Sen Cheng recently hosted the highly successful conference "Generative Episodic Memory: Interdisciplinary perspectives from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy" (GEM 2025). It was organized and funded by the DFG-funded research group FOR 2812 and brought together leading researchers from diverse fields. Attendees engaged in stimulating discussions and presentations exploring the latest advancements in understanding episodic memory as a generative process, a concept increasingly supported by empirical evidence.

The conference, held from June 2nd to 4th, 2025, provided a crucial platform for bridging conceptual gaps across neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. Participants delved into how our personally experienced events are not merely stored and retrieved, but actively constructed in the act of remembering. This interdisciplinary approach is vital for advancing the state-of-the-art in memory research, particularly concerning the neural correlates of episodic memory.