Invited speakers Arezki Boudaoud, Ecole polytechnique, Lyon, FRA Bert de Rybel, VIB-Ugent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, BE Pau Formosa-Jordan, MPIPZ, GER Anja Geitmann, McGill University, CAN Christian Hardtke, University of Lausanne, CH Daniel Kierzkowski, University of Montreal, CAN Yasmine Meroz, Tel Aviv University, IL Alexis Peaucelle, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Versailles, FRA Staffan Persson, University of Copenhagen, DEN Sarah Robinson, University of Cambridge, UK Adrienne Roeder, Cornell University, US Anne Lise Routier-Kierzkowska, University of Montreal, CAN Arun Sampathkumar, MPIMPP, GER René Schneider, University of Potsdam, GER Thomas Stanislas, University of Tübingen, GER Kirsten ten Tuscher, Utrech University, NL Joop Vermeer, Université de Neuchâtel, CH Dolf Weijers, Wageningen University, NL FOR2581 speakers Karen Alim, TU Munich Lorenzo Cerrone & Adrian Wolny, EMBL and Heidelberg University Anna Kreshuk, EMBL Thomas Greb, Heidelberg University Angela Hay, MPI Plant Breeding, Cologne Jan Lohmann, Heidelberg University Alexis Maizel, Heidelberg University Kay Schneitz, TU Munich Miltos Tsiantis, MPI Plant Breeding, Cologne