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