ICHBD 2017 is jointly organized, supported and hosted by the Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science and the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Center , Institute of Psychology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Guangxi Teachers Education University. It will take place during October 10-15, 2017 in the university, Nanning, Guangxi, China. The goal of this conference is to bring together international scientists from a range of disciplines to focus on the identification of challenges and solutions for the advancement of developmental neuroscience. This year, we will be focusing on the advancement of translational and computational perspectives of brain development. Hot topic sessions will focus on 1) healthy brain development, 2) reproducibility and methodology, 3) clinical applications, 4) big-data resources, 5) longitudinal and intervention studies as well as 6) sampling the lifespan.