ICAR 2027 - MADISON

July 19-23, 2027

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Organized by the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC)


Registration


Registration Types

Early Bird: September 15th, 2026 - April 15th, 2027

Regular: April 16th - July 19th, 2027

Onsite: July 19th

Undergraduate Student

  • Early-Bird: $400
  • Regular Registration: $500
  • Onsite: $550

Graduate Student

  • Early-Bird: $560
  • Regular Registration: $660
  • Onsite: $710

Early Career Professional/Postdoc/PUI

  • Early-Bird: $660
  • Regular Registration: $760
  • Onsite: $810

Professional

  • Early-Bird: $810
  • Regular Registration: $910
  • Onsite: $960

Industry

  • Early-Bird: $950
  • Regular Registration: $1050
  • Onsite: $1100

Retired

  • Early-Bird: $560
  • Regular Registration: $660
  • Onsite: $710

Virtual Registration *Opens January 2027

  • Early-Bird: $50
  • Regular Registration: $50
  • Onsite: N/A

In-Person Registration includes:

  • Access to all Plenary Sessions and Concurrent Mini-symposia and Workshops
  • Delegate materials onsite (printed program, electronic pdf of abstracts & program)
  • Access to Poster sessions with refreshments: Tuesday & Wednesday evenings
  • Eligibility to submit one abstract & present in a talk (if selected by a session chair) and/or as a poster
  • Exhibit Hall access: Tuesday & Wednesday evenings
  • Daily coffee/tea breaks with refreshments
  • Three lunches (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday)
  • One ticket to the Opening Welcome Reception on Monday evening (RSVP required for catering purposes)
  • Virtual access to live streamed sessions and on-demand recordings available 1 week post-ICAR, and for 4-6 weeks
  • Access (free) to the 5K Weed Stampede Fun Run/Walk on Wednesday morning
  • Access (free) to the Science Art Show, as a viewer or participant
  • Invitation letter for Visa applications (pdf), if needed
  • Certificate of attendance post-conference (pdf)

*Separate ticketed event: ICAR party one evening

Virtual Registration includes:

  • Virtual access to live streamed sessions and on-demand recordings available 1 week post-ICAR, and for 4-6 weeks

(Note, all speakers must attend in-person; virtual access is for viewing only)

Fee Category Descriptions

  • Early Career Professionals (ECP)- includes Postdoctoral Scholars- are within 10 years of finishing their terminal education (e.g., B.S., B.A., M.S., PhD). PUI- faculty are at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions that do not confer graduate level degrees.
  • Regular Professional: Academic & non-profit organization staff with 10+ years post education. This will include most faculty and others in research, administrative, etc. titles that are 10+ years post education (excluding for-profit companies)
  • Company/Industry: all others that work in non-academic/for-profit organizations. Industry/company employees that qualify in the ECP category- within 10 years of finishing your terminal education- may use the ECP rate.
  • Virtual Registration opens January 2027. Includes livestreaming via Zoom of Plenary and concurrent sessions & access to recordings for 6 weeks. All speakers must attend in-person.

Cancellations

In-person: Cancel by June 22 for partial refund. Cancellation fee: $70 (covers staff & transaction fees). All refunds are made to the original form of payment. June 23, 2027 & later: no cancellation allowed. You can transfer your paid fee to another person (if there's an increase in fee, those funds will be collected onsite)

Virtual: Cancel by July 1, 2027 for partial refund. Cancellation fee: $5 (covers transaction fees). All refunds are made to the orginal form of payment.