The 2026 IFS annual conference was held on Tuesday 16th June at Maynooth University, Co. Kildare. There were a selection of talks from six invited speakers and ten speakers who submitted offered papers. There were also twenty-seven posters presented, twelve of which were selected for a short flash presentation also.

Registration began at 09:00, the welcome address was at 09:40, there was a fantastic lunch provided, and further refreshments were provided throughout the day, including a post-meeting reception.

Thanks to Daryl Reidy, Álvaro Laguna Boga, Pranay Agarwal, Dr Meabh Bellew, Dr Marta Bianchi and Alison Norton for their help with the conference.

The 2026 Irish Fungal Society annual meeting was supported by Mundipharma, Thistle Scientific, Serosep, Novogene and Maynooth University.

 

For details of previous meetings: for the 2025 meeting click here, for the 2024 meeting click here, and for the 2023 meeting, click here.