COMBINE 2025

Welcome to the the 16th International meeting of the "Computational Modeling in Biology" Network (COMBINE) will take place as an in person meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America from October 20-23, 2025.

Registration is open until September 28, 2025 for in person attendance. $199 USD for in person attendees.

The fee will increase after September 28th is slots are still available.

Call for Breakout Sessions and Tutorials

All attendees can suggest breakout sessions for hacking and/or detailed discussions of certain aspects of one or several of the COMBINE standard (s), metadata and semantic annotations (format-specific or overarching), application and implementations of the COMBINE standards, or any other topic relevant for the COMBINE community. The topics for those breakout sessions, and the time slots which would suit their communities can be submitted via the link above. Note, breakout session organisers will be responsible for creating and hosting their own online sessions, if required. Breakout sessions or tutorials can be submitted via this form. Please use several forms if you want to suggest breakouts or tutorials on different topics. After the submission deadline, we will schedule the sessions based on the availabilities of rooms. So, please provide all possible dates and time slots with your suggestion. Breakouts and tutorials submission deadline: September 28, 2025. Notification of acceptance for breakout and tutorials: October 6, 2025

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT BREAKOUT SUGGESTION

Call for Lightning Talks and Posters

Requests for a lightning talk (5 min max.) and/or poster can be submitted via the link above. Please use several forms if you want to submit abstracts on different topics. The submission deadline is outlined above. Talks will take place during the community session and posters will be displayed during a dedicated poster session at the meeting.

• Data exchange, pipelines and model standards for systems and synthetic biology
• Visualization and graphical notation standards for systems and synthetic biology
• Standards for sharing and analysing biological pathway data
• Standards for computational biological models and modelling support
• Metadata description and model annotation in COMBINE standard formats
• Implementation of COMBINE standards in tools, databases and other resources
• Integrated model and data management for systems and synthetic biology

Suggestions for breakout sessions or tutorials can be submitted via the form below. Please use several forms if you want to suggest breakouts or tutorials on different topics. After the submission deadline, we will schedule the sessions based on the availabilities of rooms. So, please provide all possible dates and time slots with your suggestion. Lightning talk and poster submission deadline:

October 6, 2025. Notification of acceptance for lightning talks and posters: October 13, 2025.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A LIGHTNING TALK

Accommodations and Conference Hotels

There are two conference hotels for COMBINE 2025, UW-Madison's Union South Hotel and the DoubleTree Hotel. A block of rooms have been held and are available for workshop participants to book stays from October 19th-24th at a nightly rate of $186 USD (exclusive of taxes and any applicable fees).

Reservations must be made by September 28, 2025.

• DoubleTree Hotel Downtown Madison - COMBINE 2025 (https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/msndtdt-com-9f9ba3f4-979e-4320-988e-43095848ebec/) DoubleTree is 0.4 miles from the Pyle Center with complimentary downtown and airport shuttle service.
• Union South Hotel COMBINE 2025 (https://go.wisc.edu/hotel-combine-2025) Union South is 0.8 miles from the Pyle Center with complimentary parking.

https://co.mbine.org/author/combine-2025/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, United States