Ahissar [Weizmann Institute of Science] Eugenia Chiappe [Champalimaud Foundation] Jonathan Pillow [Princeton Neuroscience University] Máté Lengyel [University of Cambridge] Srini Turaga [Janelia Research Campus] Taro Toyoizumi [RIKEN Center for Brain Science] More speakers to be announced soon



Submit your abstract until July 11 and apply for a selected talk ︎

   

venue


The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, inaugurated on 5 October 2010, enriches the historic riverside of Belém, adjacent to the iconic Tower of Belém. This area holds significant historical value as the starting point for Portuguese explorers who ventured into the "unknown" during the 15th and 16th centuries. Today, the Centre bridges this legacy with contemporary scientific endeavors, fostering an atmosphere conducive to cutting-edge multidisciplinary research in biomedicine. Its modern architecture and functional design provide an optimal environment for scholars, researchers, and healthcare professionals from Portugal and beyond to pursue excellence and tangible outcomes.

The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown is a state-of-the-art facility for science, medicine, technology and public use.

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