Keynote speakers

• Martin J. Blaser, Rutgers University, USA
• Masanori Hatakeyama, Tokio University, Japan

Plenary speakers

• Richard Peek, Vanderbilt University, USA
• Anne Müller, University of Zuerich, Switzerland
• Nina Salama, University of Washington, USA
• Yoshio Yamaoka, Oita University, Japan
• Eliette Touati, Institute Pasteur, France
• Constanza Camargo, National Cancer Institute, USA

Steffen Backert, PhD 
Professor and Chair of Microbiology 
Department of Biology 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 
Staudtstrasse 5 
91085 Erlangen/Germany  

Bodo Linz, PhD 
Principal Investigator 
Division of Microbiology 
Department of Biology 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 
Staudtstrasse 5 
91085 Erlangen/Germany  

Silja Wessler, PhD 
Professor of Microbiology 
Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology 
Paris-Lodron University Salzburg 
Hellbrunner Strasse 34 
5020 Salzburg/Austria