Conferences
Annual Conference Information 2023
General Information
The second annual meeting of the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience will take place on Saturday, October 21st on the campus of University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. The meeting will have research poster sessions, short oral presentations, a keynote speaker, and lunch. This year, the conference will be held in conjunction with Midbrains! a neuroscience conference dedicated to neuroscience education and training opportunities for undergraduate students. You can find information about MidBrains at www.midbrains.org
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, September 29th, 2023.
Visit the conference registration page for abstract submissions and conference registrations.
Program Schedule
All times are posted in the central time zone.
Friday, October 20th, 2023
7:00 - 9:00 pm: Social event! Please join us for an evening of chatting about neuroscience, catching up with old friends, and social networking. Event Location: TBD
Saturday, October 21st, 2023
Location: S.T.E.M. Innovation Center, 2019 Technology Way, Green Bay, WI 54311 (for more information click here)
8:00 - 9:30 am: Conference registration, Coffee, and Pastries
9:30 - 9:45 am: Welcome and Introduction
10:00 - 10:45 am: Keynote Address (Dr. James J. Li, University of Wisconsin - Madison)
11:00 - 11:45 am: MidBrains Undergraduate Student Poster Session 1
UMC SfN Graduate Student Poster Session 1
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Lunch (Provided as part of registration)
1:00 - 1:45 pm: MidBrains Graduate School/Career Panel
UMC SfN Lightning Oral Presentations (Graduate Students)
2:00 - 3:00 pm: MidBrains Symposium Session (15 min nano seminars - three rooms)
3:00 - 3:45 pm: MidBrains Undergraduate Student Poster Session 2
UMC SfN Graduate Student Poster Session 2
3:45 - 4:15 pm: UMC SfN Business Meeting
MidBrains Business Meeting
4:15 - 4:30 pm: UMC SfN Lightning Presentation Awards and Closing remarks
Types of Presentations
Poster presentations
Posters should be in landscape orientation and have a maximum of 5 feet wide by 3 feet tall. Posters presentations may also include work in progress research. Posters sessions are scheduled for one hour.
Lightning presentations
Lighting presentations are restricted to 5 minutes and no more than 2 slides.