Brainspiration 2026

Monday 12 October 2026 - Wednesday 14 October 2026
Brainspiration is a series of international interdisciplinary meetings on brain-inspired materials, systems, and concepts for information technology.

The 2026 edition will be held in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and will bring together researchers from various backgrounds, including physics, chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science and machine learning. There will be invited talks by renowned experts in the field and poster sessions covering recent progress and future perspectives on: 

  • Intelligent matter for information processing and sensing
  • Neuromorphic and brain-inspired devices and architectures
  • Information processing in natural and complex systems
  • Computing in non-digital, physical substrates
  • Analog in-memory computing 

In addition, there will be a tutorial class on Monday afternoon (12 October), designed as an introduction to the conference for students and young scientists to get an overview of the diversity of topics in the field. 

Why should you join?

  • Connect with internationally renowned experts on brain-inspired computing.
  • Highly interdisciplinary conference, bringing together researchers from various fields (chemistry, physics, engineering, etc.).
  • A focus on thought-provoking discussions among peers.
  • A great location for networking: The Lindenberg, close to the station, restaurants, hotels, and the waterfront.

Speakers

Adnan Mehonic (University College London)
Arvind Murugan (The University of Chicago)
Bilge Yildiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge)
Giacomo Indiveri (ETH Zurich)
John Paul Strachan (Forschungszentrum Jülich)
Judith Driscoll (University of Cambridge)
Julie Grollier (CNRS- Universite Paris-Saclay)
Nikolaos Farmakidis (University of Oxford)
Paschalis Gkoupidenis (Max Planck Institute For Polymer Research)
Riccardo Zecchina (University of Bocconi)
Rodolphe Sepulchre (University of Cambridge)
Romain Fleury (EPFL, Zurich)
Wolfram Pernice (University of Münster)

Waalbrug Nijmegen

Venue

Brainspriration 2026 will be held at Culture House Lindenberg, Ridderstraat 23 in Nijmegen. The Lindenberg is just a 20 minute walk from Central Station where you can borrow an OV-fiets (public transport bike).

Dinner venue

The dinner venue is Fort Lent.

Underground Car Parking

Park your car at Kelfkensbos or Eiermarkt

Accommodation City Center Nijmegen

Book your room at: Hotel Courage, Hotel Oranjestaete, Hotel Manna & Blue, Hotel de Prince, Guesthouse Vertoef, Hotel de Gulden Waagen, Hotel the Rebel, Hotel Credible, Boutique hotel Straelman, Hotel Box 5, Apollo Hotel, Hotel Mercure, Hostel Barbarossa

Organising committee

Alex Ako Khajetoorians (Local chair), Radboud University Hermann Osterhage, Radboud University Johan Mentink, Radboud University Beatriz Noheda, University of Groningen Yoeri van de Burgt, TU Eindhoven Martin Hecke, University of Leiden Marjolein Dijkstra, University of Utrecht Wilfred van der Wiel, University of Twente.

When
Monday 12 October 2026 - Wednesday 14 October 2026
Registration deadline
Contact information

Get in touch with the event by contacting the conference coordinator Erna Gouwens at erna.gouwens [at] ru.nl (erna[dot]gouwens[at]ru[dot]nl).


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