Nature of Intelligence: Bridging Animal and Artificial Intelligence

21 - 22 September 2026 09:00 - 17:00 DoubleTree by Hilton, Bristol Free
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Theo Murphy meeting organised by Dr HaDi MaBouDi, Professor Andrew Barron and Professor Mikko Juusola

Nature of Intelligence brings together animal cognition, systems neuroscience, bio-inspired AI and robotics to examine how intelligence emerges in biological systems and how those principles can guide adaptive constructive intelligence. By connecting biologists, neuroscientists, engineers and AI researchers, the meeting will foster interdisciplinary collaboration, identify shared challenges, and accelerate theory, technology and future partnerships across natural and artificial intelligence.

Programme

The programme, including speaker biographies and abstracts, is available below but please note the programme may be subject to change.

Attending this event

  • Free to attend and in-person only
  • When requesting an invitation, please briefly state your expertise and reasons for attending
  • Requests are reviewed by the meeting organisers on a rolling basis. You will receive a link to register if your request has been successful
  • Catering options will be available to purchase upon registering. Participants are responsible for booking their own accommodation. Please do not book accommodation until you have been invited to attend the meeting by the meeting organisers

Please note that scientific meetings hosted by the Royal Society do not necessarily represent a Royal Society position or signify an endorsement of the speakers or content presented.

Enquiries: contact the Scientific Programmes team.

Organisers

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    Dr HaDi MaBouDi

  • Professor Andrew Barron, Macquarie University, Australia