2025

Travel Awards

We are a community-centered conference, bringing together scientists from around the world. However, the cost of travel and attendance can be a significant barrier, often preventing talented researchers from participating in the conference.

To help address this, we are proud to introduce a travel award intended to support researchers from under-represented groups around the world to attend CCN. The award serves two complementary goals: to reduce financial barriers for early-career researchers (especially those who might otherwise not be able to participate), and to recognize promising scientists in our community.

Value: $500. In the event that the number of requests exceeds the funding available, preference will be given to applicants in the early stages of their careers.

Number: 6 awards.

How to Apply

Applications for Travel Awards are Closed. Awardees will be notified by email by June 15 20.

Call for Satellite Events

Call for Satellite Event Proposals

Submissions of Satellite Event Proposals are Closed

Submission Deadline: Thursday, April 10, 2025

The AD de Groot Center at the University of Amsterdam, in collaboration with CCN, invites proposals for satellite events to be held on Monday, August 11, 2025. These events should complement the main CCN 2025 conference program. Participants of the satellite must, in principle, be attendees of CCN*. Satellite events can run from 11:30-18:00 (6 hour) or from 11:30-14:30 or 15:00-18:00.

Event Types & Scope

We welcome proposals for workshops, tutorials, and special sessions that align with cognitive computational neuroscience or closely related fields. Satellite events are particularly suitable for:

Programs requiring extended time beyond the standard 45-90 minute community event format
Specialized topics expecting focused attention

Venue Information

Location: University of Amsterdam, REC-A & REC-B buildings (main CCN 2025 conference venue)
Available room capacities: 20-150 participants
Date: Monday, August 11, 2025

Proposal Requirements

Please submit your proposal to Dr. M. Heilbron (), CCN Program Committee member and AD de Groot Center representative, by the 10th of April, 2025.

Your proposal should detail:

Event title and format (workshop/tutorial/special session).
Preferred time slot.
Anticipated attendance and recruitment strategy.
Budget plan (noting that basic AV equipment and rooms are provided) and how these will be covered.
Event description, objectives, and target audience.
Complete organizer contact information.
Consist of a maximum of 2 pages.

Selection Criteria

Proposals will be evaluated jointly by CCN 2025 and the AD de Groot Center, with emphasis on:

Enhancement of the main conference without competing with core programming
Contribution to the field of cognitive computational neuroscience
Feasibility and organization
Some priority will be given to those engaging the, or initiated by, the local CCN community

Additional Information

Organizers are responsible for any technical requirements beyond standard AV equipment
Room assignments will be based on projected attendance and availability
Selected events will be promoted through CCN 2025 channels

For questions or additional information, please contact .

* If you want to deviate from this format, contact .

Schedule of Events

This schedule provides a general overview of the program.
Please note that it is tentative, and additional details will be provided soon.

