ASNR2027 Symposia Information

Request for Symposium Submissions

We invite symposium submissions for the upcoming ASNR Annual Meeting, March 16–18, 2027 in Durham, NC. This year, submissions will be accepted through two tracks:

Track 1: Full Symposium Proposals
Track 2: Individual Talks for Curated Symposia

For both tracks, we are especially interested in submissions that advance understanding of neurorecovery, neural repair, and neurorehabilitation across neurological diseases and levels of inquiry.

Deadline for both tracks is Sunday, November 1, 2026.

Review Considerations

For both tracks, priority will be given to symposia or individual talks that:

Include clearly stated learning objectives
Address topics that have not been covered in ASNR scientific sessions in the past three years. Go HERE for recent meeting programs
Feature junior faculty and/or individuals underrepresented in STEM
Feature speakers who have not presented in ASNR scientific or professional development sessions in the past three years
Feature speakers from different institutions

Track 1: Full Symposium Proposals

Purpose

This track is for applicants submitting a complete symposium organized around a cohesive scientific theme. We are especially interested in full symposia that approach a scientific question from complementary perspectives and span relevant neural systems, disease states, interventions, methods, or levels of scientific inquiry.

Format

Full symposia should include:

Three speakers (including organizer)
60 minutes of scientific presentations
15 minutes of Q&A

Scientific Fit

Full symposium proposals should include three complementary talks that together address a cohesive scientific question, rather than three loosely related or redundant presentations. Proposals should prominently feature at least three of the following research areas:

Animal mechanistic research
Human mechanistic research
Human clinical research or clinical trials
Engineering and technology
AI and data science
Epidemiology and population science
Other (e.g., implementation science, health services and outcomes research, health equity, qualitative or participatory research, health economics, ethics/policy, lived experience, historical or conceptual perspectives)

Applicants may additionally opt in to have individual talks considered for Track 2 without penalty.

Full details and the Submission Page for Full Symposium Proposals are HERE.

Track 2: Individual Talks for Curated Symposia

Purpose

This track is for applicants submitting an individual talk that fits within one of the specified symposium themes, rather than a complete symposium. Selected talks will be combined with two other selected talks by the ASNR Program Committee to create a curated symposium.

Format

Selected talks will be no more than 20 minutes in length
Curated symposia will conclude with 15 minutes of Q&A
Submitted talks that do not fit within one of the curated symposium themes will not be considered for presentation
Applicants do not need to identify co-speakers or propose a complete symposium

Scientific Fit

Individual talks must prominently feature at least one of the following research areas:

Animal mechanistic research
Human mechanistic research
Human clinical research or clinical trials
Engineering and technology
AI and data science
Epidemiology and population science
Other (e.g., implementation science, health services and outcomes research, health equity, qualitative or participatory research, health economics, ethics/policy, lived experience, historical or conceptual perspectives)

Curated Symposium Themes

Individual talks must fit clearly within one of the following symposium themes:

The Recovering Language System: Mechanisms, Prediction, and Intervention

Scope: How language function is disrupted and recovers after neurologic injury or disease, and how recovery can be understood, measured, predicted, and improved.

Relevant approaches: animal and basic-science studies of cellular, circuit, and systems-level mechanisms supporting language-related learning and plasticity; studies of language-network reorganization and neuroplasticity in humans; neuroimaging and neurophysiologic biomarkers of language recovery; behavioral and linguistic characterization of aphasia and related communication disorders; computational modeling, AI, and digital approaches to language assessment and prognosis; technologies for measuring or augmenting communication; behavioral, pharmacologic, or neuromodulatory interventions and clinical trials; epidemiologic studies of language outcomes and recovery trajectories; and patient-centered, health-services, or implementation research addressing communication recovery in real-world settings.

Heterogeneity in Recovery: Why Similar Injuries Lead to Different Outcomes

Scope: Why individuals with apparently similar neurologic injuries or disease experience different recovery trajectories and treatment responses, and how these differences can be understood, predicted, and addressed.

Relevant approaches: animal and basic-science studies of cellular, circuit, and systems-level mechanisms that shape recovery; studies of genomic and proteomic influences, lesion characteristics, and neural reserve; clinical, behavioral, and cognitive predictors of recovery; computational modeling, AI, and multimodal prediction of recovery trajectories or treatment response; clinical trials testing stratified or precision interventions; epidemiologic and population-based studies of recovery variability; and research examining how rehabilitation exposure, comorbidities, social determinants, access to care, and lived experience shape outcomes.

Full details and the Submission Page for Individual Talks are HERE.