The APAN 2026 meeting will be held Friday, November 13, 2026 at the Catholic University in Washington, DC.

Abstract submission deadline is Friday, July 3rd, 2026. Please read below for details on abstract submission and registration.

APAN spans broad themes of systems, cognitive and computational auditory neuroscience, touching on the following topics:

For everyone attending APAN (whether or not you are submitting an abstract)

• APAN will be held on Friday November 13, 2026, 8AM - 6PM EST, in Washington, DC, USA.
• Registration fee is $85 for students and postdocs, and $150 for faculty and other non-trainees. Registration covers access to the full day of talks and posters, as well as continental breakfast and coffee.
• Conference registration and payment: https://www.med.upenn.edu/apan/registration.html
• Abstract submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apan2026
• Note that conference registration is separate from abstract submission. To submit an abstract, you MUST first register and provide proof of payment during abstract submission.
• Payment will no longer be taken at the door. Please make sure to register in advance. Early registration is encouraged.

For submissions of research abstracts

• Abstract submission deadline is Friday, July 3rd, 2026.
• Presentations will take the form of short talks, poster teaser talks, and posters. The APAN Organizing Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts blind to author names and demographics. A subset of submissions will be selected for podium presentations or brief poster teasers at the meeting. Posters will be presented during two poster sessions. If the senior author of an abstract is chosen for the JFA, their regular abstracts would not also be chosen for an oral presentation or poster teaser.
• Authors may be listed on multiple submissions but may be the presenting author for only one abstract.
• Abstract word/character limits follow that of SfN.

For Junior Faculty Award (JFA) applicants

• The JFA application deadline is Wednesday, July 15th, 2026.
• The JFA is an opportunity for Principal Investigators in a tenure-track Assistant Professor position (or equivalent) who have not yet received tenure to present a 25-minute spotlight talk during the meeting.
• We encourage all to apply, but we will prioritize applicants with a strong research track record, including at least one senior-author publication.
• You can nominate a candidate or self-nominate here using this google form.
• All nominees will be contacted and asked to submit a CV and an abstract.
• JFA applicants are also welcome to submit a research abstract(s) separately as presenting or senior author.

For Mentor Lunch participants

• The popular APAN Mentor Lunch is happening again this year.
• More details on how to sign up as a mentor or mentee will be sent to the APAN email list soon. Watch that space!

Committees

APAN Program Committee

• Ross Williamson; Co-Chair (University of Pittsburgh)
• Kishore Kuchibhotla; Co-Chair (Johns Hopkins University)
• Melissa Caras; Co-Chair (University of Maryland)
• Brice Bathellier (Institut de l'Audition)
• Livia de Hoz (University of Cambridge)
• Nai Ding (Zhejiang University)
• Maria Geffen (University of Pennsylvania)
• Liberty Hamilton (Berkeley)
• Edmund Lalor (University of Rochester)
• Matthew McGinley (Baylor College of Medicine)
• Jennifer Resnik (Ben-Gurion University)
• Chris Rodgers (Emory University)
• Xindong Song (Tsinghua University)
• Sarah Tune (University of Göttingen)
• Justin Yao (Rutgers University)

APAN Executive Committee

• Yale Cohen (University of Pennsylvania)
• Liz Romanski (University of Rochester)