WELCOME TO MAIN 2025

Welcome to the 8th edition of the Montreal AI and Neuroscience conference, Dec 11-13th, 2025. We're looking forward to stimulating talks, keynote lectures and discussion panels at the crossroads of biological and artificial intelligence

Recordings are available on the MAIN YouTube channel

REGISTRATION

MAIN 2025 will take place in person in Montreal Dec, 12-13 2025. 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 1-day Educational Neuro-AI Workshop on Dec 11th, 2025. This educational component requires separate registration! For practical details and sign-up info follow the link below

Educational program

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Submit an abstract (max 300 words) and present a poster + there will be a few slots for lightning talks and prizes will be awarded for the best contributions! Submissions will be evaluated on a rolling basis (notifications of acceptance 09/12/2025).
[Submissions now closed]

Venue Information

MAIN 2025 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 Here 😎

Speakers/Panelists/Moderators

SueYeon Chung

Harvard University, Flatiron Institute

Yoshua Bengio

Mila / Univ Montréal

Alison Gopnik

Univ of California, Berkeley

Andreas Tolias

Standford University

Rufin VanRullen

CNRS, Toulouse, France

Ida Momennejad

Microsoft Research, NYC

João Sacramento

Google

Sara A. Solla

Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

Pablo Samuel Castro

U Montréal / Mila / Google Deepmind

Giulia Lioi

IMT Atlantique, CNRS France

Laurent Perrinet

CNRS / Aix-Marseille Université

Maroussia Lévesque

Harvard Law School

Choong-Wan Woo

Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Joséphine Raugel

Meta / ENS, PSL Université

Richard Naud

University of Ottawa

Ching Fang

Goodfire AI, San Francisco

Lune Bellec

U Montréal / Mila

Declan Campbell

Princeton Neuroscience Institute

Tegan Maharaj

HEC Montréal / Mila

Siva Reddy

McGill University / Mila

Isil Bilgin

U Montréal / Mila

Alex Hernandez-Garcia

U Montréal / Mila

Guillaume Lajoie

U Montréal / Mila

Yann Harel

U Montréal / CRIUGM

Vanessa Hadid

McGill / U Montréal

Matt Perich

U Montréal / Mila

Eva Portelance

HEC Montréal / Mila

Karim Jerbi

U Montréal / Mila

Attend MAIN 2025 and get your free T-Shirt!

Yes! MAIN swag is back!

Attendees will gets the signature MAIN 2025 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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