Program

The scientific program will feature the 2026 Wald Lecture (Tilmann Gneiting), the 2026 Blackwell Lecture (Cun-Hui Zhang) , three 2026 Medallion Lectures (Ian McKeague, Bodhisattva Sen, Jelle Goeman), the IMS Lawrence D. Brown Ph.D.Student Awards, and more than 60 invited and contributed sessions.

Details will be announced here in due course - stay tuned!

Thank you for the many invited session proposals which we have received. Session organizers have been notified, and accepted presenters may now go ahead and register for the conference. Session organizers will soon receive a link for abstract submission and share with presenters in their respective session. Please note that you can only submit your abstract after having registered for the conference.

Those whose presentation was not accepted in an invited session may still go ahead, register, and submit their presentation as a contributed talk. Please follow the links on the top right, first registering for the conference, and then submitting title and abstract of your talk.

Important for Speakers

Presentation slides can be uploaded using the link below.

Upload Talk Slides Here

Session Plan

Talk duration

Contributed talks: 15 minutes • Invited talks: 25 minutes

Important Notice

It is important to wear your conference badge at all times while in the building. Security staff will be checking badges, so please do not lose your badge.

Conference Resources

Full Meeting Schedule

The complete schedule for the IMS Annual Meeting is available below.

PDF File with Schedule

Contributed and Invited Sessions

The contributed talks and invited sessions abstract booklet is available below in PDF format.

PDF Booklet

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

09:00–10:00

Opening & Wald Lecture by Tilmann Gneiting

IMS Medallion Lecture: Bodhisattva Sen

Contributed Sessions

IMS Medallion Lecture: Ian McKeague

10:00–10:30

Coffee / Tea Break

10:30–12:00

10 Parallel Invited Sessions (1)

10 Parallel Invited Sessions (3)

10 Parallel Invited Sessions (5)

10 Parallel Invited Sessions (7)

12:00–14:00

Lunch Break

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14:00–15:30

10 Parallel Invited Sessions (2)

10 Parallel Invited Sessions (4)

RSS Session & 9 Parallel Invited Sessions (6)

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15:30–16:00

Coffee / Tea Break

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16:00–17:00

Blackwell Lecture by Cun-Hui Zhang

IMS Medallion Lecture: Jelle Goeman

Contributed Sessions

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17:00–18:00

New Researchers Group Session & Contributed Session

IMS PhD Student Brown Award & Contributed Session (until 17:30)

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18:30+

IMS Presidential Address, Award Ceremony, Chamber Concert & Reception (starting at 18:30)

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Conference Banquet Dinner (extra ticket required, starting at 19:00)

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