YOKOHAMA has won the bid to host the 2028 Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2028), one of the world’s premier international conferences in brain science.
In a statement, Yokohama City Visitors Bureau (YCVB) said the win further elevating the city as a global hub for international conventions and academic exchange.
Some 3,000 onsite participants are expected, including about 2,500 from outside Japan
OHBM 2028 will take place at PACIFICO Yokohama from June 18-22 and will mark only the second time the meeting has been held in Japan.
OHBM is a leading international academic society in the fields of brain imaging, neuroscience, and neurological-disease research. Its annual meeting attracts around 3,000 researchers, healthcare professionals, and industry representatives from around the world.
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The event will be organised in collaboration with the Japan Human Brain Mapping Society (JHBM), led by Yoshikazu Ugawa and Tetsuya Matsuda.
YCVB and PACIFICO Yokohama supported JHBM’s successful bid in partnership with the City of Yokohama and the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO). YCVB said this reflected years of collaborative efforts among local hotels, cultural venues, restaurants, and other city stakeholders.
Yokohama was selected for its convenient location; excellent reputation as a centre of science, technology, and research; commitment to sustainability; and large convention complex, PACIFICO Yokohama, which is surrounded by many conference- support facilities.
Professor Hiromasa Takemura, chair of the JHBM OHBM2028 Bidding Committee and professor at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, said: “JHBM has worked for many years to bring the OHBM Annual Meeting back to Japan, and we are truly delighted that Yokohama has been selected as the host city for OHBM 2028.”
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