Past AGS Conferences
Last updated: 13/01/2026
6th Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (6th AGS) – AUS-oMicS
Cairns, Queensland (May 18-21, 2025)
To broaden our reach and strengthen our connections to like-minded national societies, the 6th AGS will be organised as a joint meeting with the Australian Proteomics Society (APS) and the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (ANZSMS). The joint meeting, called ‘AUS-oMicS‘, has been scheduled for 18-21 May, 2025, Cairns, QLD, and will be a valuable opportunity for AGS members to reach a wider audience and expand their networks into neighbouring societies.
5th Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (5th AGS)
Wellington, New Zealand (Aug 27-30, 2024)
Chaired by Dr Alison Daines and Prof Richard Furneaux, the 5th Australasian Glycoscience Symposium took place 27-30 Aug 2024 in Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington, New Zealand.
With the theme “Chemistry meets Biology”, the symposium aims to look at this exciting interface between the disciplines of glycochemistry and glycobiology – bringing together researchers from various areas of Glycoscience to encourage and strengthen collaborations, pushing research forward for all.
4th Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (4th AGS)
Gold Coast, QLD (November 22-25, 2022)
Chaired by A/Prof Daniel Kolarich and Dr Nick Scott, the 4th Australasian Glycoscience Symposium took place 22-25 Nov 2022 and was organised as a joint international conference with the 9th Charles Warren Workshop. on the Gold Coast, QLD.
3rd Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (3rd AGS)
Virtual Meeting (June 3-4, 2021)
Organisers: A/Prof Miyako Nakano (Symposium Chair), Prof Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita, Dr Morten Andersen, A/Prof Daniel Kolarich.
The 3rd Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (3rd AGS) held over two full days as an online event. The theme of the 3rd AGS is “Bridging the Glycobiology and Glycochemistry to Glycoproteomics/Glycomics and then Glycoinformatics” and the meeting will host a fantastic line-up of international speakers (see below “special speakers” and “confirmed speakers”) and showcase talent in the region by covering a variety of Glycoscientific topics in including:
Glycobiology and Glycochemistry: 9:00 am (JST) – 6:00 pm (JST), Thursday 3rd June, 2021
Glycoproteomics/Glycomics and Glycoinformatics: 9:00 am (JST) – 6:00 pm (JST), Friday 4th June, 2021
For more information, please visit here and don’t forget to register before Friday 30th April, 2021.
2nd Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (2nd AGS)
Adelaide, SA, Sep 13-16, 2019
Organisers: Dr Morten Andersen (Chair), Dr Daniel Kolarich, Prof Nicolle Packer, Dr Benjamin Schulz, Dr Malcolm McConville, Dr Stuart Cordwell
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1st Australasian Glycoscience Symposium (1st AGS)
Lorne, VIC, Feb 1-4, 2018
Organisers: Dr Morten Andersen (Chair), Dr Daniel Kolarich, Prof Nicolle Packer, Dr Benjamin Schulz, Dr Malcolm McConville, Dr Stuart Cordwell
Past Conferences
31st Annual Lorne Proteomic Symposium
Lorne, Australia (February 05-09, 2026)
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Society for Glycobiology 2025 Annual Meeting (SfG2025)
San Diego, USA (November 09-12, 2025)
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7th International Mass Spectrometry School (7th IMSS)
Vorau, Styria, Austria (September 21-26, 2025)
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24th Human Proteome Organization World Congress (HUPO2025)
Toronto, Canada (November 09-13, 2025)
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13th International Proteoglycan Meeting
Lorne, Victoria, Australia (October 27-31, 2025)
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Glycobasque 8
San Sebastián, Spain (October 23-24, 2025)
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The 22nd European Carbohydrate Symposium – EUROCARB 2025
Gdansk, Poland (July 06-10, 2025)
Organisers: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, under the auspices of the European Carbohydrate Organization
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Beilstein Glyco-Bioinformatics Symposium – Omics Meets Structure – Deciphering the Glycome
Limburg, Germany (July 01-03, 2025)
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Glyco27 – International Symposium on Glycoconjugates
Edmonton, AB, Canada (May 25-30, 2025)
Organisers: the International Glycoconjugate Organization (IGO) and GlycoNet
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Glycobiology (GRS) – Gordon Research Seminar
Lucca (Barga), Lucca, Italy (March 22-23, 2025)
Chairs: Fiona Kearns and Nicholas M. Riley
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Glycobiology (GRS) – Gordon Research Conference
Lucca (Barga), Lucca, Italy (March 23-28, 2025)
Chairs: Daniel Kolarich and Anne Imberty
Vice Chairs: Elisa Fadda and Lance Wells
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25th International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC2024)
Melbourne, Australia (Aug 17-23, 2024)
Organisers: Gavin Reid, Tara Pukala, Sarah Hancock, Shane Ellis, W. Alex Donald, Nichollas Scott, Michelle Colgrave, Stephen Blanksby, Berin Boughton, Melaine White, Michael Sinden, Farhana Pinu, Selima Webb
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31st International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS2024)
Shanghai, China (July 14-19, 2024)
Organisers: The International Carbohydrate Organisation
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Mucin in Health and Disease, 17th International Meeting
Gothenburg, Sweden (June 17-20 2024)
Organisers: Malin Johansson, Thaher Pelaseyed, Christopher Evans, Karin Strijbis
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SialoGlyco2024
Lille, France (June 4-7, 2024)
Organisers: SialoGlyco 2024 Organizing Committee / Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle
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72nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics
Anaheim, California, USA (June 2-6, 2024)
Organisers: American Society for Mass Spectrometry
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Canadian Glycomics Symposium 2024 & 10th Warren Workshop in GlycoBioInformatics
Edmonton, AB, Canada (May 27-29, 2024)
Organisers: The Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet)
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In collaboration with the Canadian glycoscience community, the Canadian GlycoNET and AGS is excited to announce travel support for up to 3 AGS members to attend the upcoming 7th Canadian Glycomics Symposium which will be jointly held with the 10th Warren Workshop.
