Program

Daily Program

August 20, 2013 (Tue)

• 10:00 - 18:00 Registration
• 14:00 - 14:20 Opening Ceremony
• 14:20 - 17:20 Plenary Lectures
  • Dr. Barbara Valent, Kansas State University, USA
    Towards understanding how the rice blast fungus invades living rice cells
  • Dr. Nick Talbot, University of Exeter, UK
    Investigating appressorium-mediated plant infection by the rice blast fungus
  • Dr. Kyu Young Kang, Gyeongsang National University, Korea
    In planta secretome analysis during rice-rice blast fungus interactions
  • Dr. Sophien Kamoun, The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
    Things to know about fungus-like filamentous pathogens
• 18:00 - 20:00 Welcome Reception

August 21, 2013 (Wed)

• Scientific Sessions
  • 08:00 - 12:00 Genomics and Proteomics of the Pathogen
  • 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 - 17:30 Molecular and Cellular Biology and Effectors of the Pathogen

August 22, 2013 (Thu)

• Scientific Sessions
  • 08:00 - 12:00 Host Resistance, Signaling and Defense Responses
  • 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 - 15:30 Country Reports
• 15:30 - 18:00 Field Trip to Rice Paddy Field

August 23, 2013 (Fri)

• Scientific Sessions
  • 08:00 - 12:00 Diversity and Population Biology of the Pathogen
  • 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 - 17:30 Disease Management
• 18:00 - 20:00 Conference Dinner

August 24, 2013 (Sat)

• Post Conference Tour