Overview
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center Symposium: Biomedical Science and AI
Tuesday, April 28 and Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Cambridge, MA and virtually
Bringing together researchers who develop the foundations of machine learning and apply the resulting methods to understand the programs of life and how they connect across scales - from proteins to cells to tissues and organisms.
Experts in the field will discuss how machine learning is revealing important insights into the most pressing biomedical questions of our time and, conversely, how these biomedical questions are driving foundational advances in machine learning.
The call for abstracts is now open!
The Schmidt Center invites researchers in the early stages of their independent careers, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD students to submit an abstract to the Schmidt Center Symposium on Biomedical Science and AI. Among the submissions, we will select 8 abstracts for short talks and 40 abstracts for posters. Short talks and posters are expected to be shared in-person during the event.
Important Dates and Deadlines*
Abstract Submission Opens: December 9, 2025
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2026
Abstract Acceptance Notification: February 28, 2026
*dates subjects to change
More information on the 2026 symposium - including registration, speakers, agenda, and abstracts - coming soon.
Check out the highlights from last year's symposium.
