Table of Conferences/Events Relevant to Space Biology/Life Sciences, Space Health/Medicine, and Intersecting Domains

Table of all relevant conferences, always kept up-to-date. Reply below to add events (—)

Conference Name AWG Forum-Space Post Conference Date Conference Location
Plant & Animal Genome Conference (PAG) Jan 9-14, 2026 San Diego, CA
NASA Human Research Program’s Investigators Workshop 2026 2025 Wrap Up Jan-Feb 2026 Assume Galveston, TX
Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) March 4-6, 2026 Santa Clara, CA
Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) March 28-31, 2026 Pittsburgh, PA
Space Science Week 2025 National Academies AWG Post on week’s events March 31-April 4, 2025 Virtual and Invite-Only in Washington, D.C
Biocuration 2025 April 5-9, 2025 Kansas City, MO
Space Nexus 2025 April 22-23, 2025 Kennedy Space Center, FL
Spaceflight Human Optimization and Performance {SHOP} Summit 2025 April 30- May 2, 2025 Space Center Houston, TX
AbSciCon 2026 {Astrobiology Science Conference; every 2 years} May 12-22, 2026 Madison, WI
Global Bioinformatics Education Summit (GBES) 2025 May 19-23, 2025 Mexico City, Mexico
International Society for Gravitational Physiology (ISGP) 2025 mtg May 18-25, 2025 Sapporo, Japan
Explore Mars May 28-29, 2025 Washington, DC
Aerospace Medical Association (ASMA) June 1-6, 2025 Atlanta, GA
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) June 19-23, 2025 Los Angeles, CA
Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) 2025 AWG post on Plant Panel July 8-11 2025 Antwerp, Belgium
Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, European Conference on Computational Biology (ISMB/ECCB) July 20-24 2025 ACC Liverpool, United Kingdom
ASCEND 2025 July 22-24, 2025 Las Vegas, NV
European Space Agency-FAIR Space Radiation School 2025 August 24-September 9, 2025 Darmstadt, Germany
OSDR AWG Symposium 2025 Recording from AWG Symposium 2024 September 2025 (details TBD) All virtual
International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2025) Deadlines 2025 Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2025 Sydney, Australia
Global Bioimaging (Exchange of Experience 2025) October 6-8, 2025 Montreal, Canada
Genome Informatics 2025 Nov. 5-8 2025 Cold Spring Harbor, New York
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Nov 9-13, 2025 Atlanta, GA
Single Cell Analyses 2025 Nov. 12-15, 2025 Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Space Economy Summit 2025 November 5-6, 2025 Orlando, FL
Organization of Space Medicine Engineering and Design (OSMED) 2025 Conference December 2025 UC Irvine, CA
European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA) 2026 TBD, every 2 years Europe
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR 2026; every 2 years) Aug 1-9, 2026 Florence, Italy
Canadian Space Health Research Symposium (every 2 years) November, 2026 TBD, Canada
Space Omics and Medical Atlas Summit 2025 Fall/Winter Austin, TX
American Society for Gravitational and Space Research ASGSR 2025 2024 ASGSR thread Fall/Winter, ~Dec? TBD

Reply with other events below, and make a brief case for why they should be included, and I will make make additions/edits over time

Thanks to several AWG members who have been asking for this for a while :slight_smile:

@jessicadurbano @asaravia @windymc @barbara.novak @lauren.sanders @mcnamel @rodrigo.coutinhodeal @fumimuratani @joel.steele @anuiris @svcostes @AnuragSakharkar @Dr.Overbey @eantonse @dr.richard.barker @s.roychoudhry @keith.siew just a few people who come to mind creating this listing :slight_smile:

@AIMLawg have events to add? Going to NEURIPS, MLHC?
@AnimalAWG @ALSDAawg @PlantAWG @MultiOmicsAWG @RLWG @MicrobesAWG @FemaleReproAWG @HUMANawg

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@rtscott2001 what about adding NASEM Space Science Week, happening from March 31 to April 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C? Both on site and online
https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/03-24-2025/space-science-week-2025?utm_source=NASEM+Space+and+Physics&utm_campaign=7317b0aa14-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_12_10_07_58_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f3f7595c9-7317b0aa14-564226798

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Thanks for the effort @rtscott2001

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Ha! You beat me to it :slight_smile:
I just did a post :slight_smile: About to add it

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Thank you Preeti! I hope to do all I can to make the space surgery subgroup happen :slight_smile:

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Awesome!!! Thank you, Ryan!

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Sorry I lagged a bit on finally getting this created :sweat_smile: but alls well that ends well!

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We will :vulcan_salute:

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Hi! There is the upcoming Space Health Nexus taking place at Kennedy Space Center HQ April 22-23, 2025. Hope to see some of you there!

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AWESOME. Will add today :slight_smile:

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Added :slight_smile:

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Nice! Appreciate that!

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If anything also from IIAS https://astronauticsinstitute.org/ let me know @shawnapandya @urbankoi @abegum :grinning_face: I know Aaron isnt yet an AWG member, but maybe its time for me to reach out to him. It was great to meet him in Texas last November at UAustin w/ @Dr.Overbey

@rtscott2001 Would you mind updating the link for the Space Health Nexus? This is the link you can use: http://commhit.org/spacehealthnexus/. Thank you so much!

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Good catch! Corrected :slight_smile:

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These might be a bit out of the way, but could be worth mentioning:

  • Hack Space Con 2025 (May 11 – 15, 2025 08:00 AM Kennedy Space Center, Florida - United States & Radisson Resort at the Port) http://hackspacecon.com/ (The case - importance of protecting assets in space, which ultimately include biology)
  • Applied Space Environments Conference 2025 (May 5-9, 2025 League City, Texas South Shore Harbour Resource and Conference Center) ASEC2025 - Space Weather Solutions (The case - Understanding environmental and device related challenges in space, which will impact biology)
  • 40th Space Symposium (April 7-10, 2025 The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO) USAspacesymposium.org
  • 3rd Health from Space International Congress (2-3 april 2025 Palais des Festivals de Cannes - France) Home | 3rd HealthFrom Space
  • AbSciCon is on my mind but that’s too early (every two years), yeah? AGU AbSciCon 2024

Medicine, Tissue Engineering Based Ones (Totally understood if these don’t count):

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Great suggestions. I’ll definitely add most the first ones - especially AbSciCon, since @fumimuratani & @alexa.sadier are quite active there, and there be more space biology/health growth there in years to come. Cheers!

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Thank you! Right on!

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For the Space Health Nexus Symposium, here is a code for a special discount to register each day at half price. :slight_smile: ($27/ person per day)

Code: SHNBOUND

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