Friday, September 12, 2025, 8:45 – 9:00 am, Elstad Auditorium
Prior to the first Keynote of the meeting, SNL Chair, Jonathan Peelle, will welcome attendees to SNL 2025 at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, and give an overview of what to expect at this year’s meeting.
The Society for the Neurobiology of Language is pleased to announce the 2025 Early Career Award recipient: Esti Blanco-Elorrieta
The Early Career Award is generously sponsored by Brain and Language
Friday, September 12, 2025, 10:00 - 10:30 am, Elstad Auditorium
Speaker: Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, New York University (NYU)
About Esti Blanco-Elorrieta
Dr. Blanco-Elorrieta is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University, where they lead the Neuroscience of Multilingualism Laboratory. They obtained their PhD in 2020 from New York University, completed a postdoc at Harvard, and have quickly established themselves as a leading figure in the neuroscience of language, with an outstanding publication record—29 articles, most in top-tier journals—alongside $1.7 million in grant funding and widespread international recognition, including the Glushko Dissertation Prize from the Cognitive Science Society and selection for the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science list in 2019. Beyond their research achievements, Dr. Blanco-Elorrieta has been a dedicated contributor to our community, attending nearly every SNL annual meeting and serving on our Board of Directors as trainee representative during their graduate and postdoctoral years.
Esti Blanco-Elorrieta’s research program centers on the hypothesis that the neural organization of the bilingual mind constitutes an integrated system of two (or more) languages. The main tenets of the theory were articulated in their 2021 theoretical position article (Elorrieta & Caramazza, 2021. Cognition), proposing that language selection operates through activation-based mechanisms without requiring suppression of the non-target language. The model extends beyond the lexicon to semantic, syntactic, morphological, and phonological levels, offering a computationally grounded account of bilingual speech both in and outside experimental contexts.
To test the predictions of the model, Blanco-Elorrieta has conducted several distinct lines of research,
combining neuroimaging, aphasiology and computational modelling. A key strength of their work is that it has always systematically addressed both comprehension and production, often within the same study, with elegant designs that engage the same representations across both, which is notoriously difficult to accomplish.
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The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language will take place at the at Centre International de Conférences Genève in Geneva from September 30 - October 2, 2026. For the convenience of our meeting attendees, SNL has arranged special room rates at the Kellogg Conference Hotel Capitol Hill. The Kellogg Conference Hotel is located on the Gallaudet University campus, and is a 5-minute walk to the SNL meeting space. We urge you to reserve your hotel room early; the city of Washington D.C. fills up in September and it will be difficult to find availability. For your convenience we've added a currency converter to this webpage. The deadline to reserve a hotel room has been extended to July 21, 2025 or until the SNL room block is sold out. |
Single/Double - $193 (USD)
Modern and beautifully appointed, our 120 hotel rooms and suites are the perfect retreat after a day of travel, meetings or exploring Washington, DC. Unwind and recharge in an inviting oasis that's all about extravagant living. Tech-savvy perks like HDTVs and free Wi-Fi seamlessly merge with creature comforts like plush robes, upscale linens, and premium bath products to create a space for relaxation.
SNL discounted overnight guests parking $40.00 per car per night. SNL discounted meeting attendees' day parking rate $25.00per day.
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If a hotel does not fit your needs, local organizers encourage you to look for short-term rentals in the NoMa neighborhood, especially to the west or south of Gallaudet University’s campus. This area is very close to the Metro Red Line (NoMa–Gallaudet and Union Station stops), making it easy to get around and enjoy the city. With its walkable amenities, shops, and restaurants, this part of the city offers plenty to do with restaurants, shops, and transit, and it is within walking distance of the conference venue.