FULL PROGRAM
3rd-4th October 2026
DAY ONE - OCTOBER 3rd
DAY ONE - OCTOBER 3rd
| Time | Panel & Host | Presentations & Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| 4 am ET 9 am BST 10 am CEST |
OPENING Host: The Bisexual+ Research Group Leadership Team |
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| 4.15 -5 am ET 9.15 - 10 am BST 10.15 - 11 am CEST |
KEYNOTE Host: Ellen Davenport-Plesance |
* Martha Robinson Rhodes - "Bisexuality and Beyond: Oral histories and self-narratives in modern Britain" |
| 5 am - 5.45 am ET 10 am-10.45am BST 11 am - 11.45 am CEST |
PANEL: Bi+ Activism, Community, & Political Belonging |
* Jessica Wigglesworth — "Betraying the Sisterhood: Bisexuality in the 1970s British Women’s Liberation Movement" * Aria Planigale and Tyler McRae — "Addressing the impact of anti-LGBTIQA+ hate on bi+ communities" * Ainhoa Santos-Goicoechea — "Thank God for (Bi) Sluts: On the Ties Between Bisexual Activism and Sex Worker Rights" |
| 5.45 am - 6.30 am ET 10.45 am-11.30 am BST 11.45 - 12.30 CEST |
WORKSHOP Host: Aurelio Castro |
* "Bi+ & Poly Discussion Group" by Anthony Lekkas |
| 6.30 am - 6.45 am ET 11.30am-11.45am 12.30 - 12.45 pm CEST |
BREAK | |
| 6.45 am - 7.45 am ET 11.45-12.45 pm BST 12.45 - 1.45 pm CEST |
PANEL: Bi+ Representation, Media & Visibility Host: Lucia Tralli |
* Rowan Dowling - "‘Just one small detail, I’m bisexual and married’: Bi Dating Ads in the 1990s Russian Queer Press" * Sophia Hörhold - "The Role of Bisexuality in French Cinema: Narratives of Bisexuality in Les Témoins, Les Goûts et les Couleurs and Passages" * Kit Willett (he/they) - "Into the Wetlands: Bisexual Poetry and Poetry as Bisexual Theory" * Anna Maria Staiano - "Retracing the history of bitransphobia and exclusion of BT from the acronym in the UK: the documentary The Other Other" |
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7.45 - 8.30 am ET 12.45 –1.30 pm BST 13.45 - 2.30 pm CEST |
PANEL: Bisexuality, Gender, Sexuality & Self-Recognition Host: Aurelio Castro |
* Tom Carter - "Bisexual Men's Constructions of Sexuality and Gender: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis" * Vincenzo Cicala - "Bisexual Masculinity under Algorithmic Conditions: Constructing and Constraining Sexualised Self-Recognition" * Carol A. Shepherd and José Calvo Tello - "Bisexual Christian European - Co-Creating a Bisexual Theology" |
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8.30 - 9.15 am ET 1.30 – 2.15 pm BST 2.30 - 3.15 pm CEST |
PANEL: Writing Bi+ History: Archives, Classifications, Intersectionality Host: Lucia Tralli |
* with Inácio Saldanha, Jamilie Souza, and Mateusz Miesiac |
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9.15 - 9.45 am ET 2.15 - 2.45 pm BST 3.15 - 3.45 pm CEST |
BREAK | |
| 9.45 -10.45 am ET 2.45 - 3.45 pm BST 3.45 - 4.45 pm CEST |
WORKSHOP Host: Derek Sollberger |
* "In Between Bi+ Activism and Academia" by Jace Rios Riveria and Bailey Merlin |
10.45 - 11.30 am ET 3.45 - 4.30 pm BST 4.45 - 5.30 pm CEST |
FEATURED TALK Host: Ellen Davenport-Plesance |
* "Assessing the Needs of Bi+ Older Adults" by Robyn Ochs |
| 11.30 am - 12.15 pm ET 4.30 – 5.15 pm BST 5.30 - 6.15 CEST |
PANEL: Bi+ Wellbeing, Belonging, & Representation Host: Ellen Davenport-Plesance |
* Ritch Savin-Williams - "Mental Health of Bisexual Youths: Negative or Positive?" * Kylie Burnham - "Longing for “B” Belonging: Josselson’s Dimensions of Relatedness, Bi+ Identity Development, and Bi+ Wellbeing" * Iury Santos — "LG(BBB)TQ+: What do Big Brother Brasil data reveal about bi+ representation in Brazilian reality television?" |