Venue/dates: JW Marriott, ICE District, Edmonton, AB, Canada. May 27 – May 29, 2024
Eligibility: Current 2024 AGS members are eligible for support regardless of career stage. Please note, only the first 3 AGS members will be supported by this scheme.
Support: Up to three travel bursaries ($1,000) will be offered to support attendance at this meeting.
Please register before March 4th, 2024 through the conference web-portal and provide proof of registration to us to confirm the award of the travel bursary. AGS members receiving support must acknowledge the support from the AGS and GlycoNET in their talk/posters (and in social media where possible).
29th Annual Lorne Proteomics Symposium
Mantra Lorne, Victoria, Australia (January 31 – February 3, 2024)
Organisers: The Australasian Proteomics Society
AGS is hosting the Glyco@Lorne session featuring a keynote lecture and a number of talks selected from the abstracts submitted directly to the Lorne Proteomics conference. Selection will of talks will be based on their alignment with the conference, their novelty and relevance.
All AGS members are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts and attend the Lorne Proteomics Symposium. It will be a great opportunity to further boost the strong ties between the APS and AGS.
In case they are an active AGS member in 2024, the presenting authors of the abstracts selected for an oral presentation within the Glyco@Lorne session will be awarded $160- support towards their registration costs from the AGS. This will be re-imbursed after the conference.
Society for Glycobiology 2023 Annual Meeting
Hawaii, USA (November 5-8, 2023)
Organisers: Society for Glycobiology
AGS is hosting Session 5: Glycobiology Down Under in this meeting
Chaired by Nicki Packer and Daniel Kolarich, this session includes keynote presentations from Mark Larance, Morten Andersen, Daniel Kolarich and poster talks by Hayley Goodson, Larissa Dirr, Xingang Li, Xiaofan Chen and Nicholas DeBono.
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89th Harden Conference: Proteoglycans: Matrix Master Regulators 2023
De Vere Horsley Estate, Surrey, UK (September 04-07, 2023)
Organisers: Biochemical Society
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Glyco26 – International Symposium on Glycoconjugates
Taipei, Taiwan (August 27 – September 1, 2023)
Organisers: Kay-Hooi Khoo (Chair), Takashi Angata, Chuan-Fa Chang, Yijuang Chern, Shie-Liang Hsieh, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Shang-Cheng Hung, Chun-Cheng Lin, Chun-Hung Lin, Kuo-I Lin, Fu-Tong Liu, Todd L. Lowary, Huey-Kang Sytwu, Ruey-Bing Yang, Alice L. Yu
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Canadian Glycomics Symposium 2023
JW Marriott, ICE District, Edmonton, AB (May 10-12, 2023)
Organisers: The Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet)
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Glycobiology (GRS) – Biological Roles of Glycans as Major Building Blocks of Life
Ventura, California, USA (March 12-17, 2023)
Organisers: Gordon Research Conferences
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GlycoBioTec2023
Harnack House of the Max Planck Society (January 17-19, 2023)
Organisers: Thomas Rexer, Marcus Hoffmann, Johannes Ruhna
Society for Glycobiology 2022 Annual Meeting
Florida, USA (October 2-5, 2022)
Organisers: Society for Glycobiology
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Sialoglyco 2022 Symposium
Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan (September 5-8, 2022)
Organisers: The Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology (JCGG) and The Sialic Acids Society
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