Confirmed Concurrent Sessions and Invited Speakers

Light harvesting: mechanisms and diversity

Invited Speakers: Roberta Croce, Netherlands; Xiaochun Qin, China

Organisers: Herbert van Amerongen, Claudia Buchel

From Molecules to Membranes: Thylakoid Membranes as a Dynamic Platform for Energy Conversion

Invited Speakers: Doran Raccah, USA; Emilie Wientjes, Netherlands

Organisers: Conrad Mullineaux, Helmut Kirchhoff

Biogenesis of the photosynthetic apparatus

Invited Speakers: Zhenfeng Liu, China; Luning Liu, UK

Organisers: Peter Nixon, Michael Schroda

Photoprotection: mechanisms, dynamics and regulation

Invited Speakers: Yuxiang   Weng, China; Nicoletta Liguori, Spain

Organisers: Matt Johnson, Adrien Burlacot

Regulation of ROS production and signalling

Invited Speakers: Ginga Shimakawa, Japan; Nestor Carrillo, Argentina

Organisers: Guy Hanke, Anja Krieger-Liszkay

Roles and regulation of photorespiration

Invited Speakers: Berkley Walker, USA; Martin Hagemann, Germany

Organisers: Amanda Cavanagh, Stefan Timm

C4 and CAM for photosynthetic improvement

Invited Speakers: Jane Langdale, UK; Ariel Orrelana Lopez, Chile

Organisers: Julian Hibberd , Maria Ermakova

Stomata, the gatekeepers of photosynthesis

Invited Speakers: Hanna Horak, Estonia; Silvere Vialet-Chabrand, Netherlands

Organisers: Julie Gray, Tracy Lawson

Rubisco 2.0

Invited Speakers: Laura Gunn, USA; Jeroni Galmés, Spain

Organisers: Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Doug Orr

Artificial photosynthesis and biohybrid systems

Invited Speakers: Iftach Yacoby, Israel; Gustav Berggren, Sweden

Organisers: Peter Adams, Jenny Zhang

Plant and ecosystem photosynthesis in a warming world

Invited Speakers: Martijn Slot, Panama; Elizabete Carmo-Silva, UK

Organisers: Johannes Kromdijk, Lisa Ainsworth

Photosynthesis in the oceans, Aquatic photosynthesis

Invited Speakers: Thomas Ryan-Keogh, UK; Rich Puxty, UK

Organiser: Tom Bibby

Utilising light efficiently: from plant to crop

Invited Speakers: Tiina Tosens, Estonia; Alex Wu, Australia

Organisers: Elinor Thompson, Steven Driever

Biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanisms

Invited Speakers: Martin Jonikas, USA; Cecilia Blikstad, Sweden

Organisers: Alistair McCormick, Laura Gunn

Control and drivers of chloroplast biogenesis

Invited Speakers: Tatjana Kleine, Germany; Wataru Sakamoto, Japan

Organisers: Enrique Lopez-Juez, Paul Jarvis

Computational and AI Applications in Photosynthesis

Invited Speakers: Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, Germany; Alexandra Olaya-Castro, UK

Organisers: Nicoletta Liguori, Lorenzo Cupellini

Engineering photosynthesis

Invited Speakers: Andreas Weber, Germany ; Wataru Yamori, Japan

Organisers: Christine Raines, Patricia Lopez-Calcagno

Regulation of Electron Transport - molecular mechanisms

Invited Speakers: Tomas Morosinotto, Italy; Adrien Burlacot, USA

Organisers: Giles Johnson, Yagut Allahverdieva-Rinne

Evolution and diversification of photosynthesis across planetary environments

Invited Speakers: Ming-Ju Amy Lyu, China; Michael Webster, UK

Organisers: Tanai Cardona, Anne Jungblut

Photosystems structure and Function

Invited Speakers: Alexey Amunts, Sweden; Chris Gisriel, USA

Organisers: David Swainsbury, Julian Eaton-Rye

Remote and high-throughput phenotyping applications in photosynthesis research

Invited Speakers: Erik Murchie, UK; Carl Bernacchi,USA

Organiser: Rob Hancock

Photosynthetic electron transport – functioning and regulation in intact systems

Invited Speakers: Deserah Strand (The Netherlands), Benjamin Bailleul (France)

Organisers: Jeremy   Harbinson, Bernard Genty

Water Oxidation

Invited Speakers: Jian-Ren Shen (Japan), Holger Dau (Germany)

Organisers: Bill Rutherford

Light, Carbon, Code: Advances in Modeling Photosynthesis

Invited Speakers: Fabienne Maignan (France), Yu Wang (China)

Organisers: Jen Johnson, Florian Busch

Novel experimental methods in photosynthesis

Invited Speaker: Dave Kramer (The Netherlands)

Organisers: Tomas Morosinotto, Gabriela Schlau-Cohen