You are cordially invited to attend the 9^th BigBrain Workshop, taking place in Berlin, Germany, on October 28 and 29, 2025. The workshop will be organized as a symposium, with both invited speakers and contributed talks as well as a poster session. We welcome abstracts of current work and/or short proposals for future initiatives related to the BigBrain or similar data. ==> Abstract submission .

This workshop has established itself as the annual meeting place for the BigBrain community to come together and present their latest research, discuss prospects of the BigBrain associated data and tools, and brainstorm on how to leverage high-performance computing and artificial intelligence better to create multimodal, multiresolution tools for the high-resolution BigBrain and related datasets.

This year’s workshop also serves as the Closing Symposium of the Helmholtz International BigBrain Analytics and Learning Lab (HIBALL), highlighting the remarkable achievements of this transatlantic collaboration. To mark this special occasion, we will feature an exceptional lineup of distinguished speakers, not only to celebrate HIBALL’s success but also to explore the future of brain science, fostering discussions on innovative methods and applications in the field. Speakers include : Helen Zhou, Alexandra Young,  Andreas Horn, Petra Ritter, and Dagmar Kainmüller.

The BigBrain Workshop will again be held in conjunction with a Training Day, taking place as a full-day event on October 27, on-site at the conference venue.

The event is free of charge but prior registration is required.

Information about the programme and activities will be updated regularly on the event website – please visit: go.fzj.de/BigBrainWorkshop2025

Important dates 

Abstract submission due:      August 13, 2025 Acceptance notifications:     September 2, 2025 Registration deadline:  September 26, 2025

go.fzj.de/BigBrainWorkshop2025

Organizing Committee

Montreal Neurological Institute           McGill University Montreal Alan C Evans Paule-Joanne Toussaint	Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1)           Forschungszentrum Jülich Katrin Amunts Susanne Wenzel
Local Organizing Committee:           Berlin Institute of Health & Dept. of Neurology Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Petra Ritter Michael Schirner Leon Stefanovski

Please contact the program committee if you have any questions.  We will continuously update the information on the website and also share information via LinkedIn (@bigbrainproject) and e-mail.