Pre-conference courses
(separate registration needed)
Thursday, June 11, 2026 & Friday, June 12, 2026
Conference programme
Saturday, June 13, 2026
08:30 – 10:00 | Educational Session E01 E01 Curation of the clinical genome (Variant classification) |
Interactive Sessions I01-I02 I01 Episignatures: Clinical utility beyond binary classification and future applications (LRS and prenatal) I02 Dysmorphology 1 |
Concurrent Symposia S01-S04 S01 The GWAS locus headache S02 What’s new on chromosome X: Comparative views across species S03 Uncovering the Uncommon: Rare Cancers S04 Empowering Patient in research and clinical practice. |
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break – Poster Mounting – Exhibition | ||
10:00 – 11:15 | Corporate Sessions | ||
10:30 – 12:00 | Concurrent Sessions C01-C08 | ||
12:00 – 13:45 | Lunch Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
12:15 – 13:15 | ESHG Podcast “Genetic Sounds” Live – Click here to listen to previous episodes |
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12:15 – 13:45 | G01 & G02 Get2Gether | ||
12:15 – 12:45 | Corporate Presentations | ||
12:15 – 13:30 | Corporate Sessions | ||
13:00 – 13:30 | Corporate Presentations | ||
13:40 – 16:00 | PL1
13:40-14:10 Welcoming addresses |
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16:00 – 16:30 | Fruit Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
16:30 – 18:00 | PL2 What’s New? Highlight Session from submitted abstracts |
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18:00 – 18:30 | Coffee Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
18:30 – 20:00 | Concurrent Sessions C09-C15 | ||
20:00-21:30 | Opening Networking Mixer |
Sunday, June 14, 2026
17:00 – 17:15 Time to change rooms
08:30 – 10:00 | Educational Sessions E02-E03 E02 AI for functional genomics and genetic associations E03 Modelling disease with fish and chips |
Interactive Sessions I03-I04 I03 Long-read sequencing for beginners I04 Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay; research and diagnostic variant assessment and interpretation challenges |
Concurrent Symposia S05-S06 S05 Rrrrrrrrepeat-expansions — underestimated source of disease S06 Chromatinopathies |
08:30 – 09:45 | Corporate Sessions | ||
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
10:30 -11:30 | Corporate Sessions | ||
10:30 – 12:00 | Concurrent Sessions C16-C23 | ||
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition |
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12:15 – 13:30 | Corporate Sessions | ||
12:15 – 12:45 | Corporate Presentations | ||
12:15 – 13:15 | G03 Get2Gether | ||
12:15 – 13:45 | I05 Publishing genomics research |
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13:00 – 13:30 | Corporate Presentations | ||
13:00 – 14:00 | Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee (Group A) – Only for in-person participants |
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14:00 – 14:15 | Time to change rooms | ||
14:15 – 15:45 | Corporate Sessions | ||
14:15 – 15:45 | Concurrent Symposia S07-S11 S07 Polygenic scores: are we there yet for clinical implementation S08 Genome architecture: From disease to therapy S09 Digging into evolution and molecular archeology cancer S10 Education for and by First Nations genomics researchers S11 High-throughput perturbation methods to study disease |
Interactive Sessions I06-I08 I06 UCSC and ENSEMBL genome browsers I07 (Digital) Tools and Service Models to Enhance the Delivery and Efficiency of Genetic Counseling I08 Pharmacogenomics in Practice: From Insight to Action |
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15:45 – 16:00 | Fruit Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
16:00 – 17:00 | Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee (Group B) – Only for in-person participants |
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18:45 – 20:15 | Concurrent Sessions C24-C30 |
Monday, June 15, 2026
08:30 – 10:00 | Educational Session E04 E04 ELSI in AI genomics |
Interactive Sessions I09-I11 I09 Cancer I10 Addressing challenges in scaling up genomic newborn screening I11 The art of writing, reading and interpreting genomic reports |
Concurrent Symposia S12-S14 S12 Blood as a window: genetic insights into health, aging, and immune function S13 Cytogenetics 2.0 – long-read genomes S14 Advancing genomics around the world |
08:30 – 09:45 | Corporate Sessions | ||
10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
10:30 -11:30 | Corporate Sessions | ||
10:30 – 12:00 | Concurrent Sessions C31-C38 | ||
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition – Lunch | ||
12:15 – 13:30 | Corporate Sessions | ||
12:15 – 12:45 | Corporate Presentations | ||
12:15 – 13:15 | ESHG General Assembly | ||
12:15 – 13:15 | G04 Get2Gether | ||
13:00 – 13:30 | Corporate Presentations | ||
13:00 – 14:00 | Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee (Group C) – Only for in-person participants |
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14:00 – 14:15 | Time to change rooms | ||
14:15 – 15:45 | Educational Session E05 E05 Long-read RNAsequencing and epitranscriptomics |
Interactive Sessions I12-I15 I12 Mutations we almost missed I13 Dysmorphology 2 I14 Predictive testing in neurodegenerative disease: Future directions I15 Social media in Genetics: a tool for building community, visibility and impact |
Concurrent Symposia S15-S17 S15 Tracing human history through genetics: migration, adaptation, and evolution S16 Translational therapies S17 From Variants to Function: GWAS, CRISPR, and Organoids for Therapeutic Discovery |
14:15 – 15:45 | Corporate Sessions | ||
15:45 – 16:00 | Fruit Break – Free Poster Viewing – Exhibition | ||
16:00 – 17:00 | Poster Viewing with Authors and coffee (Group D) – Only for in-person participants |
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17:00 – 17:15 | Time to change rooms | ||
17:15 – 18:45 | Educational Session E06 E06 AI: From clinical applications to digital twins |
Interactive Sessions I16-I17 I16 Structural chromosomal variants I17 Reproductive carrier screening: impact and follow-up |
Concurrent Symposia S18-S21 S18 Evolutionary Shaping of the Human Regulome S19 Behavioral Genetics and assortative mating S20 Health economics in genomic medicine – maximising value, minimising waste S21 Visible difference and hidden information about genetic conditions: the impact of stigma on family life and reproduction |
20:00 | ESHG Networking Evening |
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
09:00 – 10:30 | Concurrent Symposia S22-S26 S22 Solving complex cases with multi-omics S23 The future of prenatal testing S24 Genetic subtypes of complex traits S25 Gene editing reaches the clinic S26 Who owns your genome? |
Educational Session E07 E07 ecDNA: the extrachromosomal life |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
11:00 – 12:30 | Concurrent Sessions C39-C44 | |
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
13:30 – 13:50 | PL3 ELPAG Award Lecture | |
13:50 – 14:35 | PL4 ESHG Award Lecture |
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14:35 – 15:20 | PL5 Mendel Award Lecture |
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15:20 – 16:00 | PL6 Awards Session EJHG Citation Awards ESHG Early Career Awards Dian Donnai and Jill Clayton-Smith Award European DNA Day Contest Closing Address |
Programme and speakers are subject to change.