Sections

Section 1. Cross-kingdom signal perception

Conveners: Jianfeng Li (Sun Yat-sen University, lijfeng3@mail.sysu.edu.cn); Xiufang Xin (CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, xinxf@cemps.ac.cn); Xiaorong Tao (Nanjing Agricultural University, taoxiaorong@njau.edu.cn); Xin Li (The University of British Columbia, xinli@msl.ubc.ca)

Section 2. Immunity receptor and effector biochemical activity/function

Conveners: Jianmin Zhou (CAS Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, jmzhou@genetics.ac.cn); Jijie Chai (Westlake University, chaijijie@westlake.edu.cn); Wenbo Ma (The Sainsbury Laboratory, wenbo.ma@tsl.ac.uk)

Section 3. Plant-microbe and insect symbioses

Conveners: Zhaosheng Kong (CAS Institute of Microbiology, zskong@im.ac.cn); Xuelu Wang (Henan University, xueluw@henu.edu.cn); Junbo Luan (Shenyang Agricultural University, jbluan@syau.edu.cn) 

Section 4. Plant microbiome and microbe-microbe interactions

Conveners: Yang Bai (Peking University, ybai@pku.edu.cn); Xia Li (Huazhong Agricultural University, xli@mail.hzau.edu.cn); Zhong Wei (Nanjing Agricultural University, weizhong@njau.edu.cn）

Section 5. Plant-insect-natural enemy multitrophic interactions

Conveners: Sibao Wang (CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, sbwang@cemps.ac.cn); Chengshu Wang (CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, wangcs@cemps.ac.cn); Xiaowei Wang (Zhejiang University, xiaoweiwang@hotmail.com); Jianhua Huang (Zhejiang University, jhuahuang@zju.edu.cn); Yanhui Lu (CAAS Institute of Plant Protection, yhlu@ippcaas.cn)

Section 6. New technologies and frontiers: Systems and spatial biology in plant-microbe interactions

Conveners: Zhonghua Ma (Zhejiang University, zhma@zju.edu.cn); Jun Liu (China Agriculture university, Junliu@im.ac.cn); Daohong Jiang (Huazhong Agriculture University, daohongjiang@mail.hzau.edu.cn)

Section 7. Plant metabolism and immunity

Conveners: Suomeng Dong (Nanjing Agricultural University, smdong@njau.edu.cn); Jie Luo (Hainan University, jie.luo@hainanu.edu.cn)

Section 8. Evolution of plant-insect/microbe interactions

Conveners: Jianmin Zhou (CAS Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, jmzhou@genetics.ac.cn); Guirong Wang (CAAS Institute of Plant Protection, grwang@ippcaas.cn) 

Section 9. Emerging harmful organism and agroecology

Conveners: Youjun Zhang (CAAS Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, zhangyoujun@caas.cn); Wenxian Sun (China Agriculture university, wxs@cau.edu.cn) 

Section 10. Plant resistance and crop molecular design

Conveners: Guangcun He (Wuhan University, gche@whu.edu.cn); Xuewei Chen (Sichuan Agriculture University, xwchen88@163.com)

Section 11. Biotic plant interactions for Crop Health

Conveners: Xuexin Chen (Zhejiang University, xxchen@zju.edu.cn)