Conferences

[nekrut]

Conference list

updated Dec 19, 2025

Conference Name	Field/Sector	Location	Dates (2026)	Abstract Deadline	Proceedings Deadline	Strategic Priority	Key Details	Target Audience
Viruses 2026	Virology	Barcelona, Spain	March 11-13	January 2026 (closed)/Posters open	N/A	Medium	New Horizons in Virology - MDPI sponsored	Virologists focusing on viral pathogenesis and evolution
Microbiology Society Annual	Microbiology	Belfast, UK	April 13-16	December 2025/January 2026	N/A	High (EU Reach)	Major UK microbiology meeting	European microbiologists
British Society for Parasitology (BSP)	Parasitology	Glasgow, UK	April 2026	February 28, 2026	N/A	Medium (UK Focus)	UK-focused parasitology meeting	UK parasitologists and tropical medicine researchers
Biocuration 2026	Bioinformatics	Cape Town, South Africa	April 20-24	January 2026	N/A	High (Data & Africa)	First time in Africa - data curation focus	Data curators, bioinformaticians, African researchers
RECOMB 2026	Computational Biology	Thessaloniki, Greece	May 26-29	November 2025 (papers)/February 2026 (posters)	November 2025	Medium (High Tech)	Premier computational biology theory conference	Algorithmic researchers, computational biologists
Europic 2026	Virology	Brno, Czech Republic	May 31-June 4	Spring 2026	N/A	Niche (Picornavirus)	Specialized picornavirus meeting	Picornavirus researchers
ASM Microbe 2026	Microbiology	Washington, DC, USA	June 4-7	January 21, 2026	N/A	Critical	Largest microbiology meeting globally - Three co-located meetings	Wet-lab microbiologists, clinical researchers, PIs
GRC: Host-Parasite Interactions	Parasitology	Newport, RI, USA	June 7-12	February/March 2026	N/A	High (Networking)	Gordon Research Conference - intimate high-level meeting	Senior parasitology researchers
Virology Conference (Cognition)	Virology	Berlin, Germany	June 15-17	Check website (rolling)	N/A	Low/Medium	Commercial virology meeting	Clinical virologists
ISMB 2026	Bioinformatics	Washington, DC, USA	July 12-16	April 9, 2026	January 20, 2026	Critical	Flagship computational biology conference - return to DC	Bioinformaticians, software developers, workflow managers
ASV 2026	Virology	Minneapolis, MN, USA	July 27-30	February 2, 2026	N/A	High	45th Annual Meeting - premier North American virology	Virologists studying viral evolution and pathogenesis
ICOPA 2026	Parasitology	Montreal, Canada	August 16-21	February 2, 2026	N/A	Critical	16th International Congress - quadrennial Olympics of parasitology	Global parasitology community, senior PIs
ECCB 2026 (Computational)	Bioinformatics	Geneva, Switzerland	August 31-September 4	March 12, 2026	March 5, 2026	High (EU Galaxy)	European computational biology flagship - SIB hosted	European bioinformaticians, ELIXIR community
IMAV 2026	Vector Biology	Hamburg, Germany	September 1-2	May/June 2026	N/A	Medium (Niche)	International meeting on arboviruses and vectors	Vector-virus interface researchers
Molecular Parasitology (MPM)	Parasitology	Woods Hole, MA, USA	September 20-23	June 2026	N/A	High (Core Users)	XXXVII meeting - intellectual hub for molecular mechanisms	Molecular parasitologists, geneticists, power users
Infectious Diseases World (IDWC)	Infectious Disease	Miami, FL, USA	September 21-23	December 20, 2025 (early bird)	N/A	Medium	Commercial infectious disease meeting	Clinical infectious disease specialists
ASM BIG 2026	Big Data/Genomics	Washington, DC, USA	October 11-14	June/July 2026	N/A	Critical	Bioinformatics, Genomics and Big Data - microbiology focus	Microbiologists embracing genomics, data scientists
IUMS 2026	Microbiology	Lisbon, Portugal	November 4-6	May/June 2026	N/A	High (Global)	International Union theme: AI & Innovation in Microbiology	Global microbiology community, AI researchers
Entomology 2026 (ESA)	Vector Biology	Columbus, OH, USA	November 8-11	May 31, 2026	N/A	High (Vector)	Largest annual entomology conference	Entomologists, vector biologists
ASTMH 2026	Tropical Medicine	National Harbor, MD, USA	November 18-22	April 2026	N/A	Critical	Largest tropical medicine meeting - near DC	Tropical medicine researchers, endemic country scientists
IEEE BIBM 2026	Bioinformatics	TBD (Likely Asia/US)	December 2026	August 2026	N/A	Medium	Engineering-focused bioinformatics venue	Backend developers, algorithm researchers, ML specialists

[d-callan]

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[NoopDog]

OK lets order by abstract deadline!

[scottcain]

@nekrut @d-callan There are MANY, too many to go to even half of them, so we need to do some sort of prioritization (as much as I would like to go to Greece and Barcelona).