The GLEON 2026 All Hands’ Meeting will be held at Lake Banyoles, Spain on 31 August to 4 September 2026 with pre-meetings and early arrivals on 28-30 August 2026. The meeting will be hosted by Universitat de Girona (UdG), Blanes Centre for Advanced Studies (CEAB), and University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) with support from numerous local institutions, companies, and communities.
Ada Pastor, Núria Catalán, and Mireia Bartrons will be the host team for the GLEON 2026 Meeting in Banyoles, Spain. This website will be updated as new information is available, so check back soon.
The pre-meeting program includes a Steering Committee retreat (tentative) on Saturday, workshops on Sunday, and the main meeting beginning on Monday and continuing through Friday. This schedule allows more meeting time for working group meetings and excursions during the week.
Plan travel and budget accordingly to arrive at Banyoles, Spain by Friday (for Steering Committee members), Saturday (for students and workshop attendees), or Sunday (if only attending the main meeting) and depart on the following Friday afternoon. See below Travel and Meeting Venue for more information.
An overview of the meeting program is provided below:
Please note: the meeting will take place through Friday this year to allow for mid-week excursions.
Special groups involved in the meeting:
The vision for the meeting organizers is to uphold GLEON’s values:
Registration is will open soon for the GLEON 2026 Meeting in Spain. Link coming soon!
In addition to registering for the meeting with GLEON, attendees must reserve the appropriate meeting package by completing a separate form provided by the local host team. Link coming soon!
The GLEON Steering Committee has created a fee structure to allow attendees to select the fee most appropriate to their situation.
The registration fee options are as follows:
There is no added fee for pre-meeting workshops. Meeting participants will also need to cover the costs of the appropriate meeting package to stay in Banyoles for the meeting (see Venue and Accommodations below).
Travel support is available for early-career researchers from Spanish-speaking, underrepresented regions. See below for more information.
Q1: Do I need to be a GLEON member to submit registration to attend the All Hands’ Meeting?
A1: No, anyone interested in attending can register. GLEON membership is not a requirement for attending GLEON meetings. However, you will be expected to become a member when you decide to join GLEON collaborative efforts (e.g. projects, working groups, experiments) that require all team members involved to agree to the GLEON Operating Principles & Procedures.
Q2: Do I need to pre-register for this meeting?
A2: There is no pre-registration for this meeting. Attendees should register for the meeting and reserve the appropriate meeting package using the forms provided.
Q3: Is registration support available for this meeting?
A3: For anyone for whom the registration fee creates a barrier to participation, contact the Steering Committee Co-chairs to inquire about fee waivers.
Meeting organizers are using a strategy to ensure a genuine GLEON experience:
Overnight accommodations are limited in Banyoles, and our local host team has made arrangements to accommodate our group.
In addition to registering for the meeting, all meeting attendees MUST complete a reservation form (link coming soon) to reserve one of the two following options that includes the Meeting Package. One package includes pre-arranged overnight accommodations for attendees who will be traveling to the meeting, and the other is for local attendees, guests, or those who do not require overnight accommodations.
The following overnight accommodation options are available for meeting attendees. Links are provided for attendees to learn more about the options. Reservations should be made by completing the form provided by the local host team not directly with the hostel, hotel, or apartment vendor:
Meeting package rates with overnight accommodations included:
The meeting package with overnight accommodations is priced per person and includes everything, namely: overnight accommodations in your choice of hotel, apartment or hostel on a first-come, first-served basis, on-site participation in all organized activities, daily coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, and social activities.
If you are traveling with your family or accompanying person, please select the La Carpa Apartments single use or l’Ast Hotel*** Double room, single use option and contact us at congressos.fundacioudg@udg.edu for further arrangements.
The meeting package without overnight accommodations is priced per person and includes: on-site participation in all organized activities, daily coffee breaks, lunches, dinners, and social activities. Overnight accommodations are not included in this rate.
The accompanying person is priced per person and includes lunches and dinners. Accommodations, social activities, and daily coffee breaks are not included.
The host team has secured funding through the esGLEON network to provide full travel support for Spanish-speaking researchers from underrepresented regions in GLEON. Stay tuned for more information and a link to the application form!
The Overall Goals for Graduate Students Attending the GLEON All Hands’ Meeting are to:
* If you have any concerns or for any reason are not able to bring a poster to the All Hands’ Meeting, please contact the GSA: gsa.gleon@gmail.com.
** There may be exceptions according to individual needs and conditions, such as personal travel scheduling conflict so you will miss the GSA-led workshops, or another concurrent workshop on the same day suits your research needs better. In the latter scenario, you are absolutely free to choose any of the pre-meeting workshops to attend.
Students need to complete the following steps to register for the meeting:
During registration, participants are invited to submit an abstract (or more if applicable) to present your research at the GLEON All Hands’ Meeting.
The GLEON Student Association (GSA) Poster Committee will prepare a GLEON 2026 Abstract Book and include all abstracts that authors give permission to share during registration.
The GLEON Poster Session is designed to be an informal but highly interactive way for you to share your research, present your project ideas to your fellow GLEON meeting participants that come with various expertise and interests from all over the world.
If your work is affiliated with a current or potential GLEON research site or project, and you are interested in sharing the latest development or collaboration opportunity with GLEONites:
Please use the following example to format the content in preparation for uploading your abstract during registration.
Lead Author: Kevin C. ROSE1
Lead Author Affiliation: 1Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
Other Author Names (one per line):
Marilyn Larsen2
Paul C. Hanson2
Other Author Affiliations (one per line):
2Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Title: Integration of traditional measurements of allochthony with high frequency buoy data from GLEON sites: does temporal scale matter?
Abstract: Write your abstract here. Please keep it under 250 words.
The purpose of the Network Partnership Program (NPP) is to help New-to-GLEON participants engage in effective, friendly networking and integration into the community of people and collaboration.
The program was developed by the GLEON Student Association (GSA) in 2009, in response to the perceived need* for a supportive environment for both students/early-career scientists & new members to the community. *Thanks to the previous GLEON Meeting survey results many of you contributed to, and recommendations made by the Committee for inClusive Collaboration (CCC).
New-to-GLEON Partner (NP): the 1st- or 2nd-time GLEON meeting attendee:
GLEON Partner (GP): this is your 3rd time or more attending GLEON all-hands meeting:
| Student | Non-Student | |
|---|---|---|
| New-to-GLEON Partner (NP) | If this is your 1st or 2nd GLEON meeting. Automatically enrolled. | If this is your 1st GLEON meeting. Optional. |
| GLEON Partner (GP) | If you have been to 2 or more GLEON events please consider volunteering to be a GP! 🙂 | You have been to 2 or more GLEON meetings — Please consider volunteering to be a GP for New-to-GLEON students. We need you! |
The GSA and CCC work together to pair *one New-to-GLEON Partner (NP) with one GLEON Partner (GP) after the GLEON meeting Registration closes.
*Sometimes we may need to pair two NPs with one GP, depending on the registration results and availability of each role.
The exact terms of the networking partnership will vary depending on the particular needs of your partner. Here are a few suggestions that NPP partners from the past GLEON meetings have honored and worked well:
GLEON All Hands’ Meeting attendees can sign-up for the Network Partnership Program (NPP) during meeting registration.
Contact GLEON to send a question to the the Committee for inClusive Collaboration (CCC). Students can also contact the GLEON Student Association (GSA) directly: gsa.gleon@gmail.com.
If you need a letter of invitation to support your visa application, please contact GLEON to notify host Núria Catalán and GLEON coordinator Lisa Borre.
Please provide information below in your request e-mail:
(1) Your full name;
(2) Title/Position, Organization and address that should appear on the letter;
(3) Email, phone number and nationality;
(4) Duration of stay in Spain: arrival & departure dates (if you are extending your stay, please let us know the reason, such as “meet with colleagues at ____ (name of institution)” or “tourism in _____ (location)”;
(5) Additional information that needs to be evident in the invitation letter as required by the Spanish Consulate (or by your university administration if not for visa purposes);
(6) If you need an original/physical letter signed and posted to you, please provide your complete postal address (postal or zip code included) in your request email.
*The letter of invitation does not financially obligate the hosting organizations. All expenses incurred in relation to GLEON meeting attendance are the responsibility of the participant. Whether you are sponsored by your institution or another source of travel support, please work with your funding agencies for financial support documentation should it be required for your visa application.
The GLEON Student Association developed a Beginner’s Guide to GLEON to help orient those who are new to the network or attending their first meeting.
Please refer to the GLEON Meeting Code of Conduct, adopted by the Steering Committee in 2019 and updated in 2024.
GLEON is grateful to our sponsors and partners for organizing and supporting the All Hands’ Meeting:
The GLEON 2026 meeting in Spain was organized with support from numerous local institutions, companies, and communities, including:
