Program​​

​​The twin threats of climate change and political conflict have brought​ into sharp focus the need to improve the resilience of local crop production systems. This 19th Congress of IS-MPMI will feature major advances in our understanding of plant-microbe interactions that will help us develop more resilient crops.

The 2023 Congress will start off with a special session focused on emerging threats to crop production in Bangladesh, East Africa, and Brazil and show ways MPMI research is addressing these challenges. The plenary program will then cover major advances made over the last four years in our understanding of molecular plant-microbe interactions, spanning from the structural biology of plant immune receptors to how healthy plant microbiomes are established and maintained, and everything in between.​

Preliminary​ Program-at-a-Glance


Sunday, July 16

​09:00 - 12:00​
​SATELLITE MEETING: 9th International Powdery Mildew Workshop​*
​10:00 - 12:00
​SATELLITE MEETING: Sequence Modeling and Genome Mining to Discover Virulence Factors in Plant Pathogens*
​​10:00 - 12:00​The Making of a Story - Building Narratives and Communicating Science Effectively​*
​14:00 - 15:40​Opening Ceremony and Keynotes​
​15:50 - 17:30​Plenary Session 1
17:30 - 18:45​​Welcome Reception

​​​Monday, July 17​​

​08:00 - 09:40
​Plenary Session 2
​10:00 - 12:00​Concurrent Session 1:​ Biomolecular condensation and membrane sub-compartmentalization for immune signaling
​10:00 - 12:00Concurrent Session 2: Suppression of innate immunity during nitrogen fixing symbiosis, causes and consequences​
​10:00 - 12:00
​Concurrent Session 3: Infection strategies in the plant-microbe dynamic
​10:00 - 16:15
Exhibit + Poster Hall Open​
​12:00 - 13:15
​Lunch and Networking + Poster Viewing with Authors Present
Be sure to purchase the Lunch Bundle for additional networking opportunities
​13:15 - 15:15
​Concurrent Session 4: Single-cell and spatial technologies: advancement of cell-type specific immunity
​13:15 - 15:15
​Concurrent Session 5: Environmental Impacts on Plant-Microbe Interactions
​13:15 - 15:15
​Concurrent Session 6: Revisiting the publishing system to promote open science
​15:15 - 16:15
Exhibitor Break + Poster Viewing with Authors Present​
​16:15 - 17:55
​Plenary Session 3

​Tuesday, July 18

​08:00 - 09:40​
​Plenary Session 4
10:00 - 12:00
​Concurrent Session 7: RNA-mediated interactions and crop protection strategies
10:00 - 11​:00​​
​Concurrent Session 8: Showcasing Undergraduate Research and Mentoring in Plant-Microbe Interactions
​10:00 - 12:00​​
​Concurrent Session 9: Point-of-care molecular plant disease diagnosis
​10:00 - 14:00
Exhibit + Poster Hall Open​
​12:00 - 13:15
​Lunch and Networking + Poster Viewing with Authors Present
Be sure to purchase the Lunch Bundle for additional networking opportunities
13:30 - 17:00
​WORKSHOP: Molecular Basis of Disease in the Actinobacteria*​
​14:00 - 22:00​Free Time to Explore Providence, Rhode Island​

​Wednesday, July 19​​

​08:00 - 09:40
​Plenary Session 5
​10:00 - 12:00​​​​Concurrent Session 10: Functional drivers of plant microbiome assembly
​10:00 - 12:00​​​Concurrent Session 11: ​Functions of cellular organelles in plant immunity
​10:00 - 12:00​​​Concurrent Session 12: ​Peptide Signaling and Perception in Plant-Microbe Interactions
​10:00 - 16:15
Exhibit + Poster Hall Open
​12:00 - 13:15
​Lunch and Networking + Poster Viewing with Authors Present
Be sure to purchase the Lunch Bundle for additional networking opportunities
​13:15 - 15:15
Concurrent Session 13: Plant responses towards vascular pathogens and phloem-feeding insects​​
​13:15 - 15:15
​Concurrent Session 14: ​Plant metabolites and microorganisms – multifaceted interactions
​13:15 - 15:15
​Concurrent Session 15: PRR evolution in model and crop plants​
​15:15 - 16:15
Exhibitor Break + Poster Viewing with Authors Present
​16:15 - 17:55
Plenary Session 6

​​​Thursday, July 20​

​08:00 - 09:40​Plenary Session 7
​10:00 - 12:00​Concurrent Session 16: ​Systems and spatial biology in host-pathogen interactions
​10:00 - 12:00Concurrent Session 17: ​​Intercellular Communication in MPMI: The road less traveled?
​10:00 - 12:00​
Concurrent Session 18: ​​AlphaFold: structural insights into molecular plant-microbe interactions
​10:00 - 13:15
Exhibit + Poster Hall Open​
​12:00 - 13:00
​Lunch and Networking + Poster Viewing with Authors Present​
Be sure to purchase the Lunch Bundle for additional networking opportunities
13​:00 - 14:40
​Plenary Session 8​​
15​:00 - 17:00
Plenary Session 9: ​​Who wants to be an MPMIllionaire!? and The Next Big Idea @ IS-MPMI 2023
​17:00 - 17:30​
​Closing Ceremony
​19:00 - 21:30​
​Closing Celebration

​*Pre-registration is required​