Join US - Conference Program Updates

Dear ISPNE Community,

We are quickly approaching our 2025 annual conference where we will have a chance to share research findings, discuss ideas, and network about the newest and most innovative discoveries in the field of psychoneuroendocrinology. While we hope participants will be able to join us in person in New Orleans at the Ritz-Carlton this September, we are also pleased that our pledge for inclusivity in a global community has allowed the conference to permit hybrid attendance with both virtual and in-person attendance options. While these are challenging times across scientific disciplines, we are confident that those of us who share the intellectual “home” of ISPNE will continue to show resilience and strength in the face of adversity – much like the city of New Orleans itself.

Be on the lookout for 2025 program details as we roll out the schedule of events. There you will find our invited plenary speakers including international experts such as Joe LeDoux, Stacy Drury, Lee Gettler and Stephanie Cook. The talent pool in New Orleans will be showcased through our Local’s Only plenary symposium where we will discover how New Orleans serves up Stress Regulation insights as well (or better) than it serves gumbo. Speakers include Jeff Tasker, Scott Edwards, Kat Theall, and our own Early Career Scholar representative and conference committee co-chair Shannin Moody. The presidential symposium promises to be “in the wild” with a stimulating  discussion about the challenges and rewards of measuring stress reactivity outside the lab in everyday settings. Speakers include Katharine Zeiders, Lindsay Till Hoyt, and Leah Doane with Emma Adam serving as chair. 

Deadlines for most aspects of the 2025 conference have passed with the exception of late-breaking abstracts that can be submitted until August 1 with rolling admissions decisions. Contributors for accepted symposia and poster decisions have been notified. Next up, in cooperation with the ISPNE awards committee, participants are being notified about awards, blitz contributions, and other accolades such as the chance to participate in the psychoneuroendocrinology supplemental volume. Submissions for the Bruce McEwen and Dirk Hellhammer award have been tallied, and we are working behind the scenes to acknowledge and appreciate these exemplary contributors to the field.The year 2025 is a milestone year for the journal psychoneuroendocrinology as it marks 50 years since its first issue of publications in 1975. That milestone was built upon a foundation of an international society first incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1969. Thus, it seems timely to recognize 50 years of the society’s journal with recognition for the strong history of the journal that sets the stage for novel changes that strengthen the connection between the society and its journal. New for 2025, PNEC is launching a special collections series where, in addition to the supplemental volume of abstracts from each annual conference, submissions of full length articles and reviews from the annual conference will be identified to showcase the ongoing contributions of the ISPNE community to the peer-reviewed and carefully vetted publications of the journal. 

We hope to see you this year in New Orleans, in person or virtually, and hopefully every year thereafter! 

Warmly,