Schedule of Events

Monday, August 11, 2025
11:30 am - 6:00 pm	Satellite Events	Satellite	Building A
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
8:00 am - 5:30 pm	Registration Open	Registration	A Hall
9:00 - 9:30 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
9:30 - 10:45 am	Mind Matching	Networking	Building H (restaurant)
10:45 - 11:15 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
11:15 - 11:30 am	Opening Remarks	Other	Room A0.01
11:30 am - 12:30 pm	Keynote Lecture: Hava Siegelmann	Keynote	Room A0.01
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch Break	Break	On Your Own
1:30 - 4:30 pm	Poster Session A and Coffee	Poster	de Brug & E‑Hall
4:30 - 5:30 pm	Keynote Lecture: Anna Schapiro Learning representations of specifics and generalities over time	Keynote	Room A0.01
6:00 - 7:30 pm	Welcome Reception	Social	Hotel Arena
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
7:30 am - 6:00 pm	Registration Open	Registration	A Hall
8:00 - 8:30 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
8:30 - 9:30 am	Keynote Lecture: Yasuo Kuniyoshi From Embodiment To Super-Embodiment: A Constructive Approach To Open-Ended And Human Aligned Intelligence/Moral	Keynote	Room A0.01
9:30 - 10:00 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Naturalistic Games as a Benchmark to Bridge Cognitive Science, Computational Neuroscience and AI: A Community Led, Round-Table Discussion	Community Event	Room A1.02
	The Algonauts 2025 Project Challenge	Community Event	Room A1.03
	Universality and Idiosyncrasy of Perceptual Representations	Community Event	Room C1.03
	Conversations on Consciousness: How the CCN Community Can Contribute	Community Event	Room C1.04
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Lunch Break	Break	On Your Own
1:00 - 4:00 pm	Poster Session B and Coffee	Poster	de Brug & E‑Hall
4:00 - 6:00 pm	What shapes the ventral visual system in infancy - innate biases or experience?	GAC	Room A1.03
	What Benchmarks are Useful for Cognitive Science?	GAC	Room C1.03
4:00 - 6:30 pm	Clarifying and reconciling different perspectives on the structure of the neural code	GAC	Room A1.04
Thursday, August 14, 2025
7:30 am - 6:00 pm	Registration Open	Registration	A Hall
8:00 - 8:30 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
8:30 - 9:30 am	Keynote Lecture: David Poeppel	Keynote	Room A0.01
9:30 - 10:00 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
10:00 - 11:00 am	Visual Processing in Brains and Models	Contributed Talk	Room C1.03
	Metacontrol & flexibility in inference and decision-making	Contributed Talk	Room C1.04
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Audition and Language	Contributed Talk	Room C1.03
	Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Social Behavior	Contributed Talk	Room C1.04
12:00 - 1:45 pm	Lunch Break	Break	On Your Own
12:15 - 1:45 pm	Networking Lunch	Networking	Building H (restaurant)
1:45 - 3:45 pm	Digital Brain Models for Working Memory	K&T Keynote	Room A0.01
	Language: In search of a neural code	K&T Keynote	Room A1.01
	Uncovering algorithms of visual cognition with multilevel computational theories	K&T Keynote	Room A1.01
3:45 - 4:15 pm	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
4:15 - 6:00 pm	Representational Alignment (Re^3-Align Collaborative Hackathon)	Community Event	Room A1.02
4:15 - 6:00 pm	Digital Brain Models for Working Memory	K&T Tutorial	Room A1.03
	Language: In search of a neural code	K&T Tutorial	Room C1.03
	Uncovering algorithms of visual cognition with multilevel computational theories	K&T Tutorial	Room C1.04
7:00 pm - 12:00 am	Social Event	Social	Ijver
Friday, August 15, 2025
8:30 am - 6:00 pm	Registration Open	Registration	A Hall
9:00 - 9:30 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
9:30 - 10:30 am	Keynote Lecture: Ellie Pavlick	Keynote	Room A0.01
10:30 - 11:00 am	Coffee Break	Break	A Hall
11:00 am - 12:00 pm	Neural mechanisms of learning and memory: from synapses to systems	Contributed Talk	Room C1.03
	Representational Alignment	Contributed Talk	Room C1.04
12:00 - 1:00 pm	Neural Computations: Dynamics Across Space, Time, and Task	Contributed Talk	Room C1.03
	Visual Processing in Brains and Models	Contributed Talk	Room C1.04
1:00 - 2:00 pm	Lunch Break	Break	On Your Own
2:00 - 5:00 pm	Poster Session C and Coffee	Poster	de Brug & E‑Hall
5:00 - 6:00 pm	Keynote Lecture: Pieter Roelfsema Brain mechanisms for conscious visual perception of coherent objects and the technology to restore it in blindness	Keynote	Room A0.01
6:15 - 7:00 pm	Community Meeting	Other	Room A0.01

Welcome Reception

Tuesday, August 12, time: TBA, Hotel Arena

You are kindly invited to join us for appetizers and drinks at Hotel Arena, a stylish and contemporary event venue located in the vibrant Oost district of Amsterdam, only a 15-minute walk from the conference location.

Hotel Arena is a beautifully restored 19th-century former orphanage known for its unique blend of historical charm and modern design. Connected by their love of travel, food, art and culture, Hotel Arena is a lively meeting place filled with great music, vibrant decor and delicious food.

We look forward to seeing you there!