MMM 2026 guide › Schedule

Prepared for Tim Costello and the Polymagnet team

The schedule

November 2–6, 2026, Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu

Hawaii time, which is 4 hours behind Austin in November. From the October 27 program book and the conference site. Breakfast runs 7:30 to 9:00 AM every day. Sources give slightly different coffee-break times, so check onsite.

Tim speaks

Thursday, Nov 5 · 3:36–3:48 PM · Coral 1

  • The talk FC-09, "Accelerate the scientific method with agile design of advanced magnetics." Sole author, listed as T. Costello, CMR Inc, Huntsville, Alabama. source
  • When and where Thursday, November 5, 3:36 to 3:48 PM, Coral 1 source
  • The session FC, New Applications and Other Emerging Topics I, 2:00 to 5:30 PM. Co-chairs Kai Wu (University of South Florida) and Ahmed El-Gendy (UT El Paso). source
  • The booth Booth 11, listed as Correlated Magnetics Research Inc., in the Coral Lounge next to the session rooms and the poster hall. source

Monday, Nov 2

  • 7:00 AM5K Fun Run/Walk ($35, sign up ahead) source
  • 7:00 AM to 1:00 PMBooth setup, Coral Lounge source
  • 2:30 to 5:00 PMTutorial: Applications of Magnetic Micro/Nano Robots, Coral 3 source
  • 5:00 to 7:00 PMWelcome Reception, Great Lawn source

Tuesday, Nov 3

  • 8:30 AM to 12:00 PMSymposium AB, Magnetic Materials Design and Discovery, Coral 5 source
  • 9:30 AM to 12:30 PMPosters, Coral 4, including rare-earth permanent magnets (AP) source
  • 10:00 AMExhibits open until 6:30 PM source
  • 12:30 to 1:30 PMSpecial session: Magnetism in Nuclear Fusion, Coral 5 source
  • 2:00 to 5:30 PMBE, Imaging, Sensing and Electromagnetic Devices, South Pacific 1/2 source
  • 5:30 to 6:30 PMBierstube in the Coral Lounge, among the booths source
  • 6:00 to 7:30 PMIEEE Magnetics Society Standards Committee, Hibiscus 2, open to all source

Wednesday, Nov 4

  • 8:30 AM to 12:00 PMCE, Magnetic Sensors and High-Frequency Devices, South Pacific 1/2 source
  • 9:30 AM to 12:30 PMPosters: rare-earth-free magnets (CP) and permanent-magnet machines (CQ) source
  • 12:30 to 1:30 PMSpecial session: Narrative is Leadership, Lehua Suite source
  • 2:00 to 5:30 PMDE, Sensors, Energy Harvesters and Power Devices, South Pacific 1/2 source
  • 5:30 to 6:30 PMBierstube, Coral Lounge source

Thursday, Nov 5

  • 8:30 AM to 12:00 PMEC, Hard Magnetic Materials I (Nd-Fe-B), Coral 1 source
  • 12:30 to 1:45 PMSpecial session: The Magnetic Compass of Life, Coral 5 source
  • 2:00 PMSession FC begins, Coral 1 source
  • 3:36 to 3:48 PMTim’s talk Tim's talk, FC-09, Coral 1 source
  • 3:48 to 4:15 PMBreak. The room empties toward Booth 11. source
  • 5:30 to 6:30 PMBierstube and Meet the Distinguished Lecturers, Coral Lounge source
  • 6:00 to 7:30 PMRoadmap meeting on magnetics for power electronics (signup closed Oct 12) source
  • 7:00 to 10:00 PMBooth teardown source

Friday, Nov 6

  • 8:30 AMGD, Next-Generation Permanent Magnets, Coral 2. Opens with an invited talk on additive manufacturing of magnets. source
  • 9:30 AM to 12:30 PMPosters, Coral 4, including a magnetizer design for Halbach rotors (GR-10) source
  • 12:30 to 1:45 PMYoung Professionals Lightning Talks, Nautilus source
  • 2:00 to 5:30 PMHD, AI-Driven Design of Permanent Magnets, Coral 2 source
  • All dayNo exhibits, so Tim is free for sessions source

How the days run

  • Talks · 8:30 AM to noon and 2:00 to 5:30 PM, Tuesday to Friday, seven or eight rooms at once source
  • Posters · Coral 4, 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM and 3:00 to 6:00 PM, next to the exhibits source
  • Symposia · 16 of them, new this year. They mix invited and contributed talks and are recorded. source
  • Planner app · MyItinerary, linked from the program book, lists every paper and exhibitor source

Special sessions

  • Magnetism in Nuclear Fusion · Tue 12:30 PM, with a speaker from Commonwealth Fusion Systems source
  • Narrative is Leadership · Wed 12:30 PM, a workshop on presenting science (ABT framework) source
  • The Magnetic Compass of Life · Thu 12:30 PM, Oxford and Oldenburg on how animals sense fields ($15) source
  • Standards Committee · Tue 6:00 PM, open to anyone, no signup source

After the week

  • Recordings · Free to attendees on demand from November 25, 2026 to January 25, 2027 source
  • Proceedings · An AIP Advances special topic, online early 2027 source
  • INTERMAG 2027 · May 10 to 14, 2027, Jeju Island, South Korea source
  • MMM 2028 · October 30 to November 3, 2028, San Antonio, Texas source

Make it a plan

This page is our curated read of the week. The official MyItinerary planner, linked from the program book, lists every one of the ~980 papers and all exhibitors, and lets Tim build a personal agenda.

The full working guideProgram, the people to find, where Polymagnet fits, and logistics.Open ›

Sources

Every line above links to where it came from. Times are from the October 27 program book and may shift onsite.