ICA2026: 17th International Congress of Acarology

The 17th International Congress of Acarology is the world's leading scientific conference dedicated to acarology.

Held every four years, this conference is taking place for the first time in France, in Montpellier, which is a major hub for French acarology. This momentum stems from the presence of numerous research teams studying mites, their biology, and their ecology from veterinary, agricultural, and environmental perspectives.

The conference will feature five plenary sessions with invited speakers. These sessions will address cross-cutting themes such as the remarkable biodiversity of mites; interactions at the molecular level and between organisms—ranging from mutualistic symbioses to parasitism—as well as their effects on evolution, disease transmission, and ecosystem functioning; recent advances in the evolutionary origins of mites; and the potential applications of artificial intelligence in acarology.