The ICOM7 scientific programme is designed to address current topics and to cross boundaries in memory research. It bridges levels of explanation—linking theory and evidence across behavioural, neuroscientific, philosophical, computational, and applied work—and fosters dialogue across species, models, and methods. The programme includes keynote lectures, plenary debates, thematic symposia, open‑paper talks, and interactive posters, with time allocated for discussion and collaboration.

Sessions draw on our core tracks:

1. Episodic, Associative & Event Memory 
2. Semantic Memory: Concepts, Knowledge & Language
3. Memory consolidation, transformation & forgetting
4. Working, Short-Term & Sensory Memory 
5. Metacognition, Prospection & Strategy
6. Autobiographical Memory 
7. Engrams, Plasticity & Memory Circuits
8. Affect, Arousal, Reward & Novelty
9. Spatial Memory, Orientation & Navigation
10. Development of Memory across the Lifespan 
11. Cultural & Social Memory
12. New Directions in Memory Research

Cross‑track submissions that bring together animal, human, and computational perspectives are explicitly encouraged. We also aim to mix career stages across all formats—inviting senior researchers to present posters and early‑career researchers to organise symposia and debates—so that contributions are valued by merit and ideas lead the conversation.