Shigeo Okabe

Co-presidents
The 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS)

（The University of Tokyo）

Schuichi Koizumi

Co-presidents
The 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN)

（University of Yamanashi）

Hidenori Yamasue

Co-presidents
The 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese society of Biological Psychiatry (JSBP)

（Hamamatsu University School of Medicine）

We are excited to welcome you to NEURO2024, the joint meeting of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (JNS), the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry (JSN), and the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry (JSBP), which will be held in Fukuoka Convention Center (Fukuoka City) from July 24th (Wed) to 27th (Sat), 2024. The last joint meeting of JNS and JSN was in 2022 as Neuro2022, and the last joint meeting of JSN and JSBP was in 2018. Based on these previous activities, NEURO2024 will introduce a new partnership between JNS and JSBP. The three Societies share the common goal of promoting the continuous development of brain science in basic, applied, and clinical research domains while maintaining the uniqueness of each society. Today, brain science covers a diverse range of topics, disciplines, and fields. Therefore, early and mid-career researchers must obtain a wide range of knowledge and skills related to biology, medicine, pharmacy, engineering, social science, and humanities. The contribution of three unique Societies, JNS, JSN, and JSBP, will benefit the participants of NEURO2024 to experience such diversity in brain science.

We are also pleased to host the 8th Federation of Asian-Oceanian Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) Congress in NEURO2024. The purpose of the Federation is to promote neuroscience research and education in the Asian Oceanian regions through the active interaction of neuroscientists between multiple countries. With its international airport connecting 22 international cities with more than 800 flights per week, Fukuoka City is an ideal place to establish a global partnership in the 8th FAONS Congress. Historically Fukuoka has been an important harbor city and prospered as a hub for diplomacy and trading with the Korean peninsula and the Eurasian continent. The King of Nakoku Gold Seal, a national treasure, was unearthed in 1784 in Fukuoka and has been taken as evidence of the diplomatic relationship between ancient China and Japan. We hope researchers with diverse backgrounds from multiple countries form new partnerships and strengthen ties with old friends in Fukuoka, the city of active international exchanges.

Exposure to exciting new findings in brain science is a top priority in NEURO2024. Brain science in the coming decade will unravel how individual neurons and glial cells interact and construct complex circuits and tissue structures, ultimately integrated into the entire brain, where the human mind resides. The accumulating knowledge about the human brain, both in health and disease, contributes to developing new strategies to predict, prevent, and cure brain or psychiatric disorders once thought to be incurable, and reduce the suffer for patients, their families and entire societies. Brain science is rapidly expanding, with its frontiers merging with physical sciences and humanities. We, aspiring brain researchers, believe brain science transcends borders of science, culture, and society for the future and advances ever closer to deciphering the human mind.

Join NEURO2024 and experience new trends in brain science!