Hiroyuki Kamiguchi
President
The 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
(RIKEN)

Seiji Hitoshi
President
The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry
(Shiga University of Medical Science)

Saori C Tanaka
President
The 36th Annual Conference of the Japanese Neural Network Society
(NAIST)

It is our great honor to welcome you to NEURO2026, the joint meeting of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Neural Network Society in the summer of 2026. Under the theme “Let Future Neuroscientists Take Off!”, this meeting aims to nurture a future generation of brain science leaders and to share knowledge across multidisciplinary fields.

Brain science experiences rapid progress in recent years. Research spanning from the elucidation of elaborate mechanisms of neurons and glia to an understanding of the entire brain network has deepened our knowledge about brain function and its abnormality. At the same time, dramatic advances in artificial intelligence and other information technologies are creating new perspectives and approaches in brain science. These academic and technological breakthroughs bring us to an era in which scientific challenges to the mysteries of the brain are advancing at an unprecedented speed. NEURO2026 will not only integrate the latest findings in neuroscience, neurochemistry, neural network research, and related areas, but also provide a forum for interactions with other fields beyond these disciplines, e.g., immunology, oncology, and genomics. We also hope to deepen the discussion on social issues that are expected to be solved by basic and clinical approaches using brain science, especially on issues related to dementia and psychiatric/neurological disorders in a super-aging society.

The theme “Let Future Neuroscientists Take Off!” expresses our hope and support for students and young researchers. We encourage all of you to actively present your ideas and results and engage in lively discussions with senior researchers and experts in other fields. We also hope that you will find new inspiration in Kobe, a city that has historically accepted and harmonized diverse cultures and created new values.

Finally, we hope that this meeting will be a fruitful occasion for academic exchange and an opportunity for future neuroscientists to spread their wings. We sincerely look forward to your participation.