The conference will comprise eight, two-hour sessions plus two late-afternoon poster sessions. The conference will have the following sessions:
Session 1: Genomics
Speakers: Joao Setubal, Prabhu Patil, Alvaro Pérez, and three selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Session 2: Diagnostics and Epidemiology
Speakers: Leonardo de la Fuente and three selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Session 3: Pathogenicity mechanisms and regulation
Speakers: Jonathan Jacobs and three selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Session 4: Type III effector proteins
Speakers: Ulla Bonas, Sebastian Cunnac, and two selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Session 5: Protein secretion systems
Speakers: Cristina Eliza Alvarez Martinez, and three selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Session 6: Disease control
Speakers: Bing Yang, Caroline Roper, and two selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Session 7: Plant immunity
Speakers: Jianmin Zhou, Brian Staskawicz, Libo Shan, and two selected speakers including student/postdoc speakers
Roundtable discussion
Challenges and opportunities, priorities for community-based efforts
Open block
Informal interactions, recreation, and small group breakout meetings
