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· 16–20 November 2026 · · RMIT University, Melbourne

ABACBS 2026 Prospectus

A Festival of Bioinformatics

The Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society (ABACBS) warmly invites you to the 2026 ABACBS Conference marking 11 years of Australia's largest professional society in bioinformatics and computational biology.

The 2026 conference is expected to be the largest event in ABACBS history, bringing together students, academics, researchers, and industry professionals from across Australia and internationally to showcase cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research, exchange ideas, and forge new connections.

Featured speakers

International

Mark Robinson

Mark Robinson

Full Professor of Statistical Genomics, University of Zurich

Keynote

Shandar Ahmed

Shandar Ahmad

Professor of Bioinformatics@SCIS

Keynote

Jennifer Mitchell

Professor and Chair, Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto

Keynote

Lenore Pipes

Assistant Professor, Pacific Biosciences Research Center

Keynote

Jason Williams

Jason Williams

Assistant Director at DNA Learning Center

Invited

Ritambhara Singh

Ritambhara Singh

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science

Invited

National

Torsten Seemann

Torsten Seemann

Professor and Director of Bioinformatics at Pathogen Genomics, University of Melbourne

National Keynote

Nicola Armstrong

Nicola Armstrong

Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Curtin University

National Keynote

Dr. Sridevi Sureshkumar

Sridevi Sureshkumar

Monash University & Head of GATC Lab

National Speaker

Michael Menden

Michael Menden

University of Melbourne & Principal Investigator, Helmholtz Munich

National Speaker

Getting Here

Address: RMIT University, City campus, 124 La Trobe St, Melbourne VIC 3000