Neuroscience 2026 runs Saturday, November 14 through Wednesday, November 18 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW. The exhibit dates are November 15 to 18, and the hall opens 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST on each of them.
SfN lists November 14 as exhibit installation from 8 to 10 a.m., with light exhibitor set-up to 6 p.m. and a poster session in the hall from 1 p.m. EST. Move-out runs 5 to 10 p.m. on November 18 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 19. Badges are collected on site and are not mailed.
Five days with the weight inside one building
Registration and housing are open to members and nonmembers. SfN schedules satellite and networking events around the scientific program, so an evening commitment sits on many delegates' calendars before arrival.
A delegate whose last session ends at 4 p.m. and whose dinner starts at 7 p.m. holds three hours, a coat and a bag, with no room to sit down.
The gap a day room fills
A day-use hotel sells a fixed window inside the day. The dayuse.com Washington, D.C. page, read on 23 October 2026, carries 38 day-rate cards. Six of them hold District of Columbia addresses, and their day rates run from $90 to $169.
Six properties inside two miles
The AC Hotel Washington DC Convention Center at 601 K Street NW sits 0.15 straight-line miles from the convention center address. Its card reads $99 for the day against a $150 nightly rate, with windows of 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. SfN lists the property as a walk hotel at $325 single, three blocks from Mt. Vernon Square station.
The 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. window starts with the poster session and runs to 7 p.m.
The Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square at 806 15th Street NW sits 0.61 miles out. Its card reads $169 against $224, with a single 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. window and no booking fee shown. The property does not appear in the SfN block.
Le Meridien Washington, DC, The Madison at 1177 15th Street NW sits 0.63 miles out. Its card reads $131 against $200, with windows of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., and no booking fee shown. SfN lists it at $329 single and routes shuttle 3 to the curb on 15th Street at M Street.
The Capital Hilton at 1001 16th Street NW sits 0.70 miles out. Its card reads $109 against $329, with a $7 prepaid fee and windows of 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. SfN lists it at $345 single and routes shuttle 3 to K Street at 16th Street.
The Beacon Hotel and Corporate Headquarters at 1615 Rhode Island Avenue NW sits 0.85 miles out. Its card reads $90 against $200, with five windows and no booking fee shown, among them 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. SfN places it in the student block at $309 for a one-bed single, with shuttle route 5 boarding at the front entrance on Rhode Island Avenue.
The Melrose Georgetown Hotel at 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue NW sits 1.58 miles out. Its card reads $104 against $199, with windows of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., and no booking fee shown. The property does not appear in the SfN block.
What the card price covers
The Capital Hilton card adds a $7 prepaid fee. The other five show no fee. No Washington card publishes a check-out term, because the check-in and check-out fields sit empty, so the end of the window is the hour the key goes back.
hotelSlots sells four slots, morning, afternoon, evening and overnight, and quotes day rates at 30 to 75 percent below the nightly rate.
Book the window against the shuttle clock
SfN runs a complimentary shuttle to most official hotels and excludes the ones within walking distance, with service every 10 to 30 minutes. Saturday runs 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on a 30-minute headway. Sunday to Tuesday runs 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., at 10 to 15 minutes in the morning and the 4 to 8 p.m. band and 30 minutes midday. Wednesday runs 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A day room inside the walk zone takes the shuttle out of the calculation. All six properties above sell a window that ends at 5 p.m. or later.
The arithmetic, printed
Meeting dates November 14 to 18. Exhibit dates November 15 to 18, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST. Poster session in the hall from 1 p.m. on November 14. Move-out 5 to 10 p.m. on November 18 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 19. Six District day rates from $90 to $169. Day rooms 0.15 to 1.58 straight-line miles out. Shuttle service ending 9:30 p.m. Sunday to Tuesday and 6 p.m. on Wednesday.
