
Plenary Speakers
The following speakers will give invited lectures at the Congress.
Keynote speaker
John Taylor (UC Berkeley, USA)
–The poetry of mycological accomplishment and challenge
Plenary speakers
Alastair Fitter (York University, UK)
–Nutritional and evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal fungi
Joseph Heitman (Duke University, USA)
–Microbial pathogens in the fungal kingdom
David Hibbett (Clark University, USA)
–Knowing and growing the fungal tree of life
Nancy Keller (UW Madison, USA)
-Unlocking the fungal treasure box
Gero Steinberg (Exeter University, UK)
–The molecular machinery for organelle trafficking: how motors move
endosomes in fungal hyphae
Nick Talbot (Exeter University, UK)
–Investigating the developmental biology of plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae



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