Memory Disorders Research Society: Annual Meeting 2025
Memory Disorders Research Society (MDRS) is a professional society dedicated to the study of memory. Members听engage听in听basic and clinical research听into听how memory works and why it听fails. For more information, please visit their website
Founded by听Dr.听Laird Cermak in 1988, the听inaugural meeting of听the Memory Disorders Research Society听was held听in Boston听the following year.听The society has met annually ever since at a venue which rotates amongst the home institutions of its members. The 2025 Annual Meeting will be held in Montreal, at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) from October 15 - 18, 2025.
Registration
Registration coming soon.
Programme
Programme coming soon.Facility Directions
The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital is at 3801 University Street, north of Pine Avenue West, on the McGill University campus opposite the former Royal Victoria Hospital.
Montreal is served by highway Routes 10, 15, 20 and 40, and by Greyhound Bus, ViaRail and the P-E-Trudeau airport. In the city, bus and metro service is provided by the Soci茅t茅 de transport de Montr茅al (STM).
Wheelchair access
A wheelchair accessible entrance is on University Street north of the main entrance. Another wheelchair accessible entrance is in the loading area behind the building: to enter the loading area, turn into the driveway south of the main entrance. Please note, there is no parking in the loading area.
Parking
Parking near the MNI is sometimes difficult. There are parking meters on University Street and a parking lot north of the main entrance. To enter the lot, turn right into the driveway toward Molson Stadium.
Information about parking fees
Taxi Stand
There is a taxi stand on University Street across from the main entrance. You may call a cab from the free taxi phone in the main lobby near the Security Desk.
Access by Public Transportation
Bus
There are four bus stops within walking distance:
- Bus 144 stops at Pine Avenue and University Street
- Bus 356 stops at Sherbrooke Street and University Street (Nightbus)
- Bus 107 stops at Pine Avenue and Docteur Penfield
- Bus 24 stops at Sherbrooke Street and University Street
Metro
Take the Metro Green Line to the McGill station. Walk north on University Street and cross Pine Avenue. The main entrance is on the right, past the flags.
Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre
- Enter main lobby turn left and go down the hallway to the end.
- Turn right and go down the second hallway until you see another hallway on the left.
- This hallway leads to the Jeanne Timmins Foyer.
- On your right are the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre entrance doors.
Hotels
More information on hotel room blocks coming soon.
Contact
Deborah Rashcovsky, Events Lead
Neuro Events, The Neuro, McGill University
debbie.rashcovsky [at] mcgill.ca
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Organizing Committee
Signy Sheldon, Chair, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory McGill University
Nathan Spreng, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Director, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition
Group Leader, Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, The Neuro, McGill University
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Alexander Barnett, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Neuro, McGill University
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Deborah Rashcovsky, Events Lead, The Neuro
