WELCOME TO MAIN 2026

Welcome to the 9th edition of the Montreal AI and Neuroscience conference, October 29-30, 2026. We're looking forward to stimulating talks, keynote lectures and discussion panels at the crossroads of biological and artificial intelligence

REGISTRATION

MAIN 2026 will take place in person in Montreal Oct, 29-30 2026. Registered participants will receive practical information by email before the meeting. Space is limited, so make sure you sign up as soon as possible!

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SIGN UP FOR MAIN EDUCATIONAL

The MAIN conference will be preceded by a 2-day Educational Neuro-AI Workshop on Oct 26-27 2026. This educational component requires separate registration! For practical details and sign-up info follow the link below

Educational program

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 20th at 11:59 p.m. (ET).

Submit an abstract (max 300 words) to present a poster + there might be a few slots for lightning talks and prizes will be awarded for the best contributions! Acceptance notifications will be sent on October 22.

Submit an abstract

Venue Information

MAIN 2026 will take place @ HEC Montréal’s Côté-Sainte-Catherine Building

3000 Chem. de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 2A7
Main Conference Room:
Amphithéâtre Banque Nationale

Public transport:
Metro: Université de Montréal/ Bus: Route 51

Full Program Coming Soon 😎

Speakers/Panelists/Moderators

Yann LeCun

AMI Labs

Jody Culham

Western University

Tom Griffiths

Princeton University

Ruogu Fang

Vanderbilt University

Gal Mishne

UC San Diego

Anita Esi Eshun

African Computational Neuroscience Education Initiative (ACNEI) - Ghana

Y. Helena Liu

Princeton University

Evan S Schaffer

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alex Gideon

African Computational Neuroscience Education Initiative (ACNEI) -Nigeria

Jesse D Marshall

Reality Lab / Meta

Sabrina Du

McGill / Mila

Yohaï-Eliel Berreby

McGill Univ / Mila

Frédéric Gosselin

Université de Montréal

Anne Gallagher

Université de Montréal

Vanessa Hadid

McGill / U Montréal

Tom George

McGill University / Mila

Shahab Bakhtiari

U Montréal / Mila

Eva Portelance

HEC Montréal / Mila

Matt Perich

U Montréal / Mila

Guillaume Lajoie

U Montréal / Mila

Lune Bellec

U Montréal / Mila

Karim Jerbi

U Montréal / Mila

Attend MAIN 2026 and get your free T-Shirt!

Yes! MAIN swag is back!

Attendees will gets the signature MAIN 2026 T-shirt, and we'll be giving away a handful of fresh new surprises!

The goal of MAIN is to bring together trainees and researchers including world leaders in Neuroscience and AI from across the globe, and build a more vibrant, inclusive and diverse Neuro-AI community.

Thank You

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