The fifth annual meeting of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience will be held on October 24th, 2026 at the STEM center on the campus of University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. The meeting will have research poster sessions, Nanosymposiums (Submissions welcome) Career Building Workshop (Science Communication and Social Media), a keynote speaker (Accepting submissions from Early Career Scientists), Lightning Talk competition and lunch.
The Annual Neuroscience Conference gives undergraduates, graduate, and postdoctoral fellows the chance to present research findings in a poster session, attend lectures and special panels, and meet other students and faculty interested in the neurosciences.
Exciting New Keynote Address
This year the UMC would like to highlight an Early Career Scientists (defined as PhD candidate, Postdoc Fellow, or Assistant professor with less than 6 years at the position) for our Keynote Speaker. We will be accepting nominations or self-submissions for the Keynote Address. Please email hillhout@uwgb.edu with your talk title, abstract, and CV by Sept 18th, 2026. Notifications will be made by Oct 1st. Submissions not selected for the Keynote address will be considered for nanosymposiums (but authors are not required to give a nanosymposium).
We will be accepting posters, nanosymposiums, and lightning presentations (5 min oral presentation contest). Poster presentations can be submitted for completed or in-progress research projects. Additionally, we are welcoming presentations that were presented at or will be presented at national meetings (e.g. Society for Neuroscience, ASPET, etc).
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, September 25th, 2026
Registration is $10!!!
All times are posted in the central time zone.
Friday Night Social ---- TBA
Location: The Brown County STEM Innovation Center, 2019 Technology Way, Green Bay, WI 54311 (click for more information click here)
Program Schedule (Preliminary Schedule - time may changed based on the number of poster submissions)
8:30 - 9:30 am: Conference registration, Coffee, and Pastries; Poster Session 1 setup
9:30 - 9:35 am: Welcome and Introduction
9:35 - 10:05 am: Early Career Keynote Address:
We will be nominations or self-submissions for the Keynote Address. Please email hillhout@uwgb.edu with your talk title, abstract, and CV by Sept 18th, 2026. Notifications will be made by Oct 1st. Submissions not selected for the Keynote address will be considered for nanosymposiums (but authors are not required to give a nanosymposium).
10:10 - 11:20 am: Research Poster Session 1
11:20 - 12:05 pm: Graduate School Admission Workshop
Are you interested in attending graduate school? Do you want a better idea of what to expect, how to pay for, and how to get admitted into graduate school? If so, this panel is for you! This graduate panel will have graduate school directors, faculty members, and current graduate students. We will discuss the dos and donts of the application process as well as life as a graduate student. Lastly, we will take questions from the audience (bring questions)!
Career Building Workshop - Science Communication and Social Media
This interactive panel and mini-workshop equips neuroscientists with practical, low-time-commitment science communication strategies to share their work clearly, ethically, and effectively with the public.
12:05 - 1:00 pm: Lunch (Provided as part of registration) - Poster Session 2 setup
Business Meeting (during lunch; 12:45 - 1:10 pm)
1:00 - 1:50 pm: Lightning Talk Competition (Students)
2:00 - 2:45 pm: Nanosymposium Session (15 min nano seminars - 3 rooms)
2:50 - 4:00 pm: Research Poster Session 2
4:00 - 4:15 pm: UMC SfN Lightning Presentation Awards and Closing remarks
Poster and/or symposiums that were presented at a national meeting are WELCOME!
Early Career Keynote address
This year the UMC would like to highlight a Early Career Scientists (defined as PhD candidate, Postdoc Fellow, or Assistant professor with less than 6 years at the position) for our Keynote Speaker. We will be nominations or self-submissions for the Keynote Address. Please email hillhout@uwgb.edu with your talk title, abstract, and CV by Sept 18th, 2026. Notifications will be made by Oct 1st. Submissions not selected for the Keynote address will be considered for nanosymposiums (but authors are not required to give a nanosymposium).
Research Poster presentations
Posters should be in landscape orientation and have a maximum of 4 feet wide by 3 feet tall. Posters presentations may also include work in progress research. Posters sessions are scheduled for 45 mins.
Lightning presentations
Lighting presentations are restricted to 5 minutes and provide a means of briefly highlighting a study's background, rationale, procedures, findings, and conclusions. The most effective presentations are polished and engaging and use slides with little text that make effective use of images and figures (one title slide, three study slides maximum). These presentations provide a great way for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to practice brevity and to convey science in an engaging way to an audience of non-specialists. Presentations are judged by the audience, with prizes given to the top three presentations.
Nanosymposium
We are accepting titles and abstracts for nanosymposium talks. These are research talks that should be approximately 12 mins to allow for 3 mins of questions. These talk are open to FACULTY, POSTDOCS, GRADUATE and UNDERGRADUATE student. If you are a student, please ask permission from your PI before submitting a nanosymposium talk.
You can email talk information to hillhout@uwgb.edu before registration or apply during registration.