Confirmed Plenary Speakers
Carmen Sandi
EPFL
Tracy Bale
University of Colorado
TUESDAY
16th June 2026
LOCATION: Union Française de Montréal
5.00-6.00pm Public Lecture
6.30pm - late Opening Reception
LOCATION: CRCHUM
7.30-8.30am Welcome Coffee & Registration
8.30-10.00am Opening Remarks & Plenary 1
10.30-12.30pm Symposium 1 - Stress & brain-body interactions
Eric Wohleb University of Cincinnati, USA
Maria Rodriguez Aburto University College Cork, Ireland
Scott Russo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
12.30-2.00pm Lunch
2.00-4.00pm Symposium 2 - Understanding the Impacts of Continued Discrimination
Brian Dias Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, USA
Wendie Marks University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Ali Jawaid Łukasiewicz Research Network, Poland
4.20-4.50pm Data Blitz
4.50-5.30pm Panel Discussion
5.30-7.00pm Poster Session 1
7.30pm - late Trainee Social Event
WEDNESDAY
17th June 2026
THURSDAY
18th June 2026
LOCATION: CRCHUM
8.00-8.30am Welcome Coffee
8.30-10.30am Symposium 3 - Early-Life Adversity
Mathias Schmidt Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany
Patricia Pelufo-Silveira McGill University, Canada
Jessica Bolton Georgia State University, USA
10.50-12.50pm Symposium 4 - Translating Insight from Basic Research towards Improved Human Health
Kim Hellemans Carleton University, Canada
Christian-Gaden Jensen Copenhagen University, Denmark
Didier Jutras-Aswad Université de Montréal, Canada
12.50-2.30pm Lunch & Poster Session 2
2.30-4.30pm Symposium 5 - Stress & Cognition
Sylvie Lesuis University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Kate Wassum University of California Los Angeles, USA
Frank Meye Utrecht University, Netherlands
4.45-5.00pm Data Blitz
5.00-5.30pm Panel Discussion
5.30-7.00pm Poster Session 3
FRIDAY
19th June 2026
LOCATION: CRCHUM
8.00-9.30am Round table breakfast networking event
9.30-10.45am Plenary 2
11.00-1.00pm Symposium 6 - Stress & Psychedelics
Micheal Wheeler Harvard University, USA
Jaideep Bains University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Leah Mayo University of Calgary, Canada
1.00-1.30pm Closing remarks
1.30pm Lunch
2.30pm Special event in Old Montreal