ACC 2026 - AnVIL Community Conference 2026
Save the date for the 2026 AnVIL Community Conference! We'll be kicking off in the afternoon of August 31, 2026 at 2 pm ET and ending in the evening of September 1, 2026.
Join us in Cambridge, MA to hear the latest and greatest of genomics analysis in the cloud, get hands-on experience with AnVIL, and meet the AnVIL community!
🗣 Keynote Speakers
- Kristin Ardlie, Ph.D., Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (GTEx)
- Ben Heavner, Ph.D., University of Washington (GREGoR)
🧬 Invited Speakers
- Jill Moore, Ph.D., UMass Chan (MOHD)
- Heidi Rehm, Ph.D., Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (seqr)
- Benedict Paten, Ph.D., University of California Santa Cruz (HPRC)
- Vasiliki Rahimzadeh, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine (AI & Data Policy with AnVIL)
- John Landers, Ph.D., UMass Chan (ALS Compute)
🔬 Featured Talks
New technologies & data in AnVIL, with spotlights on:
- Terra - cloud platform for biomedical research
- Bioconductor - open-source tools for bioinformatics
- Galaxy - accessible, reproducible bioinformatics workflows
- Dockstore - sharing and discovery of bioinformatics tools and workflows
- AnVIL Data Explorer - browsing and querying AnVIL datasets
- DUOS - Data Use Oversight System for streamlined data access
📊 Poster Sessions
Share your work in genomics and cloud computing with the community.
🤝 Workshops
Get onto the AnVIL platform at our workshops where you'll learn the basics of cloud computing for genomics research on AnVIL, explore new AI tools and technologies for analysis, and learn about using AnVIL for a variety of scientific applications. Join us for more workshop sessions to be announced soon!
- AnVIL 101 — Get started with the AnVIL platform
- AI on AnVIL — Explore AI tools and methods in the cloud
- All of Us & AnVIL Imputation Service - Leverage the largest imputation panel to date
- Scientific Applications on AnVIL
- More workshops coming soon!
Key Dates
Registration for In-Person or Virtual Attendance
- Opens May 5, 2026
- Closes August 12, 2026
Abstract Submission
- Opens May 1, 2026
- Closes July 15, 2026
- Decisions returned August 1, 2026
Event Details
- Join the Mailing List: https://lists.anvilproject.org/lists/acc2026.lists.anvilproject.org
- How to register: https://bit.ly/anvil2026-register
- Submit an abstract for a talk or poster: https://bit.ly/anvil2026-abstract
- Costs: $108.55
- Hotel:
- Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge
- AnVIL Community Conference Room Block
- Start Date: Monday, August 31, 2026
- End Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Special group rate: $239.00 USD per night
- Last Day to Book: Monday, August 10, 2026
- Link to Book:
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1775331883145&key=GRP&app=resvlink&_branch_match_id=1456056423690096870&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXTywo0MtNLCrKzC8p0UvOz9UvSi3OyczLtgdK2ALZZSCOWmaKraG5uamxsaGFhbGhiapadmqlrXtQgFpdUWpaKlB3Xnp8UlF%2BeXFqka1zRlF%2BbioAvuHWy2AAAAA%3D
- Boston Marriott Cambridge
- AnVIL Community Conference Room Block
- Start Date: Monday, August 31, 2026
- End Date: Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Special group rate: $219.00 USD per night
- Last Day to Book: Monday, August 10, 2026
- Link to Book:
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1775748371872&key=GRP&app=resvlink&_branch_match_id=1456056423690096870&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXTywo0MtNLCrKzC8p0UvOz9UvSi3OyczLtgdK2ALZZSCOWmaKraG5uam5iYWxuaGFuZFadmqlrXtQgFpdUWpaKlB3Xnp8UlF%2BeXFqka1zRlF%2BbioA9aGMmGAAAAA%3D
- Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Cambridge