PreMiEr Industry and Advisory Summit 2026

Road to Deployment: Building the Future of Healthy Indoor Microbiomes

Microorganisms in buildings affect human health, safety, building performance, and operational costs. At the same time, emerging research is creating new opportunities to measure, interpret, and potentially shape indoor microbial environments.

The 2026 PreMiEr Industry & Advisory Summit will bring together researchers, industry, end users, government agencies, standards organizations, and community partners to examine what it will take to move advances in the microbiome of the built environment from discovery toward responsible, scalable deployment.

Across two days, participants will explore the pathway from sensing and interpreting indoor environments to developing, validating, and deploying solutions – and identify the partnerships, evidence, and infrastructure needed to move promising technologies forward.

Conference Details

Date

November 4-5, 2026

Location

North Carolina Biotechnology Center

15 TW Alexander Dr, Durham, NC 27713

Format

Two days of research and technology showcases, demonstrations, applied case discussions, structured networking, cross-sector panels, and a collaborative Deployment Roadmap Lab.

*The agenda is tentative and will continue to evolve as speakers, demonstrations, and participating organizations are confirmed.*

Conference Focuses

Key themes shaping the 2026 Summit agenda, from research translation to regulatory readiness.

Sensing the Built Environment

Explore emerging approaches for microbial sampling, environmental sensing, monitoring, and scalable field measurement.

Assessing and Modeling the Built Environment

Examine how AI, bioinformatics, modeling, risk assessment, and decision-support tools can turn measurements into actionable information.

Modifying the Built Environment

Explore emerging approaches to microbiome engineering and intervention, along with the safety, manufacturing, delivery, and scale-up questions they raise.

From End-User Need to Deployment

Consider how technologies move through validation, standards, regulation, procurement, implementation, and sustained operation.

Why Attend This Year’s Industry Summit?

See What’s Emerging

Learn about PreMiEr research and emerging technologies through short presentations, prototypes, dashboards, demonstrations, and applied examples.

Find The Partners You Need

Connect across research, industry, healthcare, buildings, government, standards, testing, manufacturing, and other parts of the deployment ecosystem.

Shape The Road to Deployment

Help identify evidence needs, barriers, test environments, partnership opportunities, and practical next steps for moving microbiome technologies toward use.

Featured Sessions

PreMiEr scholars lead each session, with presentations and demos from our researchers and industry partners. Throughout the Summit, you can explore the Demo Commons, meet people through structured networking, connect with students, and build new partnerships.

Session 1: Sensing the Built Environment