Keynote Speakers
Brenda Andrews - Canada
Brenda Andrews is a University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Systems Genetics & Cell Biology in the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research and the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto, Canada
Marizeth Groenewald - Netherlands
Marizeth Groenewald is a yeast taxonomist and is currently the curator of the CBS yeast collection, incorporated in the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute (KNAW), the Netherlands.
Chris Todd Hittinger - USA
Chris Todd Hittinger is an H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, Alfred Toepfer Faculty Fellow, and Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
José L. Avalos - USA
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and the Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute of Princeton University, USA.
Jeniel Nett - USA
Jeniel Nett is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Dana Opulente - USA
Dana Opulente is an evolutionary biologist and Assistant Professor of Biology at Villanova University, USA.
Johan Thevelein - Belgium
Johan Thevelein is managing director at NovelYeast bv, emeritus professor in Molecular Cell Biology at KU Leuven and former director of the Molecular Microbiology Department at VIB, Leuven, Belgium.
Kevin Verstrepen - Belgium
Kevin Verstrepen is a Professor in Genetics and Genomics at the Leuven University and Group Leader in Systems Biology at VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology).
Ileana Vigentini - Italy
Ileana Vigentini is an Associate Professor of Wine Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology at the University of Milan, Italy