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12.15 - 12.30 pm ET |
BREAK | |
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12.30 - 1.15 pm ET |
WORKSHOP Host: Derek Sollberger |
"Queer Kinship, Bi+ Genders and Sexualities. Non-monogamies & Multi-Parenting – Activist Concerns" by Christian Klesse, Daniel Cardoso, and Antonio Cerdeira |
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1.15 - 1.30 pm ET |
DAY 1 CLOSING REMARKS Host: The Bisexual+ Research Group Leadership Team |
DAY TWO - OCTOBER 4th
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DAY TWO - OCTOBER 4th *
| Time | Panel & Host | Presentations & Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| 10 am ET 3 pm BST 4 pm CEST |
OPENING Host: The Bisexual+ Research Group Leadership Team |
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| 10.05 - 10.45 am ET 3.05 - 3.45 pm BST 4.05 - 4.45 pm CEST |
PANEL: Centering Bi+ Experiences in Africa Host: Derek Sollberger |
* Dr. Tina Lubayo * Tanaka Muren |
| 10.45 am - 11.30 am ET 3.45 - 4.30 pm BST 4.45 - 5.30 pm CEST |
PANEL: The Bisexual Issues Committee Host: Aurelio Castro |
* Mia Semelman, Sara Townsend, Rachel Chickerella, Isabel Benjamin, Zakary Clements, Samuel Lawton |
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11.30 am - 12.30 pm ET 4.30 - 5.30 pm BST 5.30 - 6.30 pm CEST |
PANEL: Monosexism, Biphobia, & Institutional Power |
* Floralie Resa - "Institutional Biphobia Beyond Invisibilisation: The Architecture of Biphobia" * Mariana Schubert Lemos and Henrique Caetano Nardi - "Monosexism and Monodissidence in the Psychology Degree" * Guillermo Guaracha-Basañez - "Between Invisibility and Autonomy: Disclosure and Internalized Stigma among Bisexual People in Rheumatology Care in Mexico" * Pamela Vallejos Chavez - "Monosexism as Epistemic Injustice: A Decolonial Perspective on Bi+ Narratives in Peru" |
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12.30 - 1.15 pm ET 5.30 - 6.15 pm BST 6.30 - 7.15 pm CEST |
WORKSHOP Host: Lucia Tralli |
* "Credibly Articulating Our Bi+ Identities: The Role of Community Feedback When Researching Bi+ Communities" by Maedbh Pierce |
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1.15 - 2.15 pm ET 6.15 - 7.15 pm BST 7.15 - 8.15 pm CEST |
PANEL: Bi+ Representation, Discourse & Social Experience Host: Lucia Tralli |
* Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh - "Debating Belonging: Bi and Pan Users as “Others Within” on Persian Twitter" * Jace Rios Rivera - "Epistemic Reclamation or Armchair Theory? Exploring the Impacts of Online Bi+ Discourse" * Marisa Tangeman - "Bifocality: Bisexual Media Audiences and the Productive Practice of Looking Both Ways" ** Kiamara Edith Meneses Aparicio - "Sexism, Biphobia, and Sexual Violence: Vulnerability in the Social Environment of Young Bisexual Women from Metropolitan Lima and Callao" * Nanda Rossi - "Reflections on Bisexuality in Fiction" |
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2.15 - 2.30pm ET 7.15 - 7.30 pm BST 8.15 - 8.30 pm CEST |
CLOSING CEREMONY Host: The Bisexual+ Research Group Leadership Team |
* Jushin Misia Denéa - "Bi/Black/BodyPositive/Bliss" by Jushin Misia Denéa - Short Film Presentation from Queer Women of Color Film Festival 2017
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