Events & Meetups
Where the memory-decoding community gathers
Receptions, panels, and award ceremonies — typically around the Society for Neuroscience meeting each November.
Upcoming
● Coming soon
SfN 2026 — Connectome & Memory Decoding Meetup
We'll hold our next annual meetup around the Society for Neuroscience meeting in late 2026. Speakers, venue, and RSVP details will be posted here — check back soon, or join the Journal Club to hear first.
Past events
Past events
Past event · 2025
SfN Connectome & Memory Decoding Meetup
The Aspirational Neuroscience community — a non-profit promoting attempts to decode memories from static brain ultrastructure — invites you to a reception at SfN.
- Monday, November 17 · 7–10 p.m.
- Hilton San Diego Bayfront: Cobalt 500
- Sponsored by Aspirational Neuroscience (University / Non-Profit)
This event has concluded.
What it included
- Food provided (and drinks available)
- A panel discussion: "What would it take to decode a non-trivial memory from a connectome?"
- A brief awards ceremony honoring recent relevant experiments
- Networking time
Moderated by Paul Middlebrooks, host of the Brain Inspired podcast.
Panellists
Research scientist (connectomics), Google Research — automated neural tracing expert
Research fellow, Allen Institute — first author on the first full Drosophila connectome
Group leader, Ernst Strüngmann Institute — hippocampus connectome & EM expert
Founder of E11 Bio — expansion microscopy & viral tracing expert
2023 AN prize winner — behavioural neuroscience expert
Founder of the Carboncopies Foundation — computational neuroscientist
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