Session proposals

It is no longer possible to submit a session proposal (deadline was 1 March 2023).

ECNP aims to establish an exciting scientific programme for the 37^th ECNP Congress with a broad range of scientific topics.

The Scientific Programme Committee (SPC) invites you to contribute by submitting a proposal for a full session in applied and translational neuroscience. The SPC welcomes session proposals from various disciplines, including neurology and psychology.

Sessions can be submitted in the various session types:

• Symposium proposal
  In a symposium, four speakers present on a specific topic with their most recent data. Your symposium proposal should include:
  ✓ The symposium title
  ✓ Four lecture titles and speakers (additionally, two mandatory and two optional back-up speakers)
  ✓ A short outline
  ✓ Optionally, one chair may be suggested
  
  
• Educational Update Session proposal
  These educational sessions are designed to provide an educational update with emphasis on new information relevant for clinical practice. They focus on a continuous dialogue between the two speakers and the participants. During their talks, the speakers will engage the participants by inviting them to take part in an interactive poll on the presented topics. Each presentation ends with the Q&A. Your educational update session proposal should include:
  ✓ The session title
  ✓ Two lecture titles and speakers (additionally, one mandatory back-up speaker and one optional back-up speaker)
  ✓ A short outline
  ✓ Optionally, one moderator may be suggested
  
  
• Innovative Sessions proposals
  During an innovative session, a specific topic or important new information is shared in a new format that allows optimal discussion and interaction. Such a session could be, a Panel Discussion, a Debate, Campfire Session, a Love-Your-Brain Session, Career Development Session or case report. For your proposal to be accepted, it is very important that you clearly explain the format of your session proposal. Your proposal for an innovative format session should include:
  ✓ The session title
  ✓ Format description
  ✓ Faculty members
  ✓ A short outline
  ✓ Optionally, one chair may be suggested

Preparing and submitting your proposal
Your proposal should include an intriguing session title, a brief session outline (max. 500 words), and informative and appealing titles for all the lectures. The outline* should introduce the topic and its relevance and importance for the advancement of the scientific field, as well as its translational value and interest to the scientific community. The outline should also demonstrate that the proposed lectures form a coherent and balanced translational approach to the topic. Please do not mention speaker names in the outline. Proposals that have a clear translational approach are more likely to be selected by the SPC.
The SPC aims to obtain an optimal geographical and gender balance of the speakers in the Congress programme. Preference is given to those submissions proposing one speaker per country** and with an equal division between male and female speakers; proposals with speakers from only one country will not be accepted. At this stage, there is no need yet to get formal approval from the proposed speakers. Please do not invite or ask approval from the proposed speakers. If selected, your proposal (content and speakers) may still be modified by the SPC.
* * Please note that, if your session proposal will be accepted, the title and outline will be published in the ECNP Congress programme, after SPC revision and your final approval.
** TThe SPC encourages proposers to also include speakers from Eastern and Southern European countries.

ECNP encourages the use of Neuroscience-based Nomenclature (NbN-2) terminology for psychotropic medications, as it reflects contemporary pharmacological knowledge, rather than arbitrary descriptors based on indications or chemical structure. Please download the free app for NbN-2 and the Instructions for Authors.

Selection of proposals
When selecting proposals, the SPC will take into account:

• Whether a topic or speaker has been on the programme of the last three ECNP Congresses (programme details of previous ECNP Congresses can be found here).
• Whether the proposal is balanced in terms of gender, country and research focus: pre-clinical, translational and clinical elements should be included.
• The expected (near) future scientific breakthroughs and/or highlights.
• The spread over the topics to be covered within the overall programme.

You were informed about the decision of the SPC by 4 October 2023. ECNP will not enter into discussion about the outcome.

Further information
Should you encounter any problems submitting your proposal online, please contact us by e-mail.
The ECNP Office will confirm receipt of your submission by e-mail. If you have not received a confirmation within two weeks of submitting your proposal, please notify the ECNP Office via e-mail.