Tentative Programme
| Tuesday, 22 September 2026 | ||||
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| 12:00 | – | 14:00 | Arrival & Registration | |
| 14:30 | – | 15:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 15:00 | – | 16:00 | KL1 | Giuseppe Spano – Microbial Innovation for a Sustainable Food Future: Lactiplantibacillus plantarum as Model |
| 16:00 | – | 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 | – | 18:30 | Session 1 – Microbes for Sustainable Food Systems | |
| IL | Doris Marco – The complex interaction between gut microbiota and mycotoxins | |||
| OPs | ||||
| 18:30 | – | 20:00 | Poster Session I | |
| 20:00 | Welcome Reception | |||
| Wednesday, 23 September 2026 | |||||
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| 08:30 | – | 10:30 | Session 2 – Microbes for Human, Animal and Plant Health | ||
| IL | Martin Hoenigl – Impact of climate change on fungal diseases: from the pathogen to the host | ||||
| OPs | |||||
| 10:30 | – | 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 | – | 12:00 | Session 3 – Microbes for the Healthy Planet (Part 1) | ||
| IL | Denis Kutnjak – Landscape virology: spatiotemporal dynamics of river and riparian plant viromes | ||||
| OPs | |||||
| 12:00 | – | 13:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:30 | – | 14:30 | Session 3 – Microbes for the Healthy Planet (Part 2) | ||
| OPs | |||||
| 15:00 | – | 17:00 | CDM1 | AI-driven Microbiology with Tomaž Curk | |
| 17:00 | – | 18:00 | Poster Session II | ||
| 18:00 | – | 19:30 | Meet the Editor Workshop with Iva Grabarić Andonovski | ||
| 18:00 | – | 19:30 | Orange Data Mining Workshop (limited to 20 participants with laptops) with Tomaž Curk | ||
| 20:00 | Social programme | ||||
| Thursday, 24 September 2026 | |||||
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| 08:30 | – | 10:30 | Session 1 – Fundamental Microbiology for Future Applications | ||
| IL | Igor Stuparević – Dynamic regulation shaping the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell wall architecture and protein immobilization | ||||
| OPs | |||||
| 10:30 | – | 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 | – | 12:00 | KL2 | Ivan Mijaković – Bacterial cell factories for biosustainability applications: from carbon capture to future foods | |
| 12:00 | – | 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:00 | – | 15:00 | CDM2 | Microbiology Going Public (at Trakošćan) with Petra Buljević Zdjelarević & Marko Košiček | |
| 15:00 | – | 19:00 | Excursion | ||
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner | ||||
| Friday, 25 September 2026 | |||||
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| 08:30 | – | 10:30 | Session 5 – Microbial Biotechnology for the Sustainable Bioeconomy | ||
| IL | Egon Bech Hansen – Cell envelope proteinases (CEP) of lactic acid bacteria | ||||
| OPs | |||||
| 10:30 | – | 11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 | – | 12:00 | Best of Young Scientists – Mini Talks | ||
| 12:00 | – | 13:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13:30 | – | 15:30 | CDM3 | Microbiology Meets Industry with NUQLEUS, Dragomira Majhen & Martin Kavšček | |
| 15:30 | – | 16:00 | Closing Ceremony – Awards for best poster and best short oral presentation | ||
| 16:30 | – | 18:00 | Microbes in the Castle – Public Event at Trakošćan | ||
Legend:
KL = Keynote Lecture | IL = Invited Lecture | OPs = Selected Oral Presentations | CDM = Cross-disciplinary Module
THREE LAYERS OF THE PROGRAMME
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
From research to real-world solutions
From research to real-world solutions
CROSS-DISCIPLINARY MODULES
Uniting perspectives across microbiology
Uniting perspectives across microbiology
INTERACTIVE FORMATS
Hands-on experiences for early-career scientists
Hands-on experiences for early-career scientists
