PPiMP Network · Predictive Processing

Predictive Processing
Network Symposium 2026

6–8 October 2026 Bochum, Germany In person + poster session

Hosted by Andrea Greve and Helen Blank

Registration has closed. Free to attend for registered participants.

About

Three days in Bochum bringing together the PPiMP network, the DFG-funded research network for predictive processing in memory and perception. Guests are warmly invited to join.

The programme features talks, keynotes, and discussions. It opens with a welcome reception and a poster session on Tuesday evening and closes on Thursday at midday.

Tuesday · Blue Square, Bochum city centre Wed & Thu · Ruhr University Bochum campus

Keynote speakers

Prof. Chris Bird

University of Sussex

Talk

Remembering the present and predicting the past

Prof. Clare Press

UCL

Talk

The synergistic interaction between learning and perception

Prof. Lars Muckli

University of Glasgow

Talk

The influence of experience on predictions in early visual cortex: Human fMRI with monkey and rodent neuroscience

The venue

View over the Bochum hills from the campus

The main sessions take place on the Ruhr University Bochum campus. The Tuesday reception is at the Blue Square in the city centre.

Programme

Tentative. Speakers and talk titles are added as they are confirmed and may be updated.

Practical information

Tuesday venue

Blue Square, Bochum city centre

Close to the main station and the city-centre hotel

Wednesday & Thursday venue

Ruhr University Bochum, Mensa building

Tagungsraum II (Wednesday) and Tagungsraum IV (Thursday), next to the Rote Bete restaurant above the Mensa

Accommodation

Holiday Inn Express Bochum by IHG

Viktoriastraße 14b, 44787 Bochum

Hotel nights are arranged for network members and their nominated ECR

Registration

Registration has closed

Free, includes lunch for all registered participants

Getting there

Bochum Hauptbahnhof (main station) is served by long-distance and regional trains. The nearest major airport is Düsseldorf (DUS), with direct trains to Bochum Hauptbahnhof (about 35 minutes).

Tuesday

Blue Square

Kortumstraße 90, 44787 Bochum

Entrance: In the passage between Kortumstraße and Grabenstraße
From the station: A short walk from Bochum Hauptbahnhof

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Map of Bochum city centre with walking routes between Bochum Hauptbahnhof, the Holiday Inn Express hotel and the Blue Square — Walking routes between Bochum Hauptbahnhof, the hotel and the Blue Square.

Wednesday & Thursday

Ruhr University Bochum

Mensa building, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801 Bochum

Rooms: Wednesday: Tagungsraum II
Thursday: Tagungsraum IVNext to the Rote Bete restaurant, above the Mensa
From the station: U35 towards Hustadt, get off at Gesundheitscampus or Lennershof

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Please note: the U35 currently does not stop at Ruhr-Universität, as the station is being renovated. Get off at Gesundheitscampus or Lennershof instead and walk to the campus.

From Gesundheitscampus there are two paths: the solid line on the map leads through a small wooded area, the dashed line runs along the street. Both end with a flight of stairs up to the path to the Mensa.

Within Bochum, the U35 needs a fare level A ticket from the machines at the stations; a Deutschlandticket is also valid.

Map of the walking routes from the U35 stop Gesundheitscampus to the Mensa building — From the U35 stop Gesundheitscampus (solid line: through the wooded area; dashed line: along the street).

Map of the walking route from the U35 stop Lennershof to the Mensa building — From the U35 stop Lennershof.

Campus plan of Ruhr University Bochum with the way to the Mensa building marked in yellow — On campus: the way to the Mensa building.