ABACBS 2025 will be held in Adelaide at the iconic Adelaide Oval during the week of November 24, 2025.

We are delighted to be celebrating our 10th in person ABACBS conference this year. The 2025 ABACBS conference will be taking place on Kaurna country. We pay respects to the Kaurna people of the Adelaide plains and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The program will follow our traditional format:

  • Monday, Nov 24 – COMBINE, the EMCR Shark Tank and Symposium on Bioinformatics and Engineered Intelligence (SBEI)

  • Tuesday & Wednesday, Nov 25–26 – Main ABACBS conference with multiple parallel sessions.

  • Thursday & Friday, Nov 27–28 – Hands-on workshops to be held at Flinders University City Plaza in the Adelaide CBD.


Key Dates:

  • July 4th - EOIs to host workshop open

  • July 8th - Registrations open

  • July 11th - Abstract submissions open for ABABCS & COMBINE

  • August 1st - Deadline for EOI to host a workshop

  • August 8th - Deadline for abstract submissions

  • August 21st - Notification of workshop EOI outcomes

  • September 2nd - Workshop schedule announced.

  • September 5th - Notification of abstract outcomes

  • September 19th - Full Scientific program released

  • September 26th - Early Bird Registrations Close

  • November 17th - Registrations close

  • November 24th - ABACBS 2025 begins!

Invited Speakers

ABACBS 2025 is possible thanks to our generous sponsors:

We greatly appreciate the commitment of all our sponsors to supporting and advancing our community. Click on the logo above to be taken to their homepage. If you are interested in supporting this meeting please contact:

conference@abacbs.org or committee@abacbs.org



Conference organising committee:

  • Jimmy Breen, Anna Sheppard, Katherine Pillman, Robert Edwards (ABACBS 2025 Co-convenors)

  • Holly Massacci, George Bouras, Muneeza Maqsood (COMBINE 2025 co-convenors)

  • Rose Senesi (Events manager)

  • Jean Yang (ABACBS 2024 co-convenor)

  • Feargal Ryan

  • Stevie Pederson

  • David Lawerence

  • Belinda Cornes

  • Liza Kretzschmar

  • Melanie Smith

  • Jacqueline Rehn

  • Paul Wang

  • Michael Roach

  • Ning Liu

  • Monika Mohenska

  • Stefano Mangiola

  • Ashlee Thomson

  • Nora Liu

  • Fuyi Li

  • Lex Leong

  • Bhavya Papudeshi

  • Chung Kok

  • Vijini Mallawaarachchi

  • Yassine Souilmi

  • Kelly Ren