2026 Sino-American Conference on New Horizons in Plant Science

Approximately 24 in total. Academicians and distinguished experts in plant science and related fields will present their latest research advances by invitation.

2. Parallel-session Lectures

There will be approximately 30 keynote lectures, 60 themed presentations, and 40 young-scholar reports. Among these, the keynote lectures and 30 themed presentations will be by invitation only.

All oral presentation slots selected from submitted abstracts have been fully filled.

Active participation and abstract submission from all botanists and researchers are warmly welcomed!

Five parallel sessions will be organized covering plant science and related fields:

Session1: Plant Diversity Research and Conservation in the New Era

‌Session 2: “PLANeT”‌ and Plant Tree of Life 2.0

Session3: Plant Multi-Omics and New-Quality Agricultural Productivity

Session4: Plant Science for a Green Planet in A Changing World

Session5: Plant Biotechnology and Plant Synthetic Biology

3. Featured Forums

Young PI Training: Distinguished experts will be invited to share their experience on research topics selection, team building and management, as well as interacting with young scholars.

Journal Insight Forum: Major journals of BSC and BSA and their publisher(s) will share ideas on successful manuscript preparation, journal development, and international collaboration in the new era via presentations and penal discussion.

Workshops: Distinguished experts will be invited to conduct targeted discussions on scientific frontiers, technological applications and industrial development in plant integrative omics, biotechnology and other related fields.
Commemorative Activities: A special memorial ceremony will be held to pay tribute to distinguished botanists Dr. Peter RAVEN and Dr. Zhengyi WU, in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the development of botanical science.

Sino‑US Plant Scientists Exchange Forum: Through panel discussions and free communication, brings together outstanding plant scientists from China and the United States, facilitating in-depth exchanges on frontier scientific issues, disciplinary development trends, and international cooperation mechanisms.