A truly exciting program!

The highly anticipated ISFG 2026 Congress is becoming more and more concrete, as the workshop sessions and plenary speakers have now been announced. Here's a preview of the keynote speakers and main topics for the upcoming edition taking place in Montreal next summer:

• Roland van Oorschot from Australia won the Scientific Excellence Award in Compostella, which is the most prestigious scientific award that the ISFG is offering. He will open the congress with a presentation on Activity level assessment and Transfer, Prevalence, Persistence and Recovery (TPPR) of DNA;
• Chantal Fregeau from Canada will make an Historical perspective on forensic DNA in our host country;
• Leonor Gusmao from Brazil will open the Population Genetics, Ethics and Database session;
• Wojciech Branicki from Poland will entertain us with Phenotyping and Epigenetics.
• Statistics and Interpretation session will be introduced with a presentation from Michael Marciano from the USA;
• And finally, Christi Guerrini, also from the USA, will start the session on Genetic Genealogy.

Add to that, 12 thrilling Workshop sessions (half and full day), you don’t want to miss ISFG in Montréal!

Excited about this agenda? We invite you to take a look at the preliminary program.

Are you ready to register?

We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open, and you can sign up today to take advantage of the early bird rate, valid until May 31^st, 2026.

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You can also book your hotel room now and take advantage of our special rates. We have partnered with several hotels in order to offer you a wide range of prices. They are located at walking distance of the conference venue so you can enjoy the scenery along the way.

Call for abstracts

In January, we’ll invite you to submit your abstract for oral or poster presentation at the Congress. The deadline will be April 1^st, 2026. Yet again we will only have e-posters this year. All the details for submitting an abstract will be available in a few weeks.

Sponsors and exhibitors, don’t miss this opportunity

We still have some sponsorship packages available for our upcoming congress and exhibitor spaces too. Feel free to consult our sponsorship brochure if you want to know more or contact us at sponsorship@isfg2026.ca if you’d like to propose a custom package.

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