Conference Program
Sunday, Dec. 13, 2026
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Welcome Reception
Monday, Dec. 14, 2026
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Plenary Session I
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee/Exhibition
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 1
Theme: Enabling Technologies in Legume Genomics
Session 2
Theme: Specialty and Underutilized Legumes for Agricultural Diversity
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch/Exhibition
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 3
Theme: Leveraging Legume Pan-Genomes: Biological Insights and Applications
Session 4
Theme: Phenomics, High-Throughput Screening, and AI-Guided Legume Improvement
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Coffee/Exhibition
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Poster Presentation (Odd)
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Sponsor Hosted Workshop
7:00 PM – 8:00PM
Legume Industry Value Chain Workshop
Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2026
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Plenary Session 2
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee/Exhibition
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 5
Theme: Biotic Stress and Disease Resistance
Session 6
Theme: Legume Products, Seed Biology, and Quality Traits
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch/Exhibition
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 7
Theme: Abiotic Stress and Climate Resilience
Session 8
Theme: Forage and Cover Legumes: Genetics for Agroecosystem Services
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Coffee/Exhibition
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Poster Presentation (Even)
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Sponsor Hosted Workshop
7:00 PM – 8:00PM
Breakthroughs of Genome Technologies
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2026
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Plenary Session 3
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee/Exhibition
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 9
Theme: Quantitative Genetics and Discovery Genomics
Session 10
Theme: Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch/Exhibition
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session 11
Theme: Germplasm, Diversity, Evolution, and Domestication
Session 12
Theme: Developmental Genomics, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Coffee/Exhibition
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Session 13
Theme: GLegume-microbe interactions and agricultural applications
Session 14
Theme: Data Science, Databases & Community Resources
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Conference Dinner
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2026
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Plenary Session 4
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Coffee/Exhibition
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Session 15
Theme: Translational Genomics and Breeding
Session 16
Theme: Gene expression regulation: Epigenetics, siRNA, lncRNAs etc.
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM