Opening Address and Awards Symposia

Charles Albert Award Speaker: Sean Cutler, University of California, Riverside
Stephen Hales Prize Speaker: Sue Wessler, University of California, Riverside
Leadership in Science Public Service Award Speaker: Peter Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden

Metabolism and Metabolic Networks, Chair: Mark Stitt
Mark Stitt, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
Kazuli Saito, RIKEN Plant Science Center
Katja Bärenfaller, ETH Zurich
Lars Nielsen, AIBN University of Queensland

Abiotic Stress: From Sensing to Survival, Chair: Julia Bailey-Serres
Julia Bailey-Serres, University of California, Riverside
Dirk G. Inze, VBI Ghent University
Ron Mittler, University of North Texas;
Ronald Pierik, Utrecht University

Martin Gibbs Medal Symposia: Clock Biology, Chair: Steve Kay
Steve Kay, University of California, San Diego
C. Robertson McClung, Dartmouth University
Todd Mockler, Danforth Plant Science Center
John Mullet, Texas A&M University

Translational Biology, Chair: Roger Beachy
Norm Lewis, Washington State University
Daphne Preuss, Chromatin Inc, formerly at University of Chicago
Yafan Huang, Performance Plants, Inc
Maud Hinchee, ArborGen Company
Roger Beachy, Danforth Center and Washington University

President's Symposia: Post-translational Modifications Key to Signaling and Metabolism, Chair: Steve Huber
Steve Clouse, North Carolina State University
Cyril Zipfel, The Sainsbury Lab
Iris Finkemeier, LMU Munich
William Plaxton, Queen's University