2026 Conference Timeline¶
This page tracks why each conference is in the corpus, when it lands, and how deeply we plan to cover it. Twelve meetings, five tiers, one rubric.
Calendar strip¶
Jan
Feb
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Status:
built
queued
upcoming
Tier (border):
anchor
clinical
methods
adjacent
industry
Rubric¶
We score each conference 0–2 on four criteria.
| Criterion | 2 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axis fit — extends ≥1 of the AACR axes (agentic AI, single-cell/spatial, virtual cells, bioinfo/AI methods, clinical trials) | multiple axes | one axis | none |
| Source accessibility — public material to extract from | full abstracts / transcripts | public coverage only | closed |
| Signal density — selectivity / SNR | tight, high per-talk relevance | broad, with relevant sub-tracks | high noise |
| Adds new vantage — covers a stage or domain we don't already have | yes, distinct | partial overlap | duplicates existing |
Build decision: Total ≥6 → full vault · 4–5 → light scaffold + selected dossiers · ≤3 → skip.
Scoring matrix¶
| Conference | Date | Tier | Axis | Source | Signal | Vantage | Total | Decision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPM 2026 | Jan 12–15 | industry | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | full (JPM-template) | ✅ built |
| AGBT 2026 | Feb 22–25 | adjacent | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | full (JPM-template) | scaffold |
| AACR 2026 | Apr 17–22 | anchor | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full (anchor) | ✅ built |
| RECOMB 2026 | May 26–29 | methods | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| Nextflow Summit | Apr 30 – May 1 | methods | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | full | ✅ built |
| ASCO 2026 | May 29 – Jun 2 | clinical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | full | ✅ built |
| ISMB 2026 | Jul 12–16 | methods | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold |
| ESMO 2026 | Oct 23–27 | clinical | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | light | scaffold |
| SITC 2026 | Nov 4–8 | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold |
| RSNA 2026 | Nov 29 – Dec 3 | adjacent | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | full | scaffold |
| ASH 2026 | Dec 12–15 | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold |
| NeurIPS 2026 | Dec 6–13 (Sydney/Atlanta/Paris) | methods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | light | scaffold |
| ICML 2026 | Jul 6–11 (Seoul) | methods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | light | scaffold |
| MICCAI 2026 | Sep 27 – Oct 1 (Strasbourg) | methods | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| ASHG 2026 | Oct 20–24 (Montreal) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| CSHL BDS 2026 | Nov 4–7 (Cold Spring Harbor) | methods | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| SABCS 2026 | Dec 8–11 (San Antonio) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold |
| ASCO GI 2026 | Jan 8–10 (San Francisco) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | full | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| ASCO GU 2026 | Feb 26–28 (San Francisco) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | full | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| ICLR 2026 | Apr 23–27 (Rio de Janeiro) | methods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | light | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| CVPR 2026 | Jun 3–7 (Denver) | methods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | light | scaffold |
| EHA 2026 | Jun 11–14 (Stockholm) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold |
| ECCB 2026 | Aug 31 – Sep 4 (Geneva) | methods | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| AGBT-PM 2026 | Sep 14–16 (San Diego) | clinical | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | full | scaffold |
| AACR Pancreatic 2026 | Sep 25–28 (San Diego) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold |
| AACR Brain Tumors 2026 | Mar 23–25 (Philadelphia) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| ASTRO 2026 | Sep 26–30 (Boston) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| ACMG 2026 | Mar 10–14 (Baltimore) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | full | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| SGO 2026 | Apr 10–13 (San Juan PR) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | full | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| ESHG 2026 | Jun 13–16 (Gothenburg) | clinical | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | full | scaffold |
| ASCB 2026 | Dec 12–15 (San Diego) | adjacent | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | full | scaffold |
| ISBI 2026 | Apr 8–11 (London) | methods | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | full | scaffold (post-meeting) |
| ECCV 2026 | Sep 8–12 (Malmö) | methods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | light | scaffold |
| KDD 2026 | Aug 9–13 (Jeju) | methods | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | light | scaffold |
| Single Cell Genomics 2026 | May 10–15 (GRC) / Jun 10–12 (Wellcome) | methods | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | full | scaffold |
| Single Cell Genomics Day 2026 | Jun 12 (NYGC, virtual) | methods | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | full | ✅ built (transcript) |
What we're skipping (and why)¶
Nothing yet — all 12 cleared the bar at 4+. Two scored "light" rather than "full":
- ESMO 2026 (5) — partial overlap with ASCO. We'll pull abstracts but lean on a single landscape page rather than full topic decomposition.
- NeurIPS 2026 (4) — methods-relevant but huge and noisy. Filter to ML4Health, Foundation Models for Science, and AI-for-Drug-Discovery workshops only.
Conferences considered but not added (would score below 4 against this rubric):
- HIMSS — health IT / business, low axis fit
- AHA Scientific Sessions — cardiology, low axis overlap
- AAAI / CVPR / ICML — methods-relevant but signal-density problem similar to NeurIPS; would duplicate that filter
If the rubric weights ever change (e.g., we start caring about cardio-onc, or open a "platform/biz" axis), this list flips fast.
2025 pilots (past, retained as reference)¶
| Conference | Date | Tier | Axis | Source | Signal | Vantage | Total | Decision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EuroBioC 2025 | Sep 17–19 (Barcelona) | methods | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | full | ✅ built |
| GBCC 2025 | Jun 23–26 (Cold Spring Harbor) | methods | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | full | ✅ built |