General Schedule of Events

All events will take place on the NIH Bethesda main Campus in Bldg. 10. 

Monday, September 14, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Biomedical Vendor Exhibits, Day 1, Bldg. 10, South Lobby & FAES Terrace 

Concurrent Vendor Workshops, Day 1, (FAES classrooms)

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Research Festival Kick-Off, Bldg. 10, Lipsett Amphitheater

  • Intro by Roland Owens, DDIR (act.)

  • TED-style talk

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

NIH Resource Information Fair, Bldg. 10, South Lobby

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Concurrent Scientific Workshops, Day 1, Bldg. 10, FAES Classrooms

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Bioinformatics AI Workshop, morning session, Bldg. 10, NIH Library

10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Poster sessions throughout the day, Day 1, FAES Terrace

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Morning Lecture Session, Bldg. 10, Lipsett Amphitheater

  • Staff Scientists Mini-Symposium
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Lecture Session, Bldg. 10, Lipsett Amphitheater

  • Staff Clinicians Mini-Symposium
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Bioinformatics AI Workshop, afternoon session, Bldg. 10, NIH Library

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Poster sessions throughout the day, Day 2, Bldg. 10, FAES Terrace

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Concurrent Scientific Workshops, Day 2, Bldg. 10, FAES Classrooms

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Green Labs Fair, Bldg. 10, South Lobby

10:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m.

Anita B. Roberts Lecture, Bldg. 10, Masur Auditorium

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Design Considerations for 3D Printing, NIH Library

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Victoria A. Harden Lecture in NIH History, Bldg. 10, Masur Auditorium

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

G. Burroughs Mider Lecture, Bldg. 10, Masur Auditorium

Thursday, September 17, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Vendor Exhibits , Day 2, South Lobby & FAES Terrace 

Concurrent Vendor Workshops, Day 2, FAES classrooms

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

AI in Action at NIH, Masur Auditorium
This 3-hour session opens with remarks from the NIH Chief AI Officer, Dr. Brad Bower, followed by short presentations on AI tools available to NIH staff, including: ChatGPT ChIRP, Claude, Copilot, and Gemini. The session concludes with a panel of NIH AI experts discussing their insights and answering your questions on using AI at NIH.

Friday, September 18, 2026
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Vendor Exhibits, Day 3, South Lobby & FAES Terrace

Concurrent Vendor Workshops, Day 3, FAES classrooms

This page was last updated on Wednesday, July 15, 2026