EPC-4 - Advances in Phycology: From Genes to Global Ecology and Beyond

The Scientific Organising Committee (SOC) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) welcome you to EPC-4. The SOC includes 30 members, mostly from Europe, but also from Australia, South Africa, Korea and the US, while the LOC consists of fellow phycologists from Spain. Part of us first met in 2005 at the IPC in Durban, and we have since worked continuously towards the goal of producing a broad-themed and exciting EPC-4 programme. The breadth is reflected in our banner "Advances in Phycology: From Genes to Global Ecology and Beyond", as well as in our Symposia Themes (see below). We hope that you will find the programme attractive, and that you will participate.

All the best, and see you at EPC-4.

Symposia Themes:

The following themes will form the 6 scientific Symposia of EPC-4:

1. Genomics and Cellular Biology (headed by Christos Katsaros and Kirsten Heimann)

2. Evolution of Algae (headed by Christine Maggs and Ester Serrao)

3. Global Change: From Lakes to Oceans (headed by Anita Buma and John Beardall)

4. Ecological Interactions and Ecophysiology (headed by Stephen Maberly and Felix Figueroa)

5. Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation (headed by Juliet Brodie and Hans-Rudof Preisig)

6. Applied Phycology (headed by Matt Dring and Alvaro Israel)

Each of these 6 Symposia will include up to 4 2-hour Sessions. Parallel sessions will be held for Symposia 1-3 and 4-6. Poster sessions will be held daily between the am and pm Symposia Sessions.

Keynote Lectures:

The 4 Symposia days will start with Keynote Lectures by the following speakers:

1. Ricardo Amils (on Astrophycology)

2. Paul Falkowski (on Global Change)

3. Debashish Bhattacharya (on Phylogeny)

4. Rene Wijffels (on Biotechnology)