Program at a Glance > IHMC 2026 SEOUL

Time	Rm.101	Auditorium	Rm.105
Theme	Beyond Bacteria: Expanding the Microbiome Landscape	AI-Empowered Precision Microbiome Platforms	Compartmental Microbiomes and Host Interaction
09:00-09:30	Opening Ceremony (Chair, GwangPyo Ko, Dusko Erhlich)
09:30-10:20	Plenary Lecture 1 (Ramnik J. Xavier)
10:20-10:40	Coffee Break
10:40-12:40	S1. Functional Roles of the Virome and Archaeome	S4. Advances in microbiome community analysis (I)	S7. The Oral Gateway to Human Health
12:40-14:00	Lunch/Poster/Exhibition
12:40-14:00	Luncheon 1 - workshop
14:00-16:00	S2. Unveiling the Mycobiome	S5. Digital Microbiome Innovation in Healthcare	S8. The Lung-Gut-Immune Axis
16:00-16:15	Coffee Break
Theme		From Research to Translation
16:15-18:15	S3. The Global Grants for Gut Health Symposium (Nature Awards)	S6. Host-microbe Interactions and Diseases (I)	S9. Microbial Ecology to Clinic
18:15-20:00	Welcome Reception & Poster View
Networking Dinner for Scientific Leaders

Time	Rm.101	Auditorium	Rm.105
Theme	Microbiome-Immune Interface in Host Physiology	AI-Empowered Precision Microbiome Platforms	From Research to Translation
09:00-11:00	S10. Microbiome-Driven Immune Modulation in Disease	S13. Advances in microbiome community analysis (II)	S16. Host-microbe Interactions and Diseases (II)
11:00-11:10	Coffee Break
11:10-12:00	Plenary Lecture 2 (Ruth E. Ley)
12:00-13:30	Lunch/Poster/Exhibition
12:00-13:30	Luncheon 2 - workshop (macrogen)		Luncheon 3
13:30-15:30	S11. The Microbial-Immune Nexus	S14. Convergence of AI and Microbiome Research	S17. Host-microbe Interactions and Diseases (III)
15:30-15:45	Coffee Break
Theme		From Research to Translation
15:45-17:45	S12. Microbiome and Inflammaging	S15. Die in Host-microbe Interactions	S18. Microbial Ecology to Clinic (II)
17:45-19:00	Poster View
19:30-21:00	Gala Dinner

Time	Rm.101	Auditorium	Rm.105
Theme		Gut–Organ Axis Mechanisms in Human Disease Research	From Research to Translation
09:00-11:00	S19. Emerging Voices in Microbiome Science	S22. Mechanistic Insights into the Gut–Brain Axis	S25. Synthetic Biology for Host-Microbe Interaction
11:00-11:10	Coffee Break
11:10-12:00	Plenary Lecture 3 (Eran Segal)
12:00-13:30	Lunch/Poster/Exhibition
12:00-13:30	Luncheon 4 - workshop		Luncheon 5
13:30-15:30	S20. Transmission of Microbiome in Early Life	S23. Microbial Metabolites Shaping Host Physiology	S26. Novel Microbial Drug Candidates
15:30-15:45	Coffee Break
Theme		From Research to Translation
15:45-17:45	S21. Microbiome Remodelling	S24. Microbiome-based therapeutic strategies	S27.Microbiome Industry Spotlight Session
17:45-18:30	Closing Remarks, Poster Awards

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