PRELIMINARY Program & Schedule-At-A-Glance
Wednesday, October 8
7:00 am - 2:00 pm
Exhibitors move-in
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
BMES Board of Directors Meeting
9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Registration Badge Pickup
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
NIH Special Sessions
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Industry Tours
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Meet the Faculty Candidates Forum
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Plenary Session
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Council of Diversity Dinner Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Special Event
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Council of Chairs Meeting
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Council of Diversity Dinner Meeting
9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Special Event
Thursday, October 9
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Badge Pickup
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Special Event
8:30 am - 9:30 am
BMES National Meetings Committee & 2026 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Meeting
8:00 am - 11:00 am
Exhibit Hall Hours
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Refreshment Break
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Platform Sessions
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Special Sessions
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Posters
Poster Session A
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Plenary Session
State of the Society with Shelly E. Sakiyama-Elbert & Pritzker Distinguished Lecture
12:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch on Own
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Special Event
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Platform Sessions
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Special Sessions
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm
Posters
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Platform Sessions
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Special Sessions
5:15 pm - 6:15 pm
Plenary Session
Diversity Award Lecture , Herbert Voigt Distinguished Service Award & BMES New Fellows Presentation
6:15 pm - 7:00 pm
Fellows
6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
Industry Mixer & Program
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
ABET Committee
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Special Events
Friday, October 10
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration Badge Pickup
8:00 am - 11:00 am
Exhibit Hall Hours
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Refreshment Break
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Platform Sessions
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Special Sessions
Special Sessions IV
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Posters
8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Medtronic/BMES Student Design Competition
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Plenary Session
NIH/NIBIB Lecture and Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Awards
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Special Events
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
ABET Committee
12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch on Own
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Plenary Session
Wallace H. Coulter Award for Healthcare Innovation Lecture & Athanasiou Medal of Excellence in Translational Bioengineering & Lecture
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Platform Sessions
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Special Sessions
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Posters
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Refreshment Break
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Platform Sessions
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Special Sessions
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Special Event
BMES Member Appreciation Night (open to all attendees)
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Special Events
Saturday, October 26
8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Registration Badge Pickup
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Platform Sessions
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Special Sessions
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Exhibit Hall Hours
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Welcome Refreshments
10:00 am - 12:00 am
High School Poster Expo
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Posters
11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Plenary Session
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Lunch on Own
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Platform Sessions
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Special Sessions
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Attendee Raffle
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Platform Sessions
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Special Sessions
2:30 pm
Exhibitor Tear Down
Schedule subject to change.
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