Major Activities of IBI

The International Brain Initiative has expanded to support a range of major activities led individually or jointly by different Initiatives, including Working Groups, Platforms, Conferences, Exchanges, and Recognitions.

Upcoming IBI Conferences and Summits:

  • South Korea (2025)

  • Japan (2026), planned

  • China (2027), planned


IBI Fellowships in Global Exchange
Advancing the vision and mission of the IBI, Fellowships will enable scientific exchange among IBI Initiatives, Affiliates, and Partners. 

For more details, please visit: https://www.internationalbraininitiative.org/fellowships

IBI Working Groups are: Emotional Brain (S. Korea), Brain Mapping (China), Data, Tools and Technology Sharing (Europe), Crosscultural (Canada) and Neuroethics (Europe). A new platform for Neurodiplomacy is being led by the Brain Research Africa Initiative.

  • To catalyze and advance neuroscience research through international collaboration and knowledge sharing that relate to circuitry and molecular multiscale brain mapping for understanding mental illness trajectories and building mental health strategies. Learn more here.

  • To develop international collaboration for mapping cell types and their spatial distribution and connectivity across the whole brain of various species of non-human primates. Learn more here.

  • To implement mechanisms for data harmonization between existing global research efforts, international neuroscience-relevant societies, and neuroscience researchers. Learn more here.

  • To bring together cross-cultural and non-Westernized strategies and ways of knowing and learning to advance the goals of the IBI for inclusive and global neuroscience. Learn more here.

  • To address the ethical implications of neuroscience and the relationship between neuroscience and society from a global perspective. Learn more here.

  • To accelerate border-free global science, scholarship, and innovation catalyzed by the critical engagement of large-scale brain initiatives and unprecedented opportunities for international collaboration through neuroscience for diplomacy, diplomacy for neuroscience, and diplomacy in neuroscience. Learn more here.