Session chairs - ECCB 2026

Thank you for serving as a Session Chair at ECCB 2026. Your contribution is essential to ensuring that sessions run smoothly and on time.
This page provides general information for all Session Chairs. In addition, each Session Chair will receive by email a summary of their assigned session(s), including the programme, running order, speaker details and timing.
They will assist with:
Each parallel session is 60 minutes long and includes three oral presentations, comprising a mix of Proceedings (P) and Highlight (H) talks. All talks have the same format, which is:
The two Session Chairs are free to divide responsibilities as they wish—for example, one chair may introduce the speakers while the other moderates the discussion (and you may switch roles for different sessions). Speaker introductions should be kept short, due to timing constraints (strict maximum: 1 minute per speaker). Important: please keep time strictly (see schedule below). Your role in ensuring that sessions run on time will be crucial for the good running of the conference. Indeed, multiple sessions will be running in parallel, and some attendees will want to switch between sessions. Thank you very much in advance! To help you with time keeping, a timer will be available and will run for each talk and Q&A session.
Parallel sessions take place in Rooms AD, BC and EF. There is one exception: on Monday 31 August, the Biodiversity session will take place in Room 8. During
Rooms EF and 8 have designated overflow spaces: if either room reaches capacity, volunteers will direct additional attendees to an overflow room where the session will be streamed live.
All session rooms are equipped with:
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