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On Wednesday 24 September 2025, the Football on the Brain team welcomed 60 attendees - a mix of neuroscientists and football practitioners - to the University of Oxford Iffley Road Sports Complex for a day of interactive talks and networking. Here is the full programme:

Detailed conference programme listing speaker names and talk titles

 

Many thanks to all of the speakers and attendees for their time, enthusiasm, and generously shared expertise.

 

View from back of room as 60 people in folding chairs face away towards screen at front of room

Man presents slides on big screen as woman sits in chair to side

Woman presents slides on big screen while man sits on chair to side

Woman holding laptop smiles and gestures at panel of people sitting in front of big screen

During lunchtime, attendees had the opportunity to try out some of the Football on the Brain pitch activities:

 Man in red gestures to man in suitjacket holding football looking at line of cones on pitch

In the distance, three people pass a football on a pitch, one blindfolded

Man in red shirt gestures to woman in white shirt while holding goggles on football pitch, other activities and players in background

We look forward to continuing the conversations that today's event sparked. 

Photos: Hanna Smyth and Louise Aukland