Events & Conferences
BCI CONFERENCES // NEUROTECHNOLOGY SHOWS // ACADEMIC SYMPOSIA — 2026 CALENDAR
The largest annual gathering of neurologists in the United States, covering all neurological conditions including those targeted by BCI devices: ALS, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, stroke, and spinal cord injury. Key venue for clinical BCI trial data presentation and neurologist education on BCI patient selection, implantation referral, and device management.
The dedicated biennial conference of the BCI Society, focused exclusively on brain-computer interface science, technology, and clinical translation. Covers EEG-based BCIs, invasive neural interfaces, motor prosthetics, communication BCIs, and emerging paradigms including hybrid BCIs and passive monitoring. Includes the highly competitive BCI Award for outstanding BCI research.
Annual industry summit for the neurotechnology sector, covering BCI devices, neuromodulation, neuropharmacology, and digital mental health. NIO advocacy focuses on FDA regulatory clarity, reimbursement pathways, and patient access for neurotechnology devices. Attended by BCI company executives, investors, payers, and patient advocates.
The flagship annual conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), with dedicated tracks on neural engineering, neuroprosthetics, brain-computer interfaces, bioelectronic medicine, and implantable neural devices. One of the largest biomedical engineering conferences globally with 2,000+ attendees.
Periodic FDA-hosted public workshop gathering BCI device developers, neuroscientists, clinicians, patient advocates, and regulators to discuss regulatory pathways, safety endpoints, benefit-risk frameworks, and emerging challenges for BCI devices. Informs FDA guidance documents on IDE requirements, clinical trial design, and novel BCI device regulation. Directly impacts regulatory strategy for Neuralink, Synchron, Precision Neuroscience, and others.
Biennial conference covering rehabilitation robotics, prosthetics, exoskeletons, and BCI-controlled rehabilitation devices. Key venue for presenting BCI-controlled exoskeleton research (e.g., NeuroPace, IpsiHand, ONWARD Medical ARC systems) and neural-prosthetic integration for motor rehabilitation after stroke, spinal cord injury, and traumatic brain injury.
Annual summit of the EU Human Brain Project — a €1B+ flagship European neuroscience initiative — covering neuroinformatics, brain simulation, neural recording technologies, and clinical BCI applications. European counterpart to US NIH BRAIN Initiative events. Key venue for European BCI research from groups in Lausanne, Berlin, London, and Amsterdam.
The primary annual meeting for neurosurgeons in North America, with dedicated sessions on BCI surgery, DBS programming, neural interface implantation techniques, and intraoperative neuromonitoring. Precision Neuroscience, Neuralink, and DBS device companies regularly present at CNS. Critical for reaching the surgical community responsible for implanting BCI devices.
The world's largest neuroscience meeting, attracting 30,000+ attendees annually. BCI and neural engineering presentations span dedicated symposia on intracortical recording, neural decoding, clinical BCI trials, and neurotechnology ethics. The SfN meeting is the primary forum for academic BCI researchers to present findings prior to publication.
The primary annual forum for epilepsy clinicians, researchers, and device developers. Includes dedicated sessions on responsive neurostimulation (NeuroPace RNS), deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, ECoG-based BCI, and emerging closed-loop seizure detection and prevention systems. NeuroPace presents long-term RESPONSE study follow-up data at this meeting.
Annual workshop at the Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) conference focusing on the intersection of machine learning and neural engineering. Covers neural decoding algorithms, neural data analysis, foundation models for neural signals, and AI-enabled BCI systems. Increasingly important as BCI companies apply large-scale deep learning to improve neural decoding performance.
The premier clinical and scientific meeting for neuromodulation practitioners and researchers in North America. NANS covers deep brain stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, responsive neurostimulation, and emerging closed-loop BCI therapies. Heavily attended by neurosurgeons, neurologists, and medical device engineers working on approved and investigational neuromodulation systems.