Algae and their Microbial Symbionts: from Mutualists to Pathogens
Chairs/Co-chairs: Suhelen Egan, Simon Dittami
Speakers: Suhelen Egan, Shady Amin, Aimee Caye Chang, Aschwin Engelen, Sylvain Faugeron
Algal distributions- patterns and processes over space and time
Chairs/Co-chairs: Ramiro Logares, Denise Rui Ying Ong
Speakers: Charmaine Yung, Gareth Pearson, Erasmo Macaya, Ramiro Logares, Denise Rui Ying Ong
Aquaculture: Global perspective and Different crops
Chairs/Co-chairs: Michael Roleda, Michael Graham
Speakers: Kyosuke Niwa, Pamela A. Fernandez, Sergey Nuzhdin, Michael Roleda, Michael Graham
Critical areas for Taxonomic research: bridging gaps in seaweed biodiversity knowledge
Chairs/Co-chairs: Juliet Brodie, Frederik Leliaert
Speakers: Christophe Vieira, Hiroshi Kawai, Franz Goecke, Li-En Yang, Frederik Leliaert
Advances in Cyanobacterial Biology and Chemistry
Chairs/Co-chairs: Lilibeth Salvador-Reyes, Milagrosa Martinez-Goss
Speakers: Milagrosa Martinez Goss, Fatma Al-Awadhi, Ernelea Cao, Libertine Rose Sanchez
Exploring Algal Diversity: Phylogenomic and Phylogenetic Approaches
Chairs/Co-chairs: Shinya Sato, Pilar Díaz-Tapia
Speakers: Evgeniy Gusev, Garry Benico, Luna van der Loos, Pilar Diaz-Tapia, Pedro Madeira
Harmful Algal Blooms – Taxonomy, Ecology, Toxins, Microbiomes, and Physiology
Chairs/Co-chairs: Stefano Accoroni, Haifeng Gu
Speakers: Haifeng Gu, Mitsunori Iwataki, Anusuya Willis, Shinya Sato, Stefano Accoroni
Life cycle Genetics: Control of sex and development
Chairs/Co-chairs: Olivier DeClerck, Chikako Nagasato
Speakers: Kensuke Ichihara, Eunyoung Shim, Jose Avila-Peltroche, Chikako Nagasato, Olivier De Clerck
Omic Approaches to the Study of Algae
Chairs/Co-chairs: Hwan Su Yoon, Mark Cock
Speakers: Jong-il Choi, Hwan Su Yoon, Mark Cock, Zheng Qin, Gabriel V. Markov
Response to Climate Change: Physiology, Ecology, and Diversity
Chairs/Co-chairs: Catriona Hurd, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, Christopher Cornwall
Speakers: Jean Rose Maquirang, Katherina Petrou, Mads Thomsen, Emma Cebrian Pujol
Restoration and Resilience in the Anthropocene
Chairs/Co-chairs: Melinda Coleman, Georgina Wood
Speakers: Juliet Brodie, Melinda Coleman, Will White, Georgina Wood