Activities
FENS organises an international scientific meeting every two years, the FENS Forum of European Neuroscience, which is open to scientists from all over the world. Every meeting takes place in a different European country hosted by its national neuroscience society (Berlin, 1998; Brighton, 2000; Paris, 2002 ; Lisbon, 2004; Vienna, 2006; Geneva, 2008; Amsterdam, 2010; Barcelona, 2012), and bring together around 5000 participants.
FENS promotes education in neuroscience through the Network of European Neuroscience Schools and an annual series of lecture-based and practical training courses, the Summer and Winter Schools, organised for graduate students and early career researchers. FENS also participates every year in the Brain Awareness Week together with the European Dana Alliance for the Brain, which is held simultaneously all over Europe during the same week in March, with a view to promoting public understanding of issues raised by neuroscience research.
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