The five-day ECCB 2026 programme brings together the main conference, tutorials and workshops, and a dedicated day for SIB community satellite events.The main conference will take place on-site in Geneva from Monday 31 August to Wednesday 2 September, featuring keynote lectures, parallel sessions across five major scientific areas, a special ELIXIR track, SIB Focus Sessions, two poster sessions, an exhibition area, and -most importantly- a lively conference party.On Monday afternoon, a public lecture in French will invite the broader public to reflect on the societal implications of biological and biomedical data.
On Thursday 3 September, participants can join a full day of tutorials and workshops. The week will conclude on Friday 4 September with the Communities Day, a set of independent satellite events organized by SIB communities in areas such as biodiversity, pathogen surveillance, and research infrastructures.
The ISCB Student Council Symposium is planned to take place prior to the conference, on Sunday 30 August. The exact timing and additional details will be shared once confirmed.
Schedule overview
Conference opening at 10:00 Opening Keynote • Jeremy Farrar3 x Scientific sessions (Proceedings & Highlights)3 x Special track sessions(2 Elixir I 1 Industry)Public lecture (in French)14:00 - 17:15Welcome reception
2 × Keynote lectures• Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas• Stephen Quake
3 × Scientific sessions(Proceedings & Highlights)
3 × Special track sessions(1 Elixir I 2 SIB focus sessions)
Poster Session 1
Conference dinner & party
3 × Scientific sessions(Proceedings & Highlights)3 × Special track sessions(1 Elixir I 1 SIB focus Sessions I I 1 TBC )
Poster session 2 + Career Workshop
Closing Keynote • Aleksandra Walczak
Conference closing at 16:30
TUTORIALS & WORKSHOPS(full day and half day)
SIB SAB Meeting(upon invitation only)
SIB COMMUNITIES DAYSatellite event of ECCB 2026Independent satellite events organised by SIB communities, including sessions on pathogen data platforms, the EPD 40th Anniversary, the ELIXIR FAIRification Workshop, Frugal Computational Biology, and the ELIXIR Single-Cell Omics Community.