“Comparative and Evolutionary Neurobiology” will be a 3.5 day forum discussing emerging technologies, topics and views in the use of comparative and evolutionary strategies to understand human brain cellular and circuit function. The scientific program will include about 30 talks by invited speakers, short talks selected from participant abstracts, and two poster sessions. The conference will address remarkable new technologies, resources and tools for understanding conserved and species-specialized cellular and circuit makeup of the adult and developing brain across mammalian species.