Human Biology Association Annual Meeting
Denver, CO with virtual options
March 18-21, 2026
Welcome to the 51st Annual Meeting of the Human Biology Association will be held in person (and virtually) in Denver, CO from March 18-21.
HBA 2026 welcomes researchers, educators, and other scientists from around the world to our annual meeting. Topics covered in our meetings include (but are not limited to) the following: growth and development; nutrition; genetics; immunology and infectious diseases; mental health; chronic disease; social determinants of health; reproductive health; skeletal biology and paleopathology; stress; adaptation and evolution; methods, teaching, and ethics.
The American Journal of Human Biology, the official journal of the HBA, publishes abstracts and the program of each HBA annual meeting.
Meeting Venue
The HBA Annual meeting will be held at the Sheraton Downtown Denver, 1550 Court Place; Denver, Colorado United States 80202
PRE-REGISTRATION
Complete the on-line pre-registration process here. If you have an account from 2023. 2024, or 2025, your login information remains the same. If you did not participate in these meetings or did not have an active membership in 2024 or 2025, you will need to complete a new registration. If you did not have an active membership in the last three years (Sept 1, 2022) your membership has been purged from the database and you will need to apply for new membership.
It can take up to 24 hours for new member registrations to be approved for conference member registration rates so please plan accordingly.
AFTER REGISTRATION: You will be emailed a registration receipt with QR code and a link to ConfTool.
Pre-registration will be available until March 5, 2026.
Meeting Registration Costs
Reminder: Members in good standing and non-members from low- and middle-income countries are eligible for lower registration fees, relative to non-members from high income countries. Only members are eligible for prizes, awards and travel grants.
In person attendance
Annual Meeting registration for members is $145, except for the discounted in-person fees for post-doctoral and international Fellows ($95), for students from US/Canada ($60), for low-and-middle income country Fellows ($60) and low-and-middle income country students ($10). Registration for the in-person meeting includes access to all virtual sessions. After March 5, 2026, on site registration will be $175.
Virtual participation
Virtual-only participation is discounted by 50%. Virtual participation is free for international student members from outside of North America whose virtual participation fees are paid through the Diversity Initiative; international faculty and post-doctoral scholars are eligible for reduced virtual only option by request.
Registration agreement: In registering for a conference, establishing or renewing my membership, I acknowledge and will abide by the HBA Code of Ethics, including related to sexual and other forms of harassment (such as bullying, intimidation, coercion, and threats), as well as other forms of discrimination. I understand that if I do not meet these standards, incidents may be reported to appropriate authorities such as employers, I may be barred from future meetings, and/or membership or association awards revoked.
