42nd Annual ASGSR Conference

Preliminary Agenda

December 2–5, 2026 · Crystal City, VA

Tue, Dec 1 (optional)
Wed, Dec 2
Thu, Dec 3
Fri, Dec 4
Sat, Dec 5

Color Key

Workshops & ToursCommittee MeetingsPlenary Sessions

Poster Sessions & SocialBreaks, Meals & RegistrationTechnical Sessions

Fireside Chats & Student EventsReceptionEvening Social

Tuesday, December 1 (optional)

7:00 – 8:00 AM

ASGSR Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill: members assemble

10:30 AM

Hill visits (times to be confirmed)

7:00 PM

ASGSR Hockey Night: Vancouver Canucks at Washington Capitals (ticket link coming soon)

Wednesday, December 2

6:30 AM

Coffee & Networking (breakfast on your own)

8:00 AM

Registration opens

8:30 – 10:30 AM

Parallel: Pre-Conference Workshops, Session 1

  • Space Ecology & Bioregenerative Workshop (TBC)
  • GeneLab – Part 1
  • NASA Flight Opportunities Workshop
  • GSR – Technical Analysis Group
  • In-Space Manufacturing Workshop – Part 1

9:30 AM – 1:00 PM

NASM Guided Tour (National Air and Space Museum)

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Break / transition

10:45 AM – 12:45 PM

Parallel: Pre-Conference Workshops, Session 2

  • SARG Workshop
  • Varda Workshop (TBC)
  • GeneLab – Part 2
  • NASA HRP Workshop
  • FunPAG Meeting
  • In-Space Manufacturing Workshop – Part 2

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

ASGSR Board Meeting (with lunch) Invitation only for non-board members

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Parallel: Committee Meetings

  • ISSNL UAC Meeting (starts 1:00 PM)
  • Journal Committee (starts 1:00 PM)
  • STEAM Foundation (TBC) (starts 1:00 PM)
  • External Affairs (starts 1:00 PM)
  • Education & Outreach (starts 1:00 PM)
  • NASA Proposal Writing Workshop (starts 1:00 PM)
  • Marketing (starts 2:00 PM)
  • SARG Board (TBC) (starts 2:00 PM)
  • Space Workforce & Community Engagement (starts 2:00 PM)

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Opening Remarks + State of ASGSR

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Presidential Plenary

4:30 – 6:00 PM

Keynote Speaker (to be announced)

6:00 – 6:30 PM

Break

6:30 – 8:30 PM

Reception, Exhibit Hall Grand Opening & Investigator Poster Session

Thursday, December 3

7:00 AM

Registration opens & breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Investigator Poster Session Gallery Walk

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

9:00 – 10:00 AM

State of NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Keynote: Quantum Initiative

11:00 – 11:30 AM

Sponsor Spotlight

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Keynote: GENESIS Mission

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch on your own

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Keynote Speaker (to be announced)

1:30 – 2:00 PM

GeneLab / PSI Database Definition Presentation

2:00 – 2:30 PM

Break

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Inter-Agency Panel

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Industry Opportunities Panel

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Break

Student Fireside Chat

5:00 – 6:30 PM

Parallel: Technical Sessions

  • Vertebrates I · Salon D/E
  • Combustion Science I · Salon F/G
  • Enabling Technologies I · Salon 2
  • Space Ecology I · Salon 5
  • Cells, Tissues & Organoids I · Salon 1
  • Plants I · Salon 6

6:30 – 7:00 PM

Break

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Dinner on your own

Student and Early Career Opportunity Fair

Friday, December 4

7:00 AM

Registration opens, Coffee & Networking (breakfast on your own)

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

9:00 – 10:00 AM

ASGSR Fellows Panel

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Sponsor Spotlight

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Commercial LEO Panel

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch on your own

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Graduate Poster Session

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Parallel: Technical Sessions

  • Invertebrates · Salon D/E
  • Beyond LEO I · Salon F/G
  • Enabling Technologies II · Salon 2
  • Cells, Tissues & Organoids II · Salon 5
  • Fundamental Physics I · Salon 1
  • Plants II · Salon 6

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Break

Student Fireside Chat

5:00 – 6:30 PM

Parallel: Technical Sessions

  • Vertebrates II · Salon D/E
  • Analog Studies · Salon F/G
  • Fluid Physics I · Salon 2
  • Materials I · Salon 5
  • Cross-Discipline I · Salon 1
  • Microbes I · Salon 6

6:30 – 7:00 PM

Break

7:00 – 8:00 PM

Dinner on your own

25th Anniversary Student Board Reunion

8:00 – 10:00 PM

Student Board Mixer & Elections

Saturday, December 5

7:00 AM

Registration opens, Coffee & Networking (breakfast on your own)

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Keynote Speaker (to be announced)

10:00 – 10:30 AM

Break

10:30 – 11:00 AM

Sponsor Spotlight

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Three-minute Thesis (3MT ) Competition

12:00 – 1:00 PM

  • Lunch on your own
  • ASGSR Board Meeting (with lunch) Invitation only for non-board members

Student: Ask A Scientist

1:00 – 3:00 PM

Undergraduate / High School / Middle School Poster Session

3:00 – 4:30 PM

Parallel: Technical Sessions

  • Space Habitation · Salon D/E
  • Omics · Salon F/G
  • Plants III · Salon 2
  • Cells, Tissues & Organoids III · Salon 5
  • Cross-Discipline II · Salon 1
  • Microbes II · Salon 6

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Break

Student Fireside Chat

5:00 – 6:30 PM

Parallel: Technical Sessions

  • Beyond LEO II · Salon D/E
  • Education · Salon F/G
  • Fluid Physics II · Salon 2
  • Materials II · Salon 5
  • Microbes III · Salon 1
  • Enabling Technologies III · Salon 6

6:30 – 7:00 PM

Break

7:00 – 7:30 PM

Closing Ceremony

7:30 – 8:30 PM

Closing Reception & Presentation of Awards

8:30 – 10:30 PM

Karaoke