XLIII – Annual Meeting 2026 – Willi Hennig Society

XLIII Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society

9th to 13th November, 2026

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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Local Organizing Committee:

Dimitri Forero (President; iforerof@unal.edu.co)
Juan Pablo Botero (Vice-President; juboteror@unal.edu.co)
Ambrosio Torres (Treasurer; atorresgalvis@gmail.com)
Santiago Sánchez (Committee Member; ssanchezpac@unal.edu.co)
Laura Clavijo (Committee Member; lvclavijor@unal.edu.co)
Nelsy Pinto Sánchez (Committee Member;nelsy.pinto@unimilitar.edu.co)

Scientific Committee:

Ivonne Garzón (Chair of the Scientific Committee; ivonne.garzon@ib.unam.mx)
Dimitri Forero (iforerof@unal.edu.co)
Juan Pablo Botero (juboteror@unal.edu.co)

Volunteers:

Valeria Rangel (General, and Symposium of Evolutionary History through the lens of Genomes; valeria.rangel@javeriana.edu.co)
Elihu Guzmán Arroyo (General, and Symposium of Phylogenetic Analysis of Fossil Taxa; eguzmana@ucentral.edu.co)
Angelo Ávila (General, and Symposium of Biogeography; aavilaj@unal.edu.co)
Oscar Prieto (General, and Symposium of Methods and Perspectives in Systematics; oprieto@unal.edu.co)
Paula A. Navarro Salcedo (General; paunavarrosalcedo@gmail.com)

Abstract submission

Deadline: September 30, 2026.

Instructions for abstract submission

The abstract must not exceed 300 words.
Use Times New Roman, 12 pt.
The title must be in bold, with only the first word and proper nouns capitalized.
Provide the full names of all authors.
Indicate the authors’ institutional affiliations.
Underline the name of the presenting author.
The abstract should be submitted as a single paragraph.
Do not include references, tables, or figures.
The abstract should be uploaded in an editable text format (e.g., .doc, .docx, .odt), not as a PDF.
Name the file using the surname of the first author

Submit your abstract

Meeting and Workshop Registration & Payment

Workshops: USD 100 each (as advertised)
Early-bird registration (until October 9):
- - WHS members: USD 200
  - Non-member faculty and postdocs: USD 220
  - Undergraduate and graduate students: USD 130
Regular registration (until November 9):
- - WHS members: USD 220
  - Non-member faculty and postdocs: USD 250
  - Undergraduate and graduate students: USD 150
Banquet: USD 40

All students attending the meeting will receive a complimentary banquet ticket(value: USD 40).
Students registered for one workshop: 50% discount on meeting registration (pay USD 65).
Students registered for two workshops: full waiver of the meeting registration fee (USD 0).
Non-student participants registered for one workshop: 25% discount (WHS members: USD 150; non-members: USD 165).
Non-student participants registered for two workshops: 50% discount (WHS members: USD 100; non-members: USD 110).

The payment link will be available on the meeting webpage soon

Travel Awards

The Willi Hennig Society offers several awards to facilitate the participation of students, recent postdoctoral researchers, early-career scientists, and attendees requiring childcare support in the Annual Hennig Meeting.

There are four award categories:

Marie Stopes Award

This award is intended for students and recent postdoctoral researchers travelling from within the continent where the meeting takes place. For the 2026 meeting, this category applies to applicants travelling from within South America. Eligible applicants must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. program, or must have defended their Ph.D. within the three calendar years preceding the year of the meeting. Applicants must present either an oral presentation or a poster at the meeting.

Award amount: USD 800

Maximum number of awards: 14

Kurt Milton Pickett Intercontinental Award

This award is intended for students and recent postdoctoral researchers travelling from outside the continent where the meeting takes place. Eligible applicants must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. program, or must have defended their Ph.D. within the three calendar years preceding the year of the meeting. Applicants must present either an oral presentation or a poster at the meeting.

Award amount: USD 1,500

Maximum number of awards: 3

Early Career Travel Award

This award supports early-career scientists holding tenure-track or permanent positions who have documented financial need. Eligible positions include Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator, Assistant Researcher, Junior Professor, and equivalent positions. Postdoctoral researchers are not eligible for this category. Applicants must give an oral presentation at the meeting.Award amount: USD 1,500
Maximum number of awards: 3

Child Care Meeting Award

This award provides childcare support for attendees who give an oral presentation at the Annual Hennig Meeting. The funds may be used to help cover travel expenses associated with childcare needs or the cost of on-site childcare at the meeting venue.

Maximum award amount: USD 1,500

Priority will be given to those attending the workshops

Complete applications consist of a CV, a travel budget to justify the proposed expenses, and a title and outline of the project to be presented (not to exceed 500 words) at the meeting. Furthermore, applicants need to arrange for their principal advisor to certify their current status (student or postdoc). Child care meeting award application must also include a summary explaining their need for childcare support.

Apply to awards

Meeting Venue

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Symposia

Biogeography
Symposium organizing committee: Salvador Arias [jsalarias@gmail.com]; Nicolás Hazzi [nahazcam@uis.edu.co]

The main objective of historical biogeography is to understand the geographic evolution of the living beings. Thanks to quantitative developments in the past 30 years, the field has seen an explosive revolution. In this symposium we want to provide a broad picture of the new methodological and empirical developments. Both empirical and theoretical-methodological contributions are welcomed for the Biogeography symposium. For all contributions we expect that biogeographic results will represent one of the major highlights of the presentation.

Methods and Perspectives in Systematics

Symposium organizing committee: Leshon Lee [leshonlee93@gmail.com]; Jimmy Cabra García [jcabra@unal.edu.co]; Larry Jiménez [ljimenezf@unimagdalena.edu.co]

Methods and Perspectives in Systematics brings together contributions addressing methodological and conceptual developments in taxonomy and phylogenetics. We welcome new methods, analytical workflows, conceptual perspectives and frameworks, as well as critical evaluations of existing approaches, such as their performance, strengths, limitations, and biases. This symposium aims to explore how such developments shape the ways we investigate, delimit, identify, classify, and understand biodiversity.

Evolutionary History through the lens of Genomes

Symposium organizing committee: Cinthy L. Jiménez [cjim882@aucklanduni.ac.nz]; Ambrosio Torres [atorresgalvis@gmail.com]; Stephania Sandoval [stephania.sandoval@correounivalle.edu.co]

Evolutionary History through the Lens of Genomes focuses on what genome-scale data can reveal about evolution at multiple levels. The symposium welcomes studies using genomes, transcriptomes, protein evolution, comparative genomics, phylogenomics, and work linking genomic change with phenotypic and morphological evolution.

Phylogenetic Analysis of Fossil Taxa

Symposium organizing committee: Santiago Catalano [sacatalano@gmail.com]; Stephany Arizala [stephyariza@gmail.com]

Phylogenetic Analysis of Fossil Taxa focuses on phylogenetic studies centered on fossil taxa, including their relationships, placement, and evolutionary history. Contributions presenting methodological developments for the phylogenetic analysis of fossils are also welcome.