Join Us Online for the 163rd Annual Meeting
This year’s Annual Meeting will be held from Friday, April 24 through Sunday, April 26. Although in-person attendance is limited to NAS members, several sessions and ceremonies will be livestreamed and recordings will be made available on YouTube after the meeting. Learn more about the 2026 annual meeting online program and RSVP for the livestreams:
Friday, April 24
Presentation Ceremony — Members and international members elected in 2025 were introduced to their colleagues in the Academy and signed the “Registry of Membership.”
Saturday, April 25
President’s Address — Marcia McNutt delivered her annual address to NAS members and guests.
Symposium — Ocean health is increasingly shaped by the interaction of multiple, rapidly intensifying stressors, including climate-driven warming, acidification, deoxygenation, nutrient enrichment, and expanding industrial activities such as deep-sea mining. This symposium brings together experts in ocean acidification, deoxygenation, harmful algal blooms, coral reef ecosystems, and deep-sea systems to examine these challenges as a coupled, interacting system. Short, synthesis-focused presentations and moderated discussion will explore emerging thresholds, nonlinear ecosystem responses, contrasting time scales of impact and recovery, and key scientific uncertainties. By emphasizing cross-disciplinary linkages rather than isolated processes, the session aims to identify priorities for research and monitoring needed to assess risks to ocean health in a rapidly changing planet.
Research Briefings — Six members elected in 2025, representing each of the Academy’s discipline-based Classes, will talk about their research and answer questions from the audience.
Sunday, April 27
Awards Ceremony — Recipients of the 2026 NAS Awards will be honored for their outstanding contributions to science.
Annual Meeting Videos
Watch videos of past annual meeting sessions on our YouTube channel.
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