Organizers
Isabel Almudi – Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Seville, Spain
Jordi Paps – University of Bristol, UK

Speakers
Sally Leys – University of Alberta, Canada
Jill Harrison – University of Bristol, UK
Yoshinori Tomoyasu – University of Miami, USA
Phillip Donogue – University of Bristol, UK

Organizers
Carmen Andrikou – University of Bergen, Norway
Rossella Annuziata – Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn di Napoli, Italy

Speakers
Stéphanie Bertrand – CNRS, France
Lionel Christiaen – New York University, USA
Andreas Hejnol – University of Bergen, Norway
Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow – University of Vienna, Austria

Organizers
Detlev Arendt – European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
Jacob Musser – European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany

Speakers
Oleg Simakov – University of Vienna, Austria
Alison Cole – University of Vienna, Austria

Organizers
Ina Arnone – Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Andreas Hejnol – University of Bergen, Norway

Speakers
Roberto Feuda – University of Leicester, UK
Mette Handberg-Thorsager – Max Plank Institute-CBG, Dresden, Germany
Chema Martin-Duran – Queen Mary University of London, UK
Natascha Turetzek – Ludwig-Maximilians – University of Munich, Germany

The first steps of plants and animals towards terrestrialization

Organizers
Annette Becker – Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany
Nico Prpic – Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany

Speakers
Sabine Zachgo – University of Osnabrück, Germany
Magnus Eklund – Uppsala University, Sweden

Evolution and development

Organizers
Miguel Brun-Usan – Lund University, Sweden
Nathalie Feiner – Lund University, Sweden
David Parichy – University of Virginia, USA
Andrew Amman – University of Virginia, USA

Speakers
Gareth Fraser – University of Florida, USA
Dennis Headon – University of Edinburgh, UK
Sarah Millar – University of Pennsylvania, USA
Shigeru Kondo – Osaka University, Japan

The new model order to understand trait evolution among angiosperms

Organizers
Catherine Damerval – Université Paris-Sud, France
Sophie Nadot – Université Paris-Sud, France

Speakers
Elena Kramer – Harvard University, USA
Natalia Pabon-Mora/ Favio Gonzalez – Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia
Veronica Di Stilio – University of Washington, USA
Florian Jabbour – Museum of Natural History of Paris, France

Studies of sharks and rays

Organizers
Gareth Fraser – University of Florida, USA
Shigeru Kuraku – RIKEN, Japan

Speakers
Shigehiro Kuraku – RIKEN, Japan
José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta – CSIC / Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain
Melanie Debiais-Thibaud – Université Montpellier 2, France
Kate Criswell – University of Cambridge, UK

Organizers
Beverley Glover – University of Cambridge, UK

Speakers
Carlos Lugo – University of Cambridge, UK

The role of gene loss for the evolution of development

Organizers
Lydia Gramzow – Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
Guenter Theissen – Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Speakers
Cristian Cañestro – Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Lydia Gramzow – Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Organizers
Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna – Linköping University, Sweden

Speakers
Frédérique Pitel – INRA, France
Dominic Wright – Linköping University, Sweden
Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna – Linköping University, Sweden
Daniel Nuñez – University of Zurich, Switzerland

Organizers
Thomas Hansen – University of Oslo, Norway
Mihaela Pavlicev – University of Vienna, Austria
Laura Nuño de la Rosa – Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Speakers
Günter Wagner – Yale University, USA
Laura Nuño de la Rosa – Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Thomas Hansen – University of Oslo, Norway
Mihaela Pavlicev – University of Vienna, Austria