FORAMS 2026
International Symposium on Foraminifera
June 21-26, 2026
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA USA
FORAMS 2026 Registration and Abstract Submission are now open!
Abstract Deadline: March 1, 2026
Registration Deadline: May 15, 2026
We look forward to welcoming you
to New England and the Pioneer Valley of western Massachsetts!
Please see the FORAMS 2026 website for detailed information: https://sites.google.com/view/forams2026
forams2026@gmail.com and @forams2026
FORAMS 2026 continues the tradition of the highly successful international symposia on foraminifera. The first one, Benthos '75, was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The name change to 'FORAMS' began with the meeting in Berkeley, California in 1994. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is proud to host the first FORAMS symposium in North America in 32 years. This important scientific event is scheduled for the week of June 21-26, 2026.
FORAMS 2026 will feature oral and poster sessions on a wide range of research areas including studies of biology and genomics, environmental sensitivity and biomonitoring, biomineralization, evolution, biostratigraphy and taxonomy, paleoecology, paleogeography, and paleoceanography. We will offer several field trips to choose from. FORAMS 2026 will also celebrate 200 years since the first paper on foraminiferal research was published by French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny (1826, Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes) in which he formally classified and named the group.
Painting by Thomas Cole, 1836, "View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm", commonly known as "The Oxbow".
