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 Dr. 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.

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

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Afternoon Lecture Session, Bldg. 10, Lipsett Amphitheater

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

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Virtual Reality Demos, Bldg. 10, NIH Library

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

10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Small Business Expo

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

AI in Action at NIH, Masur Auditorium
This 3-hour session, hosted by the NIH Library, 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 Tuesday, August 4, 2026