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