for Cognitive and
Affective Neuroscience
Upcoming Conferences
ESCAN 2026
Rome, Italy (date will be announced soon)
Past Conferences
2024
Ghent, Belgium (22-25 May, 2024)
https://www.escan2024.com/ | program
2022
Vienna, Austria (19-22 July, 2022)
https://www.escan2022.eu | program
2021
2020 meeting postponed to online conference in 2021 - Budapest, Hungary (23-26 June, 2021)
https://congressworks.com/escan2021/ | program
2018
Leiden, The Netherlands (18-22 July, 2018)
https://escaneurosci.eu/p/dZ7xbq | program
2016
Porto, Portugal (23-26 June, 2016)
2014
Dortmund, Germany (7-20 May, 2014)
2012
Marseilles, France (9-12 May, 2012)
https://escan2012.sciencesconf.org/ | program
2009
The ESCAN kick-off meeting (10-12 December 2009, Amsterdam) was the first public manifestation of the society. 70 participants from all over Europe attended 20 scientific presentations covering the breadth of cognitive and affective neuroscience, from consciousness, via vision and cognitive processes, their development and brain-machine-interfaces, to affective neuroscience and its clinical applications. Following this first meeting, the society was officially created.
The European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience aims to promote scientific enquiry within the field of human cognitive, affective and social neuroscience, particularly with respect to collaboration and exchange of information between researchers in different European countries through scientific meetings, workshops, summer schools, and such other activities.