The conference will feature daily plenary sessions (including the Keynote Lectures and the Young Investigator Award Lecture), a variety of parallel symposia sessions (with invited lectures and open oral presentations) and poster sessions.
| John L. Spudich (Houston, TX, US) Microbial rhodopsins and optogenetics |
Alberto Diaspro (Genova, IT) Controlling and manipulating fluorescence dynamics towards nanoscale bioimaging |
Claire Wyart (Paris, FR) Light on a sensory interface relaying information from cerebrospinal fluid to motor circuits |
| Thomas Carell (München, DE) The dynamics of DNA photo-damage and enzymatic photo-repair |
Giorgia Miolo (Padova, IT) Methodologies based on light as helpful tools in crime investigation |
Sebastiano Campagna (Messina, IT) Artificial photosynthesis: a concert for photons and electrons |
| Georg T. Wondrak (Tucson, AZ, US) From photo-excited states to molecular interventions: targeting skin photo-oxidative stress |
Giorgio Paolucci (Allan, JO) SESAME: Science and intercultural dialogue in the Middle East (Lecture sponsored by the Municipality of Pisa) |
| Molecular and cellular aspects of PDT Chair: Kristian Berg (Oslo, NO), Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska (Lausanne, CH) |
Chemistry and delivery of photosensitisers Chair: Graça Neves (Aveiro, PT), Gang Zheng (Toronto, CA) |
| Translational and therapeutical aspects of PDT Chair: Abhishek Garg (Leuven, BE), Tayyaba Hasan (Boston, US) |
Experimental and preclinical models for PDT Chair: Catharina M. Lerche (Copenhagen, DK), Pål Kristian Selbo (Oslo, NO) |
| New horizons in antimicrobial PDT Chair: Michael Hamblin (Boston, US), Tim Maisch (Regensburg, DE) |
DNA photolesions - recent advances Chair: Thierry Douki (Grenoble, FR), Laurent Marrot (Aulnay-sous-Bois, FR) |
| Frontiers in DNA repair Chair: Patrick Rochette (Québec, CA), Evelyne Sage (Paris, FR) |
UV, melanocytes and melanoma (ESP-ESPCR Joint Symposium) Chair: Markