The 2013 Gordon Research Conference on the Cerebellum will bring together scientists studying the cerebellum at all levels of analysis, with a goal of fostering dialogue among people engaged in different subfields of cerebellar research. The scientific program has been designed to provide a venue for anatomists, electrophysiologists, developmental biologists, and behavioral neuroscientists, and other researchers with interest in the cerebellum to communicate their latest work to one another. Scientific sessions will cover a wide range of topics, including cerebellar development, human cerebellar function, sensorimotor integration, cerebellar connections to the inferior olive and basal ganglia, emerging technologies to study the cerebellum, cerebellar anatomy, synaptic and circuit mechanisms, and the cerebellum in autism, dystonia, and ataxia. Speakers include senior and junior researchers from all over the world, and the meeting will provide opportunities for scientists of diverse backgrounds and career stages to interact and discuss their hypotheses and discoveries with all other attendees, from leading cerebellar scientists to promising trainees. In addition to the thematic sessions, poster sessions will provide opportunities for attendees to present their work, and a subset of submitted abstracts will be selected to permit graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows to give short talks. The Conference promises to generate a lively and collegial exchange of ideas, cultivate meaningful collaborations, and ultimately lead to a better understanding of the cerebellum in health and disease.