The American Autonomic Society’s 37th International Symposium is scheduled for November 10–14, 2026, in San Diego. For people following dysautonomia, interoception and neuromodulation, the program offers a map of questions researchers and clinicians are discussing. It is not a preview of conclusions that have already been proved.
What is confirmed
The organizer lists five meeting days, beginning with a trainee event and clinical-practice course on Tuesday and ending with abstract presentations, a year-in-review session and closing remarks on Saturday. The official meeting page links Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego for hotel information. The schedule is explicitly marked tentative and subject to change. [1]
The registration form offers in-person and virtual attendance and lists a pre-meeting course on November 10. Registration, access and practical details should be checked with the organizer close to travel; this preview is not a ticketing or attendance guarantee. [2]
The questions worth following
Planned symposia cover interventional neuromodulation in dysautonomia, interoception, mast-cell activation and autonomic function, amyloidosis, cardiovascular autonomic testing, cardiopulmonary control, gastrointestinal complications, and intersecting conditions including POTS, joint hypermobility, migraine and pain sensitization. The program also includes debates, named lectures, posters and multiple abstract sessions. [1]
Those titles suggest useful reporting questions. Which population was studied? Was the work observational, experimental or a clinical trial? What outcome was measured? Does “autonomic function” mean a laboratory signal, a symptom, daily function or all three? Does an intervention change a test result, and was that change meaningful to patients?
A conference abstract is not the final evidence
Abstracts and talks often communicate work before a full paper is available. They may contain limited methods, preliminary analyses or results that later change. Acceptance into a conference program is not proof that a treatment works, and a session title is not an endorsement by the society of every claim a speaker may make.
When coverage appears, look for participant numbers, comparison groups, prespecified outcomes, uncertainty, adverse events and funding disclosures. Separate a mechanistic finding from a diagnostic test, and both from evidence that a treatment improves how people feel or function. For commercial technologies, identify the manufacturer’s role and whether results have been independently replicated.
Source and event disclosure
This preview uses the society’s own meeting and registration pages. They are primary sources for dates and planned sessions, but promotional sources for the event itself; the organizer has an institutional interest in registration. Its meeting page currently links hotel information for Paradise Point, whose official site lists 1404 Vacation Road in San Diego. [3]
Body Mind State is not presenting a conference abstract as clinical guidance. Program details can change, and this article does not imply organizer partnership, special access or advance knowledge of unpublished results. After the meeting, the responsible next step is to evaluate each claim against its methods and complete evidence—not the authority of the stage on which it appeared.