Coordination & Support Action BrainHealth - Final Conference

After two years dedicated to building a unifying framework for stakeholder initiatives in brain research, implementing transnational funding and facilitating other essential activities to support and enhance the partnership’s objectives, the CSA BrainHealth consortium is pleased to invite you to its Final Conference. Taking place in the afternoon of 15 October 2025 as part of the 2025 Brain Innovation Days, the CSA BrainHealth Final Conference will present the Partnership strategic priorities and main lines of action to accelerate scientific and medical breakthroughs and innovation in the brain space with the expected societal impact of decreasing the burden of brain disorders.

Programme of the Final Conference

13:30 – 13:35 - Welcome

Ulrike Bußhoff

Coordinator of the CSA BrainHealth, Project Management Agency, German Aerospace Centre

13:35 – 13:45 - Opening: Prioritising Brain Health for a Prosperous Future

More information coming soon.

Irene Norstdet

Director People Directorate, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

13:45 – 14:00 - Keynote 1: Towards a European Partnership for Brain Health

Ulrike Bußhoff

Coordinator of the CSA BrainHealth, Project Management Agency, German Aerospace Centre

14:00 – 14:30 - Panel 1: Structuring the Brain Health Ecosystem

More information coming soon.

Tomás Ryan

Chair of the Advocacy Committee,
European Federation of Neuroscience Societies

Raluca Nica

Board Member, GAMIAN-Europe

Ulrike Bußhoff

International Brain Research Organization

14:30 – 14:45 - Keynote 2: EP BrainHealth Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda

Catherine Marquer

International Scientific Coordinator – Neuroscience, Agence Nationale de la Recherche

14:45 – 15:15 - Panel 2: Accelerating Innovation and Increasing Competitiveness

More information coming soon.

Jolien Roovers

Policy Advisor at Department of Work, Economy, Science, Innovation and Social economy (WEWIS), Flemish Government

Jennie Young

Executive Director, Canadian Brain Research Strategy

Pavel Balabanov

Head of Therapies for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, European Medicines Agency

15:15 – 15:30 - Keynote 3: Overcoming Global Barriers to Data Sharing

More information coming soon.

Thomas Oxley

Co-Chair, WEF Global Future Council on Neurotechnology

15:30 – 16:00 - Panel 3: Building Capacities for Research

More information coming soon.

Thomas Oxley

Co-Chair, WEF Global Future Council on Neurotechnology

Philippe Vernier

Joint CEO, EBRAINS

Damian Okaibedi Eke

Co-Lead, Data Standards and Sharing Working Group, International Brain Initiative; Director, African Brain Data Network

16:00 – 17:00: Closing High-Level Panel

More information coming soon.

Ekaterina Zaharieva

European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

Hans Kluge

WHO Regional Director for the European Region

Thomas Gasser

Director, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases – Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research; Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, Coordination & Support Action BrainHealth

Monica di Luca

President, Italian Society of Neuroscience; Former President of the European Brain Council (2017-2019); Former President of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (2014-2016)

Register to the Final Conference

Access to this conference is free, however if you would like to gain access to the rest of the Brain Innovation Days, taking place on October 15th and 16th in the same venue, please purchase your tickets via the Brain Innovation Days website!

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101136302.