Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to announce the first conference of the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN, www.ESCANeurosci.eu <http://www.ESCANeurosci.eu>). The conference will take place in Marseille from May 9 to 12, 2012. The format of the conference will consist of 3 renounced keynote speakers, 27 slots for symposia and other oral presentations and 2 poster sessions. The conference will be a platform for exchanging the latest insights and results from the broad field of cognitive and affective neuroscience. Contributions are expected to include as diverse subjects as consciousness, via vision and cognitive processes, their development and brain-machine-interfaces, to affective neuroscience and its clinical applications. Prof Lopes da Silva, Prof Rubia and Prof Belin will address the audience as keynote speakers. We cordially invite you to register for this conference and submit your abstracts for symposia, oral and poster presentations at www.escan2012.eu <http://www.escan2012.eu>. Deadlines for submitting abstracts and early registration are December 31, 2011 and February 29, 2012, respectively. We are looking forward to receive your submissions and meet you in Marseille The ESCAN2012 scientific committee Chairs: Boris Burle & Franck Vidal (France) Local organizing committee: F.-Xavier Alario Thomas Brochier Laurence Casini Thierry Hasbroucq Pascal Huguet Laure Speiser Scientific advisory board: Michael Falkenstein, Germany Lars Nyberg, Sweden Torsten Baldeweg, UK Mark Molnar, Hungary Pedro Montoya, Spain Paul Pauli, Germany Gilles Pourtois, Belgium Maurits van der Molen, The Netherlands Koen Böcker, The Netherlands