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About the EBRAINS Summit 2025

The EBRAINS Summit is Europe’s flagship event for neuroscience, neurotechnology, and innovation. Taking place over four days in Brussels, it brings together leading researchers, policymakers, and innovators to shape the future of brain science across disciplines and sectors.

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Advancing neuroscience through collaboration

At its core, the EBRAINS Summit is about collaboration. It brings together researchers, institutions, and experts from across Europe to share progress in brain science, explore new technologies, and learn from each other across fields.

Whether you’re a scientist, policymaker, industry partner, or simply interested in the brain, the EBRAINS Summit offers a space for thoughtful exchange and practical collaboration.

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Key Themes We'll Explore

The EBRAINS Summit 2025 is more than a series of presentations. It’s a space for ideas to collide, evolve, and inspire action. These are the key themes shaping this year’s conversations:

Brain health and disease prevention

From mental health to neurodegenerative disorders, this theme focuses on the latest advances in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. We’ll look at how research translates into real-world care and policy.

AI and neuro-inspired computing

Explore the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. How can understanding the brain help us design better machines—and what can machines teach us about ourselves?

Data infrastructures for neuroscience

Learn how large-scale data sharing and digital platforms are transforming the way researchers collaborate. This theme highlights EBRAINS’ role in building the digital foundations of modern brain science.

Research infrastructure and training

The future of neuroscience depends on accessible tools and well-equipped researchers. This theme looks at the importance of training, infrastructure, and cross-border collaboration for scientific progress.

Join us in the Heart of Europe

The EBRAINS Summit 2025 takes place in Brussels, a city where history, innovation, and international collaboration come together. As the de facto capital of the European Union, Brussels is the perfect backdrop for conversations that shape the future of science and society.

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Our venue: The Egg, a modern space located close to Bruxelles-Midi train and metro station offers easy access by public transport with ample nearby parking.

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Mission & Vision

EBRAINS is on a mission to revolutionise how neuroscience is conducted. The digital ecosystem that we provide enables advances in brain research that translate to innovations in neuroscience, healthcare and technology.

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Who is EBRAINS

EBRAINS is Europe’s Digital Neuroscience Research Infrastructure, providing open access to computational modelling, brain atlases, shared digital analysis tools, and unique open datasets to advance brain research and medicine, enabling large-scale collaboration.  

Through EBRAINS, scientists can perform complex analyses, using brain maps to facilitate neuroimaging, model the brain across scales, access supercomputers, and manage vast amounts of data. In this way, EBRAINS accelerates research and drives innovation in medical applications – such as exploring disease mechanisms through datasets and digital tools – and developing digital twins of the brain. Additionally, EBRAINS contributes to broader scientific advancements by fostering AI-driven neuroscience, supporting the creation of a European Health Data Space, and strengthening collaboration between research infrastructures.

The EBRAINS Summit Journey

The Human Brain Project (HBP) hosted several Summits across different cities in Europe between 2013 and 2023. The events acted as forums for stimulating and high-quality scientific exchange in different fields. Many European advances in the field of neurosciences, health and applications in clinical medicine, as well as brain-derived technologies were presented through lectures, debates, science markets, poster sessions, and more.

Now, EBRAINS hosts its own Summit in Brussels, to showcase how EBRAINS’ research infrastructure, digital tools and services are being actively used to advance neuroscience and drive innovation. The event will feature a scientific conference with leading experts, a public day to engage with the wider community, a poster session, and a science market exhibition. Attendees will also have networking opportunities to connect with peers and leaders in brain research.

Join Us at EBRAINS Summit 2025

Don’t miss your chance to be part of this groundbreaking scientific summit. Register now!