Special Symposia Topics:

  1. Exploring algal diversity: Phylogenomic and phylogenetic approaches.
    Chairs: Pilar Diaz-Tapia, Shinya Sato
  2. Algal distributions: Pattern and processes of phylogeography and population genetics.
    Chair: Ramiro Logares
  3. -Omic approaches to the study of algae.
    Chair: Delin Duan
  4. Harmful algal blooms: Taxonomy, ecology, toxins, microbiomes, and physiology
    Chair: Stefano Accoroni
  5. Algae and their microbial symbionts: from mutualists to pathogens
    Chairs: Simon Dittami, Suhelen Egan
  6. Aquaculture: Global perspective and different crops.
    Chair: Michael Roleda
  7. Response to climate change: Physiology, ecology, and diversity.
    Chair: Chris Cornwall
  8. Charting new frontiers: Evolutionary and ecological theory in algal invasions
    Chairs: Stacy Krueger-Hadfield, Aschwin Engelen.
  9. Life cycle genetics: Control of sex and development
    Chairs: Susana Coelho, Tifeng Shan
  10. Critical areas for taxonomic research.
    Chair: Line LeGall
  11. Restoration and Resilience in the Anthropocene
    Chairs: Melinda Coleman, Georgina Wood
  12. Cyanobacteria
    Chair: TBA
  13. Algal Chemical Ecology in a Climate Change Scenario
    Chair: Georg Pohnert