Sections / confirmed speakers / available running tittles(topics) of the talks
The list of speakers will be extended for selected best abstracts

Plenary speakers:

Liam Dolan (Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria)

Jozef Mravec (Institute of Genetics and Plant Biotechnology, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia)

Viktor Žárský (Department of Experimental Plant Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague)

Invited speakers:

Jan Hejátko (Mendel Centre for Plant Genomics and Proteomics, National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic)

Iva Mozgová (Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic)

Maksym Danchenko (Institute of Genetics and Plant Biotechnology, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Nitra, Slovakia)

Jozef Šamaj (Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic)

Piotr Rozpądek (Małopolska Center of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland)

Marko Sabovljević (Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia & Faculty of Science, University of PJ Šafárik in Košice, Slovakia)

Joanna Augustynowicz (Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland)

Tuesday Aug 26

9:00 – 9:15 Opening
9:15 – 10:00 Plenary lecture 1
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:30 Lectures
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch 
14:00 – 16:00 Lectures
16:00 – 17:30 Coffee & posters
18:00 -21:00 Botanical Garden excursion & welcome drink – wine tasting & snack

Wednesday Aug 27

09:00 – 09:45 Plenary Lecture 2 
09:45 – 11:00 Lectures
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Lectures
13:00 -14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 Lectures
16:00 – 17:30 Coffee & posters
18:00 Conference event (concert) and dinner (Bratislava city)

Thursday Aug 28

9:00 – 09:45 Plenary Lecture 2
09:45 – 11:00 Lectures
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Lectures
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:30 Lectures
16:30 Closing ceremony