| Time | Name | Title of Talk |
| 8:30-9:00 | Opening Remarks |
| Oct. 14, 2024 | 9:00-9:30 | Feng Shao | Membrane pore formation or pyroptosis as an effector mechanism in innate immunity |
| 9:30-10:00 | Richard Michelmore | Lettuce as a model for understanding disease resistance in the Compositae |
| Tea Break（15 min） |
| 10:15-10:45 | Baoan Song | Green pesticide creation based on interaction mechanism and molecular target orientation |
| 10:45-11:15 | Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar | Chloroplasts as a hub for innate immune signaling |
| 11:15-11:45 | Cara Haney | Plant immune regulation of the rhizosphere microbiome |
| 11:45-12:15 | Yuanchao Wang | AlphaFold-guided redesign of a plant pectin methylesterase inhibitor for broad-spectrum disease resistance |
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| Oct. 15, 2024 | 8:30-9:00 | Jonathan Jones | Plant immune receptor mechanisms: investigation and exploitation |
| 9:00-9:30 | Zuhua He | Signaling networks of broad-spectrum disease resistance and immunosuppression in crops |
| 9:30-10:00 | Sheng-Yang He | Bacterial pathogenesis and high humidity sensing |
| Tea Break（15min） |
| 10:15-10:45 | Giles Oldroyd | Achieving sustainable productivity in agriculture through beneficial microbial associations |
| 10:45-11:15 | Jianmin Zhou | Plants and phytopathogenic bacteria: constant battles for upper hand |
| 11:15-11:45 | Xiaojie Wang | Strategies of Biotrophic Rust Fungi: Evasion and Manipulation of Host Immune Responses |
| 11:45-12:15 | Weicai Yang | Host control of bacteria proliferation in non-IRLC legume nodules |
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| Oct. 16, 2024 | 14:00-14:30 | Ton Bisseling | Evolution of intracellular accommodation of rhizobia in root nodules |
| 14:30-15:00 | Thorsten Nuernberger | Plant pattern recognition receptors -evolution and function |
| 15:00-15:30 | Qing Yang | chitin-associated enzymes in biotic plant interactions |
| Tea Break（15 min） |
| 15:45-16:15 | Xin Li | A forward genetic screen in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: Finding the most unexpected |
| 16:15-16:45 | Ertao Wang | Discriminating plant symbiosis and immunity signals |
| 16:45-17:15 | Xuexin Chen | Recent advances in molecular mechanisms underlying host regulation by parasitoid wasps |
