Tentative 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 1

Chair:
Name + Affiliation


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Parallel Session

Session 1

Advances of Biotechnology Tools

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 2

Forage, Specialty, and Cover Legumes

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch/Sponsor Exhibition

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Session 3

Leveraging New Genomes and Pan-Genomes: Biological Insights and Applications

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 4

Phenomics for Legume Improvement

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition


3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Poster Presentation (Odd Numbers)


5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Sponsor Hosted Workshop


6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

The Breakthroughs of Genome Technologies Workshop

Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2026

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Plenary Session 2

Chair:
Name + Affiliation


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 5

Plant Defense

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 6

Legume Products, Seed Composition and Biology

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch/Sponsor Exhibition

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Session 7

Abiotic Stress Biology

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 8

Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition


3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Poster Presentation (Even Numbers)


5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Sponsor Hosted Workshop


6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Value Chain Workshop

Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2026

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Plenary Session 3

Chair:
Name + Affiliation


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 9

GWAS, Genetic Mapping, and Gene Discovery

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 10

Gene Expression Regulation

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch/Sponsor Exhibition

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Session 11

Germplasm, Diversity, Evolution, and Domestication

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 12

Developmental Genomics, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Session 13

Microbiome and Agricultural Applications

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 14

Data Sciences and Community Resources

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Conference Dinner

Thursday, Dec. 17, 2026

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Plenary Session 4

Chair:
Name + Affiliation


10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Coffee/Sponsor Exhibition

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Session 15

MAS, GS, and Breeding

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

Session 16

Epigenetics and Epigenomes

Chair:
Name + Affiliation

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Award Ceremony