Poster Presentations
All posters will be up for the three days of the conferences. Presenters will be asked to stand-by their poster on one of the three days to discuss with others.
- Posters should be no bigger then 42″ wide and 42″ tall. The 42″ wide is a strict dimension as it will not fit on the poster board otherwise.
- Posters need to be mounted the morning of the first day of the conference and remain up for the three days of the conference.
- Your poster location will be marked by the session and the assigned board #_# (example Tuesday-012). You can check your session and poster number in the conference program.
- Posters must be printed in advance. We do NOT provide printing services.
Oral Presentations
Oral presentations are scheduled by session in the conference program. Presenters should check the program for their assigned time, room, and session information.
- Each oral presentation is allocated 15 minutes total, including 12 minutes for the talk and ~3 minutes for questions.
- Presenters should arrive at least 10 minutes before the session begins to check in with the session chair and ensure their slides are ready.
- Presenters can use their own laptop to present but should verify that their slides present at least 10 minutes before the session begins. Presenters should bring their slides on a USB drive as a backup.
- Please keep to the assigned time. Session chairs will monitor timing to ensure the session stays on schedule.
- A title slide should include the presentation title, author names, and affiliations, and mark the name of the presenting author with underlined font.
Lightning Talks
Lightning talks are brief, focused presentations designed to provide attendees with a concise overview of the presenter’s project, idea, method, or research finding. Presenters should check the conference program for their assigned session, presentation time, and room location.
- Each lightning talk is allocated 3 minutes total.
- Lightning talks are intended to be concise and high-level. Please focus on the main research question, approach, key finding, and broader relevance, and refer the audience to your poster for additional details.
- Presenters should prepare no more than 3–5 slides.
- Slides should be prepared in PowerPoint preferably in 16:9 widescreen format.
- Presenters should deliver their slides by email by 9am the day of their presentation to parya@bu.edu.
- Presenters should arrive at the assigned room at least 10 minutes before the session begins to check in with the session chair and confirm their presentation is ready.
- All lightning talk presenters should line up near the podium before the session begins, in the order listed in the program, so talks can proceed efficiently one after another.
- Please keep strictly to the assigned time. Session chairs will monitor timing and may need to stop presentations that exceed the allotted time.
- Due to the short format, there’s no time for questions after individual lightning talks. Discussion can continue during breaks, poster sessions, or other networking opportunities.
- Please include the poster number, presentation title, author names, and affiliations on the first slide.
- If your presentation includes video, audio, animations, or special fonts, please test these in advance.
Abstract Submissions
While regular abstract submission has closed, we still welcome submissions for late-breaking posters on a rolling basis until capacity is reached. Please submit your abstract for a late-breaking poster here.
Scope
The Neuroergonomics Conference 2026 calls for submissions that cover new approaches in neuroscientific theories and methods that can inform and improve human factors and ergonomics across diverse work domains.
Neuroergonomics investigates how the human brain supports operator performance, safety, and satisfaction in natural environments and everyday settings. This discipline has been summarized as the “investigations of the neural bases of mental functions and physical performance in relation to technology, work, leisure, transportation, health care and other settings in the real world” (Parasuraman, 2003). Neuroergonomics integrates advancements of neuroscience and neuroengineering, to provide the flexibility to assess body and brain function in naturalistic work settings, thus bringing neuroscience into everyday life. Therefore, the Neuroergonomics Conference 2026 (NEC’26) welcomes submissions about works related (but not limited to) to one or several of the following topics, in relation to Neuroergonomics:
• Artificial Intelligence and data science
• Cognitive enhancement and augmented cognition
• Neuroethics and brain rights
• Social interaction & social cognition
• Affect and Cognition: perception, attention, workload, fatigue, decision-making, memory, emotions, problem-solving, creativity, etc.
• Brain signal processing
• Brain stimulation (tES/tDCS/tACS/rTMS/FUS, etc.)
• Brain-Computer Interfaces & Neurofeedback
• Clinical applications & brain health
• EEG/MEG
• fNIRS/fMRI
• Invasive recordings (ECoG, micro-electrode arrays, etc.)
• Hardware & sensors design and evaluation
• Human-Machine Teaming & Neuroadaptive Technologies
• Motor control, imagery & physical performance
• Physiological signals (eye tracking, ECG, Galvanic skin response, etc)
• Skill acquisition and training assessment
• Virtual Reality and simulators
We welcome reports of both ongoing and completed research that applies neuroscience methods and theories to improving human performance, safety, and satisfaction across different work domains.
We also welcome reports that are purely neuroscience methods and/or theories with the outlook of being applicable to human factors and ergonomics, and research in human factors and ergonomics that present meaningful opportunities for application of neuroscience methods and/or theories.
We welcome submissions that report research at all different stages of a project’s completion. Acceptance will be based on the topical relevance and scientific quality of the written submission, not on the maturity of the work.
Submission guidelines
• Preference for oral or poster presentation may be specified.
• The extended abstract word limit is 1000 words, and the extended abstract should not exceed 3 pages (see more details in the abstract template).
• Up to 2 figures or 2 tables (or 1 figure and 1 table) can be added.
• Figures, tables, and references do not count towards the word limit of 1000 words, but they do count towards the page limit of 3 pages.
• The extended abstract should contain the following sections: synopsis, background, methods, results, discussion, disclosures (if any), and references
• Please submit your extended abstract as a word (.doc, .docx) or PDF (.pdf) document here: SUBMIT HERE
• Please use the following template to prepare your abstract: Word template (.docx)
Review process
All accepted submissions will be published as open-access conference proceedings in Frontiers in Neuroergonomics. Acceptance will based on a single-blind review process. All submitted extended abstracts will be peer-reviewed by independent referees selected from our scientific committee and other members of the Neuroergonomics community.