Sunday August 11, 2024
09:00-17:00
IMC12 Early Career Mycologists Symposium
Hall 4
IMA COUNCIL MEETING
Hall 5
DEMARTOPHYTES 12
Medical Center/MECC
09:00-16:30
PRE-CONGRESS FIELD TRIP 01: ST. PIETERSBERG, MAASTRICHT, NL - ORGANIZED BY THE DUTCH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Field trip
PRE-CONGRESS FIELD TRIP 02: SAVELSBOS, CADIER EN KEER, NL - ORGANIZED BY THE DUTCH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Field trip
PRE-CONGRES FIELD TRIP 03: VIJLENERBOS, VAALS, NL - ORGANIZED BY THE DUTCH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Field trip
PRE-CONGRES FIELD TRIP 04: JONGENBOS, DIEPENBEEK/KORTESSEM, BE – ORGANIZED BY THE FLEMISH MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Field trip
12:00-16:30
PRE-CONGRESS WORKSHOP: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF FUNGI AND BACTERIA
Hall 3
17:00-17:45
OPENING CEREMONY
Hall 1
17:45-18:45
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Hall 1
18:45-20:00
WELCOME RECEPTION
Exhibition
Monday August 12, 2024
08:00-09:30
WORKSHOP 02: THE WHOLE KENDRICK: A SYMPOSIUM CELEBRATING THE 90TH BIRTHDAY OF W. BRYCE KENDRICK
Hall 2
OTHER
Hall 4
CLOSED WORKING GROUP MEETING OF YEAST.ORG - BY INVITATION ONLY
Hall 5
WORKSHOP 04: FUNGAL GENOMICS FOR AMR
Hall 1
09:30-10:30
KEYNOTE SESSION 1: CELL BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Hall 1
10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 1 & 2)
Exhibition
11:00-13:00
SYMPOSIUM 01: AQUATIC FUNGI
Hall 1
SYMPOSIUM 02: GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES TO FORESTS: INTERACTIONS OF FUNGI, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
Hall 2
SYMPOSIUM 03: BIOCONTROL MECHANISMS AGAINST FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGENS
Hall 3
SYMPOSIUM 04: FUNGAL TRAITS AND BEHAVIOURS IN SOIL
Hall 4
SYMPOSIUM 05: TAXON NAMES AND TAXON COMMUNICATION IN EDNA ERA
Hall 5
SYMPOSIUM 06: NEW TAXONOMIES OF MYCOTOXIGENIC FUNGI
Hall 6
13:00-14:30
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 1 & 2)
Exhibition
THE FUTURE IS FUNGI – COMMERCIALIZING RESEARCH TO REAL WORLD SOLUTIONS
Hall 3
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 4
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 5
14:30-15:30
KEYNOTE SESSION 2: ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY AND INTERACTIONS
Hall 1
15:30-16:00
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 1 & 2)
Exhibition
16:00-18:00
SYMPOSIUM 07: EXTREMOPHILIC FUNGI IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE
Hall 1
SYMPOSIUM 08: FUNGAL DISEASE OUTBREAKS
Hall 2
SYMPOSIUM 09: FUNGAL INTERACTIONS IN THE PHYLLOSPHERE: FROM MOLECULES TO COMMUNITIES
Hall 3
SYMPOSIUM 10: POWDERY MILDEWS (ERYSIPHACEAE) AND THEIR HOSTS: CO-EVOLUTION, SYSTEMATICS, AND GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
Hall 4
SYMPOSIUM 11: DNA SEQUENCES AS TYPE EQUIVALENT - WHERE TO NEXT?
