XVIth International Congress of VirologyConfirmed Keynote SpeakersCell Biology of Viral InfectionRalf Bartenschlager, GermanyLynn Enquist, USACristina Risco, Spain Lyubov Ryabova, France

Viruses and the Natural WorldJohn Bell, Canada Yoshi Kawaoka, USA & Japan Lisa Ng, SingaporeCurtis Suttle, Canada

Viruses ArchitectureJack Johnson, USAClodagh O’Shea, USAThilo Stehle, GermanyYizhi Tao, USA

Systems VirologyOded Beja, IsraelJoseph DeRisi, USACarla Saleh, FranceJoan Steitz, USA

The Immune Orchestra Conducted by VirusesJames Chen, USACarolyn Coyne, USAAntonio Lanzavecchia, SwitzerlandJohn Wherry, USA

Confirmed Workshop Speakers Mavis Agbandje-McKenna, USAJacques Archambault, CanadaMichelle M. Arnold, USARalph S. Baric, USAMichele Barry, CanadaPhilippe Biagini, FranceStéphane Blanc, FranceMichael Bray, USAMargo A. Brinton, USAEric Carstens, CanadaBiao Ding, USARoy Duncan, CanadaRoger Everett, UKLori Frappier, CanadaYves Gaudin, FranceEric Hunter, USAMichael Imperiale, USAStefan Kunz, SwitzerlandMelissa Maginnis, USAAnne Moscona, USAKaren Mossman, CanadaDonald Nuss, USAErica Ollmann Saphire, USAJohn Parker, USAJulie Pfeiffer, USAEric M. Poeschla, USAFelix Rey, FranceErle Robertson, USAPolly Roy, UKStacey Schultz-Cherry, USAChristoph Seeger, USAGanes Sen, USAMichael R. Strand, USAPierre Talbot, CanadaKeizo Tomonaga , JapanPaul E. Turner, USAJames Van Etten, USASean P.J. Whelan, USA

Travel Support Deadline: December 2, 2013

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 30, 2014

Early Registration Deadline: May 1, 2014

Opening Scientific LectureJulian Davies, Canada

Bridging Sessions – Confirmed Keynote SpeakersNobel SymposiumAaron Ciechanover, IsraelPeter Doherty, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases and ZoonosesStewart Cole, SwitzerlandDavid Denning, UKElodie Ghedin, USA

Host-Pathogen Interactions, Host-Cell InteractionsTeunis Geijtenbeek, NetherlandsCharles Rice, USAPhilippe Sansonetti, France

Vaccines and Anti-MicrobialsArturo Casadevall, USAPaul Offit, USAGerry Wright, Canada

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XIVth International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology Confirmed Keynote Speakers Cecília Arraiano, PortugalRolf Bernander, SwedenBernd Bukau, GermanyTrinad Chakraborty, GermanyJeff Errington, UKEnrique Flores, SpainJorge Galán, USA Stephen Gordon, IrelandMichael Hecker, GermanyUrs Jenal, SwitzerlandRosalba Lagos, ChileJan Löwe, UKRiccardo Manganelli, ItalyCarlos Pedrós-Alió, SpainLalita Ramakrishnan, USALuis Serrano, SpainRotem Sorek, IsraelMiguel Valvano, UK

Confirmed Workshop SpeakersEmma Allen-Vercoe, CanadaRoland Brosch, FranceYves Brun, USACarmen Buchrieser, FranceRoy Curtiss, USA

Mirjam Czjzek, FranceMilton da Costa, PortugalTanneke den Blaauwen, NetherlandsCharles Dozois, CanadaLuis-Ángel Fernández, SpainGad Frankel, UKSebastien Gagneux, SwitzerlandFrancisco García del Portillo, SpainOlga Genilloud, SpainRafael Giraldo, SpainPeter Greenberg, USARegine Hengge, GermanyKostas Konstantinidis, USADerek Lovely, USACarlos Martín, SpainÉric Massé, CanadaJohn Mekalanos, USAJesús Mingorance, SpainItzik Mizrahi, IsraelSylvain Moineau, CanadaSøren Molin, DenmarkKenneth Nealson, USAMariagrazia Pizza, ItalyEliora Ron, IsraelBurkhard Tümmler, GermanyAntonio Ventosa, SpainMiguel Vicente, Spain

XIVth International Congress of Mycology and Eukaryotic MicrobiologyConfirmed Keynote SpeakersBiodiversity & EcologyKeith Seifert, CanadaAlexandra Worden, USA

Cell & Molecular BiologyBrenda Andrews, CanadaMichelle Momany, USA

Comparative GenomicsBernard Dujon, FranceJason Slot, USA

Human PathogensAlbert Descoteaux, CanadaJoe Heitman, USA

Indoor Mycology / EcologyOlaf Adan, NetherlandsDavid Miller, Canada

Inter kingdom CrosstalkJacobus J. Boomsma, DenmarkMark Shirtliff, USA

MetagenomicsJulia Oh, USAMohamed Hijri, Canada

Models for Human DiseasesChris McMaster, CanadaReed B. Wickner, USA

Synthetic BiologyPatrick Yizhi Cai, UKMike Tyers, Canada

Systems / Industrial BiologyJens Nielsen, SwedenKourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, United Arab Emirates

Confirmed Workshop Speakers Charles Abbas, USARichard Bélanger, CanadaIsabelle Benoit, Netherlands

David S. Blehert, USAMaria Brandl, USANicolas Corradi, CanadaLeah E. Cowen, CanadaBruce Curtis, CanadaEkaterina Dadachova, USASylvie Dequin, FranceJan Dijksterhuis, NetherlandsScott G. Filler, USAN. Louise Glass, USAPatrick C. Hallenbeck, CanadaSusan Kaminskyj, CanadaNancy Keller, USAMarkus Kostrzewa, GermanyJim Kronstad, CanadaAndré Lachance, CanadaFranz Lang, CanadaJean-Paul Latgé, FranceJennifer Loros, USARobin C. May, UKJames O. McInerney, IrelandAaron P. Mitchell, USAEleftherios Mylonakis, USALudwig Niessen, GermanyMarc Ouellette, CanadaDaniel Poulain, FranceMeritxell Riquelme, MexicoRob Samson, NetherlandsAnnika Scheynius, SwedenGerald Schoenknecht, USADon Sheppard, CanadaMarc Stadler, GermanyRaymond J. StLeger, USANicholas J. Talbot, UKAdrian Tsang, CanadaGillian Turgeon, USAJames Umen, USAHennie van Vuuren, CanadaLouis Weiss, USAMalcom Whiteway, CanadaGerry Wright, Canada

International Congress of MicrobiologyJuly 27 – August 1, 2014 Montréal, Canada

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