Monday 31 August – Wednesday 2 September 2026
The main conference will take place on-site in Geneva and will feature keynote lectures, parallel sessions across five major scientific areas, a special ELIXIR track, Focus Sessions, two poster sessions, an exhibition area, and 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.
Thursday 3 September 2026
A full day dedicated to tutorials and workshops, offering hands-on training and in-depth exploration of key topics in computational biology and bioinformatics.The ISCB Student Council Symposium is also planned to take place on this day. Exact timing and further details will be shared once confirmed.
Friday 4 September 2026
An independent, community-driven satellite day organized by SIB Communities, offering a platform for exchange and collaboration around SIB resources, platforms, and community activities through thematic sessions spanning areas such as biodiversity, pathogen surveillance, and research infrastructures.
Schedule overview
Conference opening at 10:00 Opening Keynote • Jeremy Farrar3 x Scientific sessions (Proceedings & Highlight talks)3 x Special track sessions(2 Elixir I 1 Industry)Public lecture (in French)14:00 - 17:15Welcome reception15:15 - 18:30
2 × Keynote lectures• Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas• Stephen Quake
3 × Scientific sessions(Proceedings & Highlight talks)
3 × Special track sessions(1 Elixir I 2 Focus sessions)
Poster Session 1
Conference party18:15 - 00:00
3 × Scientific sessions(Proceedings & Highlight talks)3 × Special track sessions(1 Elixir I 2 Focus sessions)
Poster session 2 + Career Workshop
Closing Keynote • Aleksandra Walczak
Conference closing at 16:30
TUTORIALS & WORKSHOPS(full day and half day)
ISCB Student Council
SIB SAB Meeting(upon invitation only)
COMMUNITIES DAY (SIB)Satellite 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.