- 1998 - Berlin, June 27-July 1st
- 2000 - Brighton, June 24-28th
- 2002 - Paris, July 13-17th
- 2004 - Lisbon, July 10-14th
- 2006 - Vienna, July 8-12th
- 2008 - Geneva, July 12-16th
- 2010 - Amsterdam, July 3- 7th
Forum of European Neuroscience
FENS organizes a large European meeting, called the FENS Forum, every two years. Since the first FENS Forum in 1998 in Berlin, this meeting has attracted between 4500 and 5500 delegates, the largest Neuroscience meeting in Europe. The abstracts for these Forums, as from 2002, are available online.
Previous Forums
FENS Organization
FENS, the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, represents a large number of national European neuroscience societies and several monodisciplinary societies. FENS was founded in 1998 at the Forum of European Neuroscience in Berlin and is the successor organisation of ENA, the European Neuroscience Association.
FENS was founded with the goal of advancing research and education in neuroscience and representing neuroscience research in the European Commission, IBRO, and other granting bodies. FENS is the European partner of the American Society for Neuroscience.
FENS is governed by the FENS Governing Council. The FENS Governing Council is formed by representatives of all member societies. The Council convenes at least once a year and chooses committee members, officers, the venue of the next meeting, etc. The daily FENS administration is delegated to the Executive Committee, elected by the Council. Members of the Executive Committee are elected for two years, and can be re-elected only once. The Executive Committee is supported by three offices based in Berlin, Bordeaux and Kuopio.
8th FENS Forum 2012
The next FENS Forum will take place in Barcelona from July 14 to 18, 2012.
7th FENS Forum 2010
The recent FENS Forum took place in Amsterdam from July 3 to 7, 2010.
- there were more than 6'500 participants
- and a total of 3'878 abstracts for poster sessions was submitted
6th FENS Forum 2008
The FENS Forum 2008 was organized by the SSN and took place in Geneva, July 12 to 16, 2008.