Program

Program at a Glance

  • This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change
  • Click the arrow before the date to open that day’s schedule
  • All activities (except those marked with the asterisks**) are included in the registration for all delegates
Sunday, 12 July, 2026

7:30 – 18:00

Registration

PhD/ECR Symposium Day**

For more information and to buy tickets, go to: ECR Symposium page

9:00 – 9:30

Welcome and Introduction to our day’s Sponsor

9:30 – 11:00

Session #1: Mycorrhizal Ecology, Forest Dynamics & Post-Disturbance Recovery

11:00 – 11:30

Morning Tea

11:30 – 12:30

Session #2: Expert panel discussion – How to make it in Mycology

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Session #3: Mycorrhizal Diversity, taxonomy & Specialized Symbioses

15:00 – 15:30

Afternoon Tea

15:30 – 16:00

Session #4: Physiologia Plantarum Q&A

16:00 – 17:20

Session #5: Mycorrhizal Fungi in Agriculture, Cropping Systems & Soil Management

17:20 – 17:30

Concluding comments from the committee

Welcome Mixer**

18:00 – 22:00

Welcome Mixer** at Hemingway’s Brewery
(for more information & to buy tickets, click here)

Monday, 13 July, 2026

7:30 – 17:30

Registration Open

8:30 – 9:00

Welcome

9:00 – 10:10

Plenary: Moving Forward while Looking into the Past
hosted by Ian Dickie

  • Plenary Speaker: Marc-André Selosse
  • Rising Star Speaker: Nicola Day

10:10 – 10:40

Morning Tea

10:40 – 12:40

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #18: Dispersal Ecology
  • Symposia #28: Climate Adaptation
  • Symposia #4: Population Biology
  • Symposia #13: New Approaches

12:40 – 13:40

Buffet Lunch + Poster Session

13:40 – 15:40

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #20: Carbon Cycling
  • Symposia #2: Ericoid Mycorrhiza
  • Symposia #32: Mycorrhizal Inoculum Production
  • Symposia #11: Seasons Change

15:40 – 16:10

Afternoon Tea

16:10 – 17:30

New Phytologist Awardees, hosted by Julie Deslippe

  • Beatrice Bock
  • John V. Ramana
  • Hela Younsi
  • Ningkoan Sun
Tuesday, 14 July, 2026

7:30 – 13:40

Registration Open

8:30 – 9:30

Plenary: Mycorrhizas in Dynamic Ecosystems
hosted by Nicola Day

  • Plenary Speaker: Celeste Linde
  • Rising Star Speaker: Patricia Silva-Flores

9:30 – 10:10

New Phytologist Awardees, hosted by Julie Deslippe

  • Maycon Cristiano Barbosa
  • Amara Santiesteban-Serrano

10:10 – 10:40

Morning Tea

10:40 – 12:40

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #27A: Agriculture & Food Security
  • Symposia #1: Orchid Mycorrhiza
  • Symposia #17: Animals in Mycorrhizal Ecology
  • Symposia #10: Another Look at Mutualism

12:40 – 13:40

Buffet Lunch + Poster Session

13:40 – 15:40

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #9A: Mycorrhizal Microbiomes
  • Symposia #22: Invasion Biology
  • Symposia #29: Mycorrhiza in Restoration
  • Symposia #6: Southern Hemisphere Mycorrhiza

15:40 – 16:00

Afternoon Tea

16:00 – 17:00

Free Time

17:00 – 21:00

Conference Dinner

  • 17:00-17:15: Buses load & leave from Cairns Convention Centre (approx 40 minute drive)
  • 18:00-22:00: Entertainment & Dinner at Rainforeststation
  • 22:00: Buses load for return to Cairns

For more information and a preliminary schedule, click here

Wednesday, 15 July, 2026

8:00 – 13:30

Registration Open

9:00 – 10:00

Plenary: Genomic Pathways, Regulatory Networks, and Mycorrhizal Functional Ecology
hosted by Jonathan Plett

  • Plenary Speaker: Claire Veneault-Fourrey
  • Rising Star Speaker: Lotus Lofgren

10:00 – 10:30

Morning Tea

10:30 – 12:30

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #27B: Agriculture & Food Security
  • Symposia #19A: Biogeochemistry
  • Symposia #3: Dual Mycorrhizal Associations
  • Symposia #12: Cellular Dynamics

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch + Poster Session

13:30 – 15:30

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #9B: Mycorrhizal Microbiomes
  • Symposia #25: Mycorrhizal Networks
  • Symposia #23: Global Change
  • Symposia #15: Future Innovations

15:30 – 16:00

Afternoon Tea

16:00 – 17:00

IMS Eminent & MCR Awardees
hosted by Justine Karst

  • Nancy Collins Johnson
  • Bala Chaudhary

 17:00-18:30

Wines of the World
Trinity Terrace at the
Cairns Convention Centre

Thursday, 16 July, 2026

8:00 – 10:30

Registration Open

9:00 – 10:00

Plenary: Opportunities for Mycorrhizas in Climate Adaptation
hosted by Stephanie Watts-Fawkes

  • Plenary Speaker: Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
  • Rising Star Speaker: Yong Zheng

10:00 – 10:30

Morning Tea

10:30 – 12:30

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #19B: Biogeochemistry
  • Symposia #5: Cooperation and Adaptation Models
  • Symposia #14: Drought
  • Symposia #27C: Agriculture and Food Security

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Parallel Symposia:

  • Symposia #24: Fire
  • Symposia #8: Systematics
  • Symposia #7: Structurally Undifferentiated Mycorrhiza
  • Symposia #26: Science Engagement through Practice and Food

15:00 – 15:30

Afternoon Tea

15:30 – 16:45

IMS Meeting & Awards

16:45 – 17:00

Closing Remarks

Friday, 17 July, 2026

All day

Workshops and Field Trips (see Workshop page)**