Portal opening guidelines to be considered by those wishing to submit abstracts is that the portal for January meetings will open in early September the previous year (i.e. for January 2026, the portal will open in early September 2025). The portals for the Spring meeting will open in early January and for the Summer meeting, the portals will open in early April.
In order to manage demand, we request a maximum of two talk submissions per lab (no limit on poster submissions or non-member sponsorship). After 24 hours, we will check whether submission numbers exceed slots available and if so, will conduct a light touch review of submissions (to check eligibility) then select talks using a lottery system. Where possible, talks that are not selected in the lottery will be offered a poster.
After 24 hours, we will check whether submission numbers exceed slots available and if so, will conduct a light touch review of submissions (to check eligibility) then select talks using a lottery system. Where possible, talks that are not selected in the lottery will be offered a poster.
If talk slots remain after 24 hours, the portal will remain open until full, and restrictions on the number of submissions per lab will be lifted.
The same work cannot be submitted as a talk and a poster, the submitter must choose which of these best suits the work and submit one or the other.
When you submit your abstract, you will see a success message on screen but you will not receive an email confirmation.
EPS meetings do not require registration and are free to attend. Events within meetings (such as mentoring, social events and the conference dinner) do require advance booking.
Voluntary Registration Fee
We have introduced a voluntary registration fee to enable members and their guests who hold research funding (including costs to attend conferences) to opt in to pay a small fee to attend EPS meetings. This fee will contribute to meeting costs, including travel grants.
The optional fee is set at £150 per meeting.
Attendees can opt in to pay the voluntary fee to attend any EPS scientific meeting by contacting expsychsoc@kent.ac.uk.
EPS Meeting: Newcastle University. Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026.
This meeting will include the 24th EPS Mid-Career Prize lecture by Elizabeth Jefferies (and accompanying symposium organised by Rebecca Jackson). This meeting will also include the 2026 EPS/BSA UG Prize Talk to be given by Oliver Panther.
This meeting will also feature an ECR focussed workshop run by Gavin Buckingham.
Many PhD students and postdocs hope to move into an open-ended lectureship position for the next stage of their career. But the day-to-day workings of this job are rarely discussed, making it very difficult to make effective job application or even to decide if this job really is right for you. At this workshop, you will find out what a lecturer does from day to day, allowing you see what this job entails and to ‘peek behind the curtain’ of how decisions are made in higher education so that you feel more prepared to land your first permanent job. With this knowledge, you will be better prepared to move onto the next step in your career. If you want to get a flavour of the workshop, please do have a look through some of Gavin’s blog posts.
Newcastle Accommodation Options
Please note that any unsold rooms will be released back to the hotels four weeks prior to arrival, approximately 2nd March, so we recommend attendees book accommodation as soon as they can.
Conference Dinner
The conference dinner for EPS Newcastle will be held on Tuesday 31st March from 7:30pm at the Crowne Plaza Hotel which is just a 15 – 20 minute walk from the meeting. The address is Hawthorn Square, Forth Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3SA.
To reserve your place, please complete the form below. This form will be available until 5pm (UK time) on Monday 9th March, or until all spaces have been filled (if this is earlier than 9th March).
Filling in the online form does not guarantee a place at the dinner, as places are filled on a first come, first served basis. If you are not successful on securing a place at the dinner, we will automatically add you to the waiting list.
You will NOT receive a confirmation email after completing the form, but will see a success message on the screen after you have completed the form and pressed submit. Once Conference Dinner registration closes, we will contact everyone who submitted and you will receive an invoice for payment of the dinner.
The standard dinner cost for EPS ordinary members and guests is £40.00. Postgraduate attendees and presenters can book at a reduced fee of £20, but must provide evidence of their postgraduate status by emailing a letter from their supervisor (or a direct email from the supervisor) to expsychsoc@kent.ac.uk.
Conference Dinner Booking Form
The portals for the EPS meeting in Newcastle (Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026) opened on Monday 12th January 2026 at 10am (UK time) and remained open for 24 hours. We have contacted all those who submitted an abstract by email, please check your spam / junk folder if it has not appeared in your inbox.
EPS Newcastle Meeting Programme
Local Organiser: Tom Smulders
Research Workshop: University of Leicester. 5th – 7th May 2026.
The Experimental NeuroDiversity (END) Workshop.
Organized by Mahmoud Elsherif, Amelie Gourdon-Kanhukamwe and Kayleigh Warrington.
Over the past three decades, the neurodiversity movement has challenged deficit-based models of cognition and promoted more inclusive approaches to psychological research. However, experimental psychology has struggled to keep pace, with a lack of shared protocols, inconsistent definitions, and limited participatory frameworks constraining the rigour, generalisability, and inclusivity of experimental paradigms. This three-day workshop addresses this gap by bringing together researchers of different neurotypes, disciplines, and career stages to develop consensus-driven, inclusive experimental practices. Through plenary sessions, collaborative hackathons, and hands-on workshops, participants will examine task assumptions, measurement tools, language, ethical frameworks, and inclusion practices that shape experimental research, drawing explicitly on lessons from other research domains that have developed more mature inclusion frameworks. The findings and recommendations emerging from the workshop will be developed into a collaboratively authored review paper that can serve as a standard reference point for researchers in the field. Participation of early-career researchers is especially encouraged, with ECRs prioritised for roles in leading sessions and contributing to the manuscript.
More details to follow. To express your interest in attending, please complete this form https://forms.gle/U7XLgugQMqNbnXENA.
EPS Meeting: University of Essex. 1st – 3rd July 2026.
This meeting will include the 33rd EPS Prize lecture by Melissa Colloff (and accompanying symposium organised by Markus Bindemann). This meeting will also include the 15th Frith Prize Talk to be given by Denise Cadete.
The portals for this meeting will open on Monday 13th April 2026 at 10am (UK time) and remain open for at least 24 hours.
Local Organiser: Maria Laura Filippetti
EPS Meeting: University College London. January 2027.
Local Organiser: Adam Parker
EPS Meeting: Cardiff University. 7th – 9th April 2027.
Local Organisers: Rob Honey, Katy Burgess, Patricia Gasalla Canto, Dominic Guitard and Victor Navarro.
EPS Meeting: University of East Anglia. July 2027.
Local Organiser: Louise Ewing
EPS Meeting: University College London. January 2028.
Local Organiser: Martin Vasilev
EPS Meeting: TBC. Spring 2028.
Local Organiser: TBC
EPS Meeting: TBC. Summer 2028.
Local Organiser: TBC