14th CONGRESS of the
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR
AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCE
Joint Meeting with EFAS - European Federation of Autonomic Societies
Bologna – Italy, 2-5 September 2026
The International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN) came to life at a meeting in Melbourne in
1994 to represent both academic and industrial scientists at the forefront of autonomic research. The
common goal is to further understand the diversity of the autonomic nervous system and its dysfunction in health and disease. The official journal of the society is Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic & Clinical edited by Elsevier and attracting papers covering both basic and clinical autonomic neuroscience.
The European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS) is an umbrella society founded in 1997 in
London, UK. EFAS hosts national societies for autonomic neuroscience societies. The aim is to establish a
platform for scientists and clinicians with interests in autonomic neuroscience physiology, disorders and
treatment.
ISAN 2026 will be the first meeting held in Italy since Stresa in 2015 (followed by a world tour of North &
South America, Europe, Japan and Australia). We invite you to join ISAN 2026 in Bologna, Italy, for the
chance to connect and network with 400-500 attendees from all over the world.
The program will include 24 symposia, four keynote lectures, four poster sessions and a practical workshop for young scientists.
ISAN and EFAS bring together a diverse community of clinical and basic scientists, covering a wide range
of topics from fundamental autonomic neuroscience to translational research and therapeutic
advancements. Key topics will include:
-Cardiovascular autonomic regulation in health and disease
-Autonomic regulation in cancer and tumor–host interactions
-Sleep, circadian rhythms and the autonomic nervous system
-Neuroimmune communication and neural control of immune responses
-Vagus nerve modulation and bioelectronic therapeutic approaches
-Autonomic dysfunction in neurodegenerative and orthostatic disorders
-Molecular and systems-level mapping of autonomic circuits and brain–body integration
-Autonomic control of metabolism and energy homeostasis