Hall 5
SYMPOSIUM 12: GENOMIC GUIDED NATURAL PRODUCT DISCOVERY
Hall 6
18:00-18:10
SHORT BREAK
Exhibition
18:10-19:40
WORKSHOP 06: ADVANCING FUNGAL CONSERVATION
Hall 2
WORKSHOP 07: GLOBAL FUNGI: A GLOBAL DATABASE OF FUNGAL OCCURRENCE FROM HIGH-THROUGHPUT-SEQUENCING DATA
Hall 3
WORKSHOP 08: STRENGTHEN THE NETWORK FOR IMPROVING THE TAXONOMY OF THE MUCOROMYCOTINA AND MORTIERELLOMYCOTINA
Hall 4
WORKSHOP 09: A MODERN TAXONOMY FOR THE BOLETACEAE
Hall 5
WORKSHOP 10: GENOMICS OF FUNGAL SECONDARY METABOLISM: A NEED FOR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
Hall 6
WORKSHOP 13: HOW TO DESCRIBE NEW SPECIES, FROM SAMPLING TO DATA MANAGEMENT AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Hall 1
19:30-21:00
BMS RECEPTION (BMS MEMBERS ONLY)
Medical Center/MECC
Tuesday August 13, 2024
08:00-09:30
WORKSHOP 05: MEETING ON THE COOPERATION OF MYCOLOGICAL GROUPS & SOCIETIES
Hall 3
WORKSHOP 11: FUNGAL BIOREMEDIATION IN INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN SETTINGS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
Hall 1
WORKSHOP 12: AFRICAN MYCOLOGY WORKSHOP
Hall 2
WORKSHOP 14: STUDIES IN HETEROBASIDIOMYCETES – IN MEMORIAM FRANZ OBERWINKLER
Hall 4
OTHER
Hall 5
WORKSHOP 03: COLLETOTRICHUM WORKSHOP
Hall 6
09:30-10:30
KEYNOTE SESSION 3: EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS
Hall 1
10:30-11:00
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 3 & 4)
Exhibition
11:00-13:00
SYMPOSIUM 13: THE AMAZING WORLD OF YEASTS: THEIR EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL
Hall 1
SYMPOSIUM 14: NONPATHOGENIC FUNGI ALSO INVADE: WHERE, HOW AND WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS?
Hall 2
SYMPOSIUM 15: MYCOBIOMICS INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
Hall 3
SYMPOSIUM 16: FUNGI IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Hall 4
SYMPOSIUM 17: INTERFUNGAL PARASITIC RELATIONSHIPS: FROM DE BARY'S OBSERVATIONS TO FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND ADVANCED IMAGING
Hall 5
SYMPOSIUM 18: SPECIES EMERGING FROM THE DARK
Hall 6
13:00-14:30
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 3 & 4)
Exhibition
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 4
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 5
14:30-15:30
KEYNOTE SESSION 4: FUNGAL PATHOGENESIS AND DISEASE CONTROL
Hall 1
15:30-16:00
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 3 & 4)
Exhibition
16:00-18:00
Symposium 19: MARINE FUNGI AND OOMYCETES - NEGLECTED PATHOGENS OF GLOBAL IMPORTANCE
Hall 1
SYMPOSIUM 20: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY GENOMICS OF ENDEMIC FUNGAL PATHOGENS
Hall 2
SYMPOSIUM 21: TROPICAL LICHENS UNVEILED: EXPLORING BIODIVERSITY WONDERS
Hall 3
SYMPOSIUM 22: USE OF FUNGI IN SUSTAINABILITY
Hall 4
SYMPOSIUM 23: IMPACT OF BACTERIAL-FUNGAL INTERACTIONS ON FUNGAL TRAITS
Hall 5
SYMPOSIUM 24: MYCOLOGICAL DATA FROM GENERATION TO MEANING
Hall 6
18:00-18:10
SHORT BREAK
Exhibition
18:10-20:10
WORKSHOP 15: ADVANCES IN FUSARIUM: LIFESTYLE, EVOLUTION, AND BIOLOGY OF AN IMPACTFUL GENUS
Hall 5
WORKSHOP 16: DATA IN MYCOLOGY WORKSHOP
Hall 6
Wednesday August 14, 2024
08:00-09:00
OTHER
Hall 4
OTHER
Hall 5
OTHER
Hall 6
09:00-10:00
KEYNOTE SESSION 5: GENOMICS, GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Hall 1
10:00-10:30
