1. Friday 7 September 2018 - Saturday 8 September 2018
C18-45: Save the date
Friday 7 September Saturday 8 September 2018

2. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
Toby Kiers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (soil microbiology, ecology)
Andy Waters, Glasgow, United Kingdom (parasitology, tropical medicine)
Rotem Sorek, Rehovot, Israel (virology, phages) 
Bernard Hube, Jena, Germany (fungi and virulence)
Sang Yup Lee, Daejeon, South Korea (cell factory)
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
Abstract submission: January 2019
Early registration: April 2019

3. MAIN CONGRESS TOPICS: Applied Microbiology
Biotechnology / Synthetic Biology / Systems Biology
Virology
Pathogens / Pathogenicity
Mycology
Genetics/Genomics
Environmental Microbiology / Microbial Ecology / Microbial Communities
Taxonomy / Systematics
Education / Professional Development / Policies
Physiology / Biochemistry / Molecular Microbiology
Food Microbiology