Invited speakers
Environmental genomics
Oded Beja, Haifa, Israel
Staffan Kjelleberg, Sydney, Australia
Rolf Daniel, Göttingen, Germany
Frank Oliver Glöckner, Bremen, Germany
Chris Bowler, Paris, France
Martin Polz, Cambridge, MA
Stefan Sievert, Woods Hole, MA
Robert Hettich, Oak Ridge, TN
Symbioses
Dan Distel, Ipswich, MA
Michael Wagner, Vienna, Austria
Ute Hentschel, Würzburg, Germany
Stephanie Markert, Greifswald, Germany
Manuel Kleiner, Bremen/Greifswald, Germany
Model organisms
Dirk Schüler, Bremen, Germany
Jörg Overmann, Braunschweig, Germany
Ralf Rabus, Oldenburg, Germany
Natural products
Jörn Piel, Bonn, Germany
Gabriele König, Bonn, Germany
Fernando de la Calle, Madrid, Spain
Future Ocean
Julie La Roche, Kiel, Germany
Ruth Schmitz-Streit, Kiel, Germany
Thomas Bosch, Kiel, Germany