FAONS

The purpose of the Federation is to promote the advancement of neuroscience research and education in the Asian Oceanian regions, which include Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand and Islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Federation shall aim also at contributing to the advancement of neuroscience worldwide.

The FAONS Congress and FAONS Symposium are typically organised on an alternating 2 year cycle by representatives from a Neuroscience Society that is a member of FAONS.

The position of FAONS President on the FAONS Council is assumed by the President of the Neuroscience Society that is hosting either the Congress or the Symposium.

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FAONS President

Prof. Wing-Ho Yung, DPhil (Oxford)

Chair Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience,

Department of Neuroscience (NS)

City University of Hong Kong

email: whyung@cityu.edu.hk

Secretary General

Treasurer

Call for FAONS Symposium 2026 (closed)

 

FAONS would like to announce the Call for FAONS Symposium 2026 which will be hosted by The Hong Kong Society of Neurosciences.

 

To participate in bidding, please make sure to submit the following materials by June 30th, 2024.

 

      1. Letter of Intent 

         : This letter must be official and signed by the president of national neuroscience society.

 

      2. Bidding Proposal

         : Bidding proposal must include venue spec and budget plan.

 

Please submit the bidding materials via email (hrjung@kbri.re.kr), and also cc sjjeong@kbri.re.kr.

 

Once you submit the bidding materials, FAONS council members will review the documents and select the candidates for bidding presentation by July 5th, 2024.

 

Bidding presentation will be held at Fukuoka Convention Center, which will be in hybrid format. 

 

Please make sure at least ONE representative from national neuroscience society should be attend the bidding presentation.

 

The venue and time for presentation, and online meeting information will be announced later.

 

 

 

Prof. Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren

Prof. Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui

New FAONS Executive Council (2024-2026)

We are happy to announce new FAONS Executive Council members for the term 2024-2026:

 

FAONS President: Dr. Wing-Ho Yung (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

FAONS Secretary General: Dr. Battuvshin Lkhagvasuren (Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Mongolia)

FAONS Treasurer: Dr. Ken-Ichiro Tsutsui (Tohoku University, Japan)