The FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman 2023 Summer School, was successfully organized under the theme “Motor control: from thought to action” and held in Switzerland at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne campus, from July 2 to 8. The workshop brought together experts in the field of Neuroscience, specifically in Motor Control, and early-career neuroscientists from across America, Asia and Europe. In all, there were 9 speakers and 34 early-career neuroscientists comprising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.