
Meeting dates & deadlines
CANVAS 2026: Nov. 1 - 4, 2026 | Portland, OR
Early registration and housing opening date is currently TBD and will be updated soon!

Dec. 18, 2025
- Special sessions, tour & workshop proposals open
Feb. 6, 2026
- Symposia/topical session, Cross Divisional Symposia, and special sessions proposals deadline
March 10, 2026
- Abstract submissions open
- Committee Meeting and Food Function submissions open
March 27, 2026
- Tour & workshop proposals deadline
June 9, 2026
- Early abstract submission deadline at 4:00 p.m. CT (price increases June 10)
July 15, 2026
- Early Committee Meeting and Food Function submissions deadline (price increases July 16)
July 23, 2026
- Final in-person abstract submission deadline at 4:00 p.m. CT
- In-person abstracts must be initiated and paid by this date
- Abstracts can be edited through Nov. 4
Aug. 6, 2026
- Committee Meeting and Food Function submissions deadline
Sep. 23, 2026
- Early registration deadline (price increases Sep. 24)
- Final virtual abstract submission deadline
- Virtual abstracts must be initiated and paid by this date
Oct. 7, 2026
- Standard registration deadline (price increases Oct. 8)
- Hotel reservation deadline
- Hotel late cancellation deadline (up to 2 nights room and tax charged if you cancel after this date)
Oct. 20, 2026
- Virtual presentation uploading deadline for prerecorded oral, poster, and E-poster files
Oct. 23, 2026
- Refund request deadline for abstract submission fees
- Tours and workshops registration deadline (check the schedule to see which ones )
Nov. 1-4, 2026
- CANVAS 2025 - Portland, OR





