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Event

Memory Disorders Research Society: Annual Meeting 2025

Wednesday, October 15, 2025toSaturday, October 18, 2025
Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA

Memory Disorders Research Society (MDRS) is a professional society dedicated to the study of memory. MembersÌýengageÌýinÌýbasic and clinical researchÌýintoÌýhow memory works and why itÌýfails. For more information, please visit their website


Founded byÌýDr.ÌýLaird Cermak in 1988, theÌýinaugural meeting ofÌýthe Memory Disorders Research SocietyÌýwas heldÌýin BostonÌýthe following year.ÌýThe 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 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ 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 Société de transport de Montréal (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, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

debbie.rashcovsky [at] mcgill.ca

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Organizing Committee

Nathan Spreng, PhD, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Director, Laboratory of Brain and Cognition

Group Leader, Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, The Neuro, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

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Signy Sheldon, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Ï㽶ÊÓƵ

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Deborah Rashcovsky, Events Lead, The Neuro

The Neuro logoÌýMcGill logo

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The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital)Ìýis a bilingual academic healthcare institution. We are aÌýMcGill research and teaching institute; delivering high-quality patient care, as part of the Neuroscience Mission of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre.ÌýWe areÌýproud to be a Killam Institution, supported by the Killam Trusts.

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