SFG 2026 Annual Meeting Program Overview
Preliminary Schedule-at-a-Glance (subject to change)

Glycobiology at the Crossroads: From Molecular Code to Precision Medicine

Sunday, November 8 (Day 1)
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Registration Open
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Workshop: Mass Spectrometry for Glycomics
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Board Meeting
12:15 pm – 5:45 pm
GLYCOPALOOZA: Trainee & New PI Mixer
6:00 pm
OPENING SESSION

Awardee Lecture – Karl Meyer

Awardee Lecture – Rosalind Kornfeld
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Welcome & Networking Reception
Monday, November 9 (Day 2)
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:30 am
SESSION 1
9:30 am – 10:30 am
SESSION 2
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Beverage Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
SESSION 3
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
LUNCH ROUNDTABLES
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
SESSION 4
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
SESSION 5
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Beverage Break
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
POSTER SESSION I


Theme: Mechanisms & Technology
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
President’s Innovator Award Lecture
6:30 pm
Dinner on Your Own
Tuesday, November 10 (Day 3)
6:30 am – 7:30 am
Run/Walk
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:15 am
PLENARY
9:15 am – 10:15 am
SESSION 6
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Beverage Break
10:30 am – 11:30 am
SESSION 7
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
SESSION 8
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
LUNCH SESSION
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
SESSION 9
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
SESSION 10
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Glycopalooza continues: Special Trainee Platform Talks
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Beverage Break
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
POSTER SESSION II


Theme: Translational & Clinical
7:00 pm
Social Event
Wednesday, November 11 (Day 4)
7:30 am – 1:00 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:30 am
SESSION 11
9:30 am – 10:30 am
SESSION 12
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Beverage Break


MEET THE EDITORS
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
SESSION 13 & Trainee Awards
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm
Business Meeting & Closing