Program
The three-day meeting program.
SWEC 2026 runs Thursday through Saturday, October 15–17, in Albuquerque. Mornings are keynotes and invited talks. Afternoons are methods workshops and the data analysis clinic. The full agenda is below and will be updated as speakers confirm.
Schedule is provisional.
Session titles, times, and speakers are placeholders and will be finalized closer to the meeting.
Day 1 — Methylation & chromatin
Thu · Oct 1508:00
Registration & coffee
Convention Center, west lobby
09:00
Welcome & state of the consortium
SWEC steering committee
09:30
Keynote — Reading the methylome at base resolution
10:30
Break
11:00
Session I — DNA methylation & hydroxymethylation
Four invited talks
12:30
Lunch & posters (odd numbers)
14:00
Workshop block A
Bisulfite vs. enzymatic conversion · long-read methylation · data analysis clinic
16:00
Break
16:30
Session II — Chromatin & regulatory landscape
18:00
Welcome reception
Rooftop terrace
Day 2 — Single-cell & environment
Fri · Oct 1608:30
Coffee
09:00
Keynote — Single-cell epigenomics across tissues
10:00
Session III — Single-cell & spatial epigenomics
11:30
Break
12:00
Lightning talks — trainees & fellows
12:45
Lunch & posters (even numbers)
14:00
Workshop block B
scATAC analysis · aging clocks · reproducible pipelines
16:00
Session IV — Environmental epigenetics of the Southwest
Heat, aridity, dust, altitude & health equity
18:30
Fellowship showcase & dinner
Offsite · Old Town
Day 3 — Translation & community
Sat · Oct 1709:00
Session V — Cancer epigenetics & liquid biopsy
10:30
Break
11:00
Panel — Building shared infrastructure that lasts
12:00
Poster prizes, closing remarks & next year
12:30
Boxed lunch & departures