Behavior Forum Speaker Suggestions

The Behavior Forum webinar series showcases researchers and practitioners who shape the future of behavioral neuroscience, ethology, data science, and open research infrastructure. This page captures why we vet nominations carefully and how to submit a speaker suggestion with the right context for conflicts of interest (COI), scheduling, and superorganiser review.

Why this process?

• Keep the forum transparent and inclusive by recording how speakers are selected.
• Surface conflicts early so we can plan disclosures, balance sessions, or choose alternate speakers.
• Give superorganisers a shared template for tracking votes and ensuring a majority of academic voices in programming decisions.

What counts as a conflict of interest?

Conflicts are any relationships - financial, professional, or personal - that could bias how a speaker is selected, what they present, or how their work is interpreted. Use the list below as a starting point when completing the form.

• Company-funded research with vested interests
• Equity, stock, or consultancy in related companies
• Patents pending or granted that relate to study outcomes
• Dual roles on advisory boards, review panels, or programme committees
• Selective reporting or data withholding linked to career or funding gain
• Supervising students while operating related startups or industry pilots
• Promoting products tied to personal financial or intellectual property stakes
• Honoraria, speaking fees, or sponsor-paid travel
• Withholding raw data for proprietary reasons
• Ghostwritten or sponsor-controlled publications
• Dual employment across academia and industry
• Conducting trials while holding sponsor shares
• Advisory or consultancy work that overlaps with presented research
• Personal ties that could influence grants, hiring, or study design
• Undisclosed in-kind support (equipment, licenses, animal models, software)

When in doubt, disclose. We can contextualize or flag potential COI in session announcements rather than discover them too late.

Suggest a speaker

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About you (the nominator)

Full name * Email * Primary role or affiliation * Select one Academic / Researcher Industry / Private sector Non-profit / NGO Independent / Community scientist Student / Trainee Other Describe your direct conflicts of interest *

Tick any conflicts that apply to you:

Company-funded research with vested interests Equity, stock, or consultancy in related companies Patents pending or granted tied to study outcomes Dual roles on advisory boards or review panels Selective reporting or data withholding for gain Supervising students while running related startups Promoting products tied to personal financial or IP stakes Honoraria, speaking fees, or sponsor-paid travel Withholding raw data for proprietary reasons Ghostwritten or sponsor-controlled publications Dual employment in academia and industry Running trials while holding sponsor shares Advisory or consultancy overlapping with this research Personal ties influencing grants, hiring, or study design Undisclosed in-kind support (equipment, licenses, models)

About the proposed speaker

Speaker full name * Affiliation and role * Contact email (if known) Key links (lab, project, profile) Working title or theme * What will the speaker cover? * Why is this speaker a strong fit for the Behavior Forum? * What are the speaker's declared conflicts of interest? *

Conflicts that may apply to the speaker:

Company-funded research with vested interests Equity, stock, or consultancy in related companies Patents pending or granted tied to study outcomes Dual roles on advisory boards or review panels Selective reporting or data withholding for gain Supervising students while running related startups Promoting products tied to personal financial or IP stakes Honoraria, speaking fees, or sponsor-paid travel Withholding raw data for proprietary reasons Ghostwritten or sponsor-controlled publications Dual employment in academia and industry Running trials while holding sponsor shares Advisory or consultancy overlapping with this research Personal ties influencing grants, hiring, or study design Undisclosed in-kind support (equipment, licenses, models)

Session logistics

Preferred date * Alternate date window Time zone considerations Preferred format * Select format Virtual Hybrid In-person To be defined Support needs (tech, accessibility, translation)

Superorganiser review (internal use)

Record who reviewed this nomination and capture the academic and industry balance. Update the list of superorganisers below to match the current team.

Reviewer A - Academic Reviewer B - Academic Reviewer C - Industry Reviewer D - Independent

Vote outcome * Select outcome Accepted Waitlist / Revisit Declined Need more information Does an academic majority support this? Not yet determined Yes No Internal notes

Implementation notes

• Update the form action attribute with the service you intend to use (Formspree, Netlify, Airtable, and so on).
• The hidden form-name field and data-netlify attribute let you use Netlify forms; remove them if you choose another provider.
• Replace the placeholder superorganiser names with your actual roster and annotate who counts as primarily academic before tallying votes.
• Add any privacy or data retention notices required by your data handling policy.