About the Event
Join us in Boston, USA, 16 - 18 June to begin celebrating HCA's 10th anniversary year!
Co-chaired by Alexandra-Chloé Villani and Jose Ordovas-Montanes, the 2026 General Meeting will dedicate plenary and breakout sessions on Atlas expansion, which includes creating a cross-tissue 3D reference Atlas with spatial resolution that is geographically and genetically representative, and clinically applicable. Since this meeting will take place in the heart of Boston’s medical and research hub, it will focus heavily on global and medical health impact, emphasizing how researchers and clinicians can leverage AI to better help and benefit all of humanity.
The first two days of the meeting (16 - 17 June) will take place at the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School, and will be dedicated to larger plenary sessions and breakout meetings. Day 3 (18 June) will be devoted to smaller working group style meetings and will take place at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, located across the Charles River, in Cambridge, MA.
To maximize audience participation and accessibility, sessions will also be live-streamed and made available for on-demand viewing for registered participants on our event website.
Click here to view the 2025 HCA General Meeting report, and here to watch the recordings.
For information regarding meeting costs and the refund policies, abstract submissions, key dates and deadlines, and other frequently asked questions, please consult to the resources below.
10x Genomics is proud to advance science as the exclusive Foundational Level Sponsor of the 2026 Human Cell Atlas General Meeting.

Sponsorship and Exhibition
HCA is currently seeking sponsorships and offering exhibition space for the 2026 General Meeting. In addition to supporting the direct meeting costs, sponsorships, and exhibitor booth sales will allow HCA to provide travel stipends for PIs and trainees from Low- or Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
Please contact meetings@humancellatlas.org to discuss sponsorship and exhibition space opportunities.
Click the Prospectus button below to learn how to sponsor the 2026 HCA General Meeting.
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Locations/Venues
---Venue for 16 - 17 June---
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115
---Venue for 18 June---
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard
415 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
HCA Features

HCA recently entered into partnership with UNESCO to help advance open science, and increase global capacity to deliver the benefits of genomics at a global scale.
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