About us
IWBDA 2026 is the Eighteenth International Workshop on Bio Design Automation. It will be held in Boulder, Colorado, June 18 to 20, 2026, immediately after SEED 2026. The workshop program will include oral presentations and posters selected from submitted abstracts, Birds of a Feather discussions, and breakout sessions on selected topics. IWBDA’s goal is to bring together academic researchers and industry partners to advance bio design automation for synthetic biology.
Important Dates
Paper Submission
Research Paper Submission Tracks
Call for Papers Description
Abstracts and workshop proposals must be submitted via EasyChair. Submissions cannot exceed two pages, excluding figures and tables. All abstracts must use the IWBDA template. All abstracts will undergo a single blind peer review process. Accepted abstracts will be invited to present as a poster or a talk at the conference.
Committee
Organizing Committee
Chris Myers
General Chair
Aaron Adler
Finance Chair
Carolus Vitalis
Program Chair
William Mo
Program Chair
Zane Perry
Publication Chair
Daniel Fang
Tutorials Chair
Gonzalo Vidal
Tutorials Chair
Hatem Abdelrahman
Tutorials Chair
Kimberly Low
Arrangements Chair
Chunxiao Liao
Publicity Chair

