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Join the ANA Speaker Directory to be considered for speaking opportunities across ANA, ANA Chapter, and ANA-partnered events—or to host your own event with ANA’s support. Speakers share academic or professional research, test and validate research or business ideas, and translate evidence into real-world impact, while contributing to a growing global programme of applied neuroscience talks.
Lead an ANA Chapter in your region and play a key role in growing the applied neuroscience community where you are. Chapter Leads host local initiatives, seek local funding, convene practitioners and researchers in round tables and focus groups, and translate neuroscience into real-world impact—supported by ANA’s central team, shared resources, and a global network committed to ethical practice and social impact.
Lead or join an online ANA Special Interest Group (SIG) to connect with others around a shared theme within applied neuroscience, from anywhere in the world. SIGs provide a space to explore emerging research, professional practice, and real-world challenges—supporting collaboration, idea validation, and knowledge exchange across disciplines, with the backing of ANA’s wider community and infrastructure.
Be an ANA Guest Blog Writer or Podcaster and share your ideas, research, or professional insights with a global audience curious about the brain. Guest writers and podcasters explore how neuroscience is applied across society—from academia and industry to health, education, and everyday life—helping translate evidence into accessible, ethical, and meaningful knowledge that informs and inspires whoever may tune in.
Be featured in the Member Feature on the ANA Platform to showcase your research, professional projects, and initiatives across neuroscience and allied disciplines. This is an opportunity to highlight what you’re exploring, building, or creating, making your work visible within a global community. This includes interdisciplinary projects where cross pollination of domains is an integral aspect of who we are.
Become an ANA Volunteer and contribute your skills, experience, or ideas to support the growth of the global applied neuroscience and allied disciplines community. Volunteers can get involved in mentoring, writing articles, running training series, or contributing their own IP—working flexibly across initiatives you choose to support the shared mission of empowering ethically applied neuroscience for global impact.
ANA December Newsletter
Highlights 2025
January 2025
LAUNCH NEW ANA PLATFORM
The new platform marked a shift for ANA and the global Community, from early start-up (idea validation) to early establishment (growth). Making 2025 a defining year for community building and laying of foundations.
Catalysing new chapters, special interest groups (SIGs), partnerships, and of course members, welcoming close to 190 new, legacy and network members to the platform throughout the year!
As a non-profit, we reinvest into the Association, ensuring your membership continues to support our shared mission. We invite members to support 2026 as a continued year of growth to take part!
May 2025
LAUNCH NEW ANA CHAPTERS
ANA chartered five Chapters in France, Germany, UAE, Brazil and Asia, launched on 15 May, led by ANA Chapter Founding Members (FMs).
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Each Chapter has their own unique community pledge, guiding a local manifesto of the FMs intentions for leading and growing each Chapter.
ANA Chapters aim to support local communities through various initiatives, applying evidence in ways that are practical and relevant for where they are.
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Interested in finding out more, about leading a Chapter and meeting the Founding Members who currently volunteer their time and commitment to make it all possible:
june 2025
LAUNCH NEW PARTNERSHIPS
Mind Circles Talks mission is bringing expert-led talks into more common spaces, for anyone curious about how the mind and world works, no pressure, no jargon, no exams at the end!
NEURO is a charity whose mission is dedicated to advancing neuroinclusion across all areas of society—workplaces, education, public services, and beyond.
ANA's mission is empowering ethically applied neuroscience for global impact, open to all enthusiasts curious about the brain. No technical jargon, no nonsense!
ANA welcomes partnering with member organisations to support shared missions. If you would like to find out more, please:
october 2025
LAUNCH NEW ANA INITIATIVE
The ANA October Spotlight THE BRAIN ECONOMY and WAND2025!
Authored and presented by ANA Chapter Founding Members and SIG Leaders, themed: Building Brain Capital for Human and Economic Flourishing.
This was a landmark hybrid initiative, spanning 30 events: 4 series of 18 workshops, an in-person/streamed
2-session event at King's College London, plus ten-talk WAND2025, that drew nearly 500 delegates worldwide to sign-up across the programme.
The plan is to make this an annual event and all ANA members are welcome to join as delegates or to take part as speakers, co-hosts, or partnering.​
ANA December Newsletter
Initiatives 2026
mental health ai
SYMPOSIUM
JANUARY 29 IN-PERSON & ONLINE
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ANA Mental Health AI Symposium
Thursday, Jan 29
London King's College
& Streamed Worldwide
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FREE to ANA Registered Members
EARLY BIRD Tickets until January 9
convergence IWD, baw and ncw
MARCH 8-20 ONLINE
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International Women's Day (IWD) 08/03
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) 16-20/03
Neurodiversity Celebration Week (NCW) 17-23/03
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Join ANA for a celebration of the brain!
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Various initiatives will converge across these three community-led conversations.
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ana unconference
14 MAY ONLINE
The ANA Unconference is a hybrid, member-led event, where you set the interdisciplinary agenda: What's important to you right now? Let's talk about it!
On the day choose four sessions from eight running from 10:00-15:00 BST.
octOBER SPOTLIGHT WAND2026
OCTOBER 1-29 IN-PERSON & ONLINE
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Brain Economy Spotlight, 1-28 Oct
WAND2026 Thursday, Oct 29
ANA Dubai Chapter
& Streamed Worldwide
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FREE to ANA Registered Members
EARLY BIRD Tickets on sale in August