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 5 &6)
Exhibition
10:30-12:30
Symposium 35: THE FUNGAL CELL WALL: BARRIER, SHIELD, FLAG AND TARGET
Hall 1
Symposium 26: EFFECTS OF CHANGING CLIMATE ON FUNGAL DISEASES
Hall 2
Symposium 27: MYCOCHEMISTRY: THE GOOD AND THE BAD AMONG FUNGAL METABOLITES
Hall 3
Symposium 28: FUNGAL RESOURCES OF TROPICAL AFRICA: DIVERSITY, USES AND CONSERVATION
Hall 4
Symposium 29: FUNGI AND FOODS – DOMESTICATION AND APPLICATIONS
Hall 5
Symposium 30: GENOMES, EVOLUTION AND CLASSIFICATION
Hall 6
12:30-14:00
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 5 &6)
Exhibition
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 4
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 5
14:00-15:00
KEYNOTE SESSION 6: APPLIED MYCOLOGY
Hall 1
15:00-15:30
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPICS 5 &6)
Exhibition
15:30-17:30
Symposium 31: FUNGI TRANSGRESSING THEIR NICHES
Hall 1
Symposium 32: FUNGAL DIVERSITY AND RELEVANCE OF CANKER AND DIEBACK PATHOGENS OF FRUIT TREES AND GRAPEVINES
Hall 2
Symposium 33: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF FUNGAL-PHOTOAUTOTROPH INTERACTIONS
Hall 3
Symposium 34: FUNGI IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS-ARCTIC-ANTARCTIC-SPACE
Hall 4
Symposium 25: POST-HARVEST FOOD SPOILAGE – PRESERVATIVE RESISTANCE, NEW PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND HYGIENE
Hall 5
Symposium 36: CULTURE COLLECTIONS HOLDINGS AS TOOLS TO FACE SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
Hall 6
19:00-21:00
CONFERENCE DINNER
Exhibition
Thursday August 15, 2024
08:00-09:00
OTHER
Hall 4
OTHER
Hall 5
OTHER
Hall 6
09:00-10:00
KEYNOTE SESSION 7: NOMENCLATURE
Hall 1
10:00-10:30
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPIC 7)
Exhibition
14:00-16:00
SYMPOSIUM 37: LINKING FUNGAL AND PLANT ECOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING RELATIONSHIP
Hall 3
SYMPOSIUM 43: GLOBAL CHANGE AND MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI
Hall 1
SYMPOSIUM 44: TRENDING TOPICS IN ANIMAL FUNGAL INFECTION
Hall 2
Symposium 46: ENDEMIC MYCOSES: WHAT IS NEW IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS
Hall 4
Symposium 47: THE SILENT MENACE: EXPLORING MYCOTOXINS AS A GLOBAL ONE HEALTH CONCERN
Hall 5
Symposium 48: NOMENCLATURE B
Hall 6
10:30-12:30
symposium 38: ANAEROBIC FUNGI: GENOMICS, ECOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL
Hall 2
Symposium 39: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF FUNGI AND OF FUNGI AND BACTERIA
Hall 3
SYMPOSIUM 45: LUDMILA MARVANOVÁ 1931-2024 - AQUATIC HYPHOMYCETES
Hall 1
Symposium 40: MYCOVIRUSES UNMASKED: BRIDGING EVOLUTION, INTERACTIONS, AND ECOLOGY
Hall 4
Symposium 41: SEX AND DRUGS: THE EVOLUTIONARY THREADS THAT CONNECT NOVEL METABOLITES WITH ASEXUAL AND SEXUAL MORPHS IN ZOMBIE FUNGI
Hall 5
Symposium 42: NOMENCLATURE A
Hall 6
12:30-14:00
LUNCH BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPIC 7)
Exhibition
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 4
INDUSTRY SPONSORED SESSION
Hall 5
16:00-16:30
COFFEE BREAK, VISIT EXHIBITION AND POSTER VIEWING (TOPIC 7)
Exhibition
16:30-18:00
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CLOSING
Hall 1
Friday August 16, 2024
08:30-19:30
LICHENS EXCURSION
Field trip
Saturday August 17, 2024
09:00-19:00
MUSHROOM EXCURSION
Field trip