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Teaching Executive Skills: Applying Brain Science to Boost Memory, Attention, and Emotion Regulation for Learning 2026

This important interdisciplinary conference will decode the science of the brain's 'Traffic Control Center', exploring the crucial interconnecting links between cognitive...

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Dates: Apr 16-18, 2026
Location: New York, NY
Deadline: Apr 16, 2026
Attendees: 1,500
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About this conference

This important interdisciplinary conference will decode the science of the brain's 'Traffic Control Center', exploring the crucial interconnecting links between cognitive control, emotions, memory, attention, ADHD, and achievement. Discover breakthrough interventions and evidence-based strategies---leveraging neuroscience, exercise, games, play, AI, and Apps---to powerfully boost student sustained attention, emotion regulation, cognitive control, and flexible thinking. Learn how to develop executive skills and create thinking, self-regulated writers and readers in the classroom. This 74th International Conference for PreK Through University Educators, Clinicians, and Parents will be run as a hybrid conference, offering both in-person attendance at the Sheraton NY Times Square Hotel in New York City and a virtual option via Zoom. Recordings will be available for 45 days after the conference.

Sponsorship options

Organizations that would like to exhibit at an upcoming Learning & the Brain conference can rent 6' long tables in our exhibit hall area. For this hybrid conference, you will also have a virtual booth on our Whova conference event app. The cost is: $1,600 for a table, which includes one complimentary admission to the conference sessions. A 10% discount is available for exhibiting at two conferences in a 12-month period, and a 20% discount is available for exhibiting at three conferences in a 12-month period.