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FENS Forum 2026

Trade-orientedMid-sizeIn-personInternational draw
📅 6 July 2026 – 10 July 📍 Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Barcelona, ES ↗ 🏢 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies 🔁 biennial

140

Exhibitors

7,000

Attendees

Europe's largest international neuroscience congress featuring scientific sessions, workshops, networking, and a large exhibition of neuroscience technologies.

Attendees: Neuroscientists, brain researchers, students, physicians, and pharmaceutical, chemical, and laboratory equipment exhibitors.

Exhibitor mix: Themed zones (scientific instrumentation, publishers, pharma) with exhibition hall & open theatre.

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Venue

Fira de Barcelona - Gran Via

Exhibition centre · 240,000 m² · 8 halls · ~12,000 people

A major, modern exhibition and convention center in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, designed by Toyo Ito. With 240,000 sqm of gross exhibition area, it features eight halls connected by a walkway and a rooftop solar plant. It hosts major international events like MWC and ISE.

📍 Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Operated by Fira de Barcelona

72 events tracked at this venue → Venue website ↗

Organizer

Fira de Barcelona

Government · Barcelona, SPAIN · Founded 1929

A major European trade fair institution organizing international corporate, industrial, and cultural exhibitions and congresses.

Runs 53 events → LinkedIn ↗ Full portfolio ↗

Why people attend

Discover new laboratory technology, meet industry suppliers, and network with neuroscientists.

Exhibitor categories

Microscopy & ImagingNeuropharmacologyElectrophysiologyResearch EquipmentScientific Publishers

Sample matches

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Enterprise SaaS200–500 employeesAmsterdam, NL

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79 — Medium
Cloud platform50–200 employeesLondon, UK

"Mid-stage SaaS with active GTM motion; product-led growth signals align with ICP."

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Speakers

65 speakers at FENS Forum

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Guillermina López-Bendito

Full Professor · Institute of Neuroscience (IN)

"Fred Kavli Opening Plenary Lecture"

Bio

Dr. López-Bendito´s lab studies the development and plasticity of brain circuits. The long-term aspiration of her lab is designing tools to restore defective neuronal connections in patients with sensory deficits.

developmental neurobiologysensory circuitsbrain plasticity
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Elisabeth Binder

Director of the Department Genes and Environment · Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

"ERA-NET Neuron Plenary Lecture"

Bio

Her main research interests are the identification of molecular moderators of the response to environmental factors, with a focus on early/prenatal adversity, gene x environment interactions and mediating epigenetic mechanisms.

psychiatric diseaseepigeneticsgene-environment interaction

Also speaking at LMU AI: Incubator for Startups

S

Sara Romanzi

Chair

"Functional Ultrasound Imaging of Brain Networks: Insights into Social Cognition, Aging, and Pharmacological Modulation"

ultrasound imagingbrain networkssocial cognition
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Ila Fiete

Director of the Integrative Cognitive Neuroscience (ICoN) Center · MIT McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Bio

Ila Fiete’s group seeks to understand how the architecture and dynamics of neural circuits enable memory, integration, and flexible cognition.

neural circuitsmemorycognitive neuroscience
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"Functional Ultrasound Imaging of Brain Networks: Insights into Social Cognition, Aging, and Pharmacological Modulation"

ultrasound imagingbrain networkspharmacology
Y

Yukiko Goda

Professor · Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

Bio

Yukiko Goda’s research focuses on synapses and astrocytes. Her laboratory investigates the cellular principles by which synaptic strengths are set and dynamically modified.

synapsesastrocytesneural circuits

Also speaking at Neuroscience 2027, Neuroscience

A

Alessa Adriana Franz

Dr. rer. nat. · Medical University of Innsbruck

"Hippocampal CA2 regulates brain-wide activity and functional connectivity"

hippocampusbrain connectivityneuroscience
G

Gilles Laurent

Director · Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

"Presidential Plenary Lecture"

Bio

His research focuses on neural circuit designs, computation, dynamics and evolution.

neural circuitscomputationevolution
S

Stefano Tarantini

Ph.D. · University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

"Longitudinal Imaging of Cerebrovascular Aging with Functional Ultrasound"

cerebrovascular agingultrasound imagingneuroimaging
H

Holly Ingraham

Professor · University of California, San Francisco

Bio

Prof. Ingraham’s research focuses on sex differences and hormone-responsive nodes in the brain and peripheral tissues that maintain metabolic, skeletal, and gut physiology in females.

women's healthhormone signalingsex differences
G

Gaye Tanrıöver

Chair/Moderator

"Every sample has a story. It could change someone’s life."

spatial transcriptomicssingle cell analysisastrocytes
G

Gonçalo Castelo-Branco

Professor of Glial Cell Biology · Karolinska Institutet

Bio

Focusing on the molecular mechanisms regulating the epigenomic states of oligodendrocyte lineage cells in neuroinflammatory and demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis.

glial cell biologymultiple sclerosisepigenomics
C

"A single cell and spatio-temporal characterization of astrocyte heterogeneity in brain metatasis"

astrocytesbrain metastasissingle cell analysis
A

"From single-cell analysis to high-definition spatial transcriptomics in the age of AI"

spatial transcriptomicsAIsingle cell analysis
E

Edward Chang

Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery · University of California, San Francisco

"Hertie Foundation Plenary Lecture"

Bio

Dr. Edward Chang is a neurosurgeon who treats adults with difficult-to-control epilepsy, brain tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm and movement disorders.

neurosurgeryepilepsybrain mapping

Also speaking at Aspen Ideas Festival

J

Justyna Zaborowska

Bio-Techne Spatial

"Introduction to Bio-Techne Spatial and its comprehensive spatial biology solutions"

spatial biologyneuroinflammationmultiomics

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Frequently asked questions

When is FENS Forum?+
FENS Forum takes place on 6 July 2026 to 10 July 2026.
Where is FENS Forum held?+
FENS Forum is held at Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Barcelona, ES.
Who organises FENS Forum?+
FENS Forum is organised by Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.
How many exhibitors attend FENS Forum?+
FENS Forum typically hosts approximately 140 exhibitors.
How often is FENS Forum held?+
FENS Forum is held biennial.

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