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advancing the study of unidentified anomalous phenomena through interdisciplinary dialogue
Save the date · SUAPS Annual Conference 2026
UAP Studies:
Past, Present and Future
The Society’s annual gathering of researchers working across disciplines on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).
11-13
December 2026
Online, with limited in-person attendance in Porto, Portugal
Want access now? Annual supporters already have online access to all three days, with nothing else to register for.
WORKSHOPS
Mon 7 - Wed 9 December
Optional, Port & Online
SCHOLARS RECEPTION
Thursday 10 December
Porto
CONFERENCE
Friday 11 - Sun 13 December
Online & Porto
PROGRAM & REGISTRATION
Open in October 2026
Program lead: Adam Dodd
Online, with an in-person room in Porto, Portugal
THE THEME
UAP studies is old enough to have a history and young enough that its methods are still being argued over. This year the conference gives one day to each: where the field came from, where the research stands now, and where it goes from here.
The program is built around plenary sessions, each with time for moderated discussion, and every day closes with a keynote. The conference runs primarily online, so you can take part from anywhere. For those who can travel, there is an in-person room in Porto.
Our three keynotes
Day I · Friday 11 December
Day 2 · Saturday 12 December
Day 3 · Sunday 13 December
Past
Present
Future
The investigators and institutions that kept the subject alive when few universities would touch it.
What researchers are doing now, with instruments, data and fieldwork.
Where the field goes from here, and what it would take to get there.
KEYNOTE
Dr. Mark Rodeghier
President and Scientific Director, J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies
KEYNOTE
Dr. Laura Dominé
The Habuki Project, Kyoto University
KEYNOTE
Professor Alex Wendt
Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University
Plenary speakers for each day will be announced with the full program in October.
The week at a glance
7 to 13 December 2026
Pre-conference workshops
Optional, separate from the conference. Porto, with online participation.
Reception
Annual Conference
Porto
Primarily online, with an in-person room in Porto.
How to attend
Annual supporters have access now; day passes come later in October
LATER IN OCTOBER
Day passes
Not an annual supporter? You will be able to buy a pass for individual days online. Day passes, with prices, go on sale later in October.
PORTO · LATER IN OCTOBER
In person
A room in Porto, Portugal, for those who can attend in person. Details on places and how to register will follow later in October.
Before the conference
7–9 December · Porto, Portugal
Pre-conference workshops
The Society would also like interested scholars to consider attending a series of pre-conference, intensive workshops that will be structured around the Society’s emerging research framework, with substantial time allotted for researchers from around the world to present the work of their groups and ongoing projects. Space is limited for in-person attendance, but there will be ample opportunity for online participation.
Further details forthcoming.
Thursday 10 December · Porto
Scholars Reception
The Society also invites participants of the workshops and the main conference events to a Scholars Reception, Thursday 10 December in Porto.
Specific details to be announced in November.
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Keep me posted
Leave your name and email and we will write to you when the program is published and day passes go on sale.
PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION OPEN IN
October
ANNUAL SUPPORTERS
SESSION TIMES
QUESTIONS
Online access to all three days is included for annual supporters, starting now. Day passes go on sale later in October.
Planned for the afternoon and evening in Porto, roughly 15:00 to 22:00. That is 10:00 to 17:00 on the US East Coast and 07:00 to 14:00 on the West Coast, so North American colleagues can join live. Times may still shift until the program is published.
Write to director@societyforuapstudies.org
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