Annual Meeting Overview

Tentative Schedule

Friday November 6KAS Annual Meeting is at Murray State University November 6-7, 2026

9am - 12 noon - Oral Presentations

12 noon -1:30pm

  • Mentorship lunch for Kentucky Junior Academy of Science's young scientists
  • National Academies of Science lunch & listening session on rural Wellbeing (by invitation)
  • Or, Lunch on your own

1:30 - 4:00pm - Poster Presentations- All Sections
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4:00 - 6:00pm Self-guided Lab Crawl, (tours on campus) + Professional Development workshops

6:00- 7:00  Dinner & Networking 

7:30-9:30  After-dark at Hancock Biological Station on Kentucky Lake

OR

7:30-9:30 Movie & Mocktails at Curris Theatre - Project Hail Mary

Saturday November 7

8:00am KCTCS Faculty breakfast

9:00am Welcome from Murray State University
Keynote Speaker Dr. Matthew A Baum

10:30-12:00  Oral Presentations

  • Anthropology & Sociology
  • Chemistry: Analytical & Physical
  • Ecology
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Health Sciences
  • Physiology & Biochemistry
  • Science Education

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12:00 KAS Business Meeting Lunch- open to all KAS members by RSVP
or, Lunch on your own

1:30- 4:30 Oral Presentations

  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Chemistry: Organic & Inorganic
  • Computer & Information Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Psychology
  • Zoology & Botany

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Everyone is Welcome

We do our best to plan and host an Inclusive Scientific Meeting. KAS is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility. Please let us know how we can make this event welcoming for you!

Participants agree to behave professionally, respectfully and collegially at all times. The Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting is an interdisciplinary professional environment that cultivates scientific discovery and understanding. 

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Our event includes youth under 18

What every adult participant needs to know about Keeping Youth Safe at KAS/ KJAS 

KAS/KJAS Code of Conduct with Youth 

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The Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting is an interdisciplinary professional environment that cultivates scientific discovery and understanding. Thank you for contributing to our advancement of science by behaving professionally, respectfully and collegially at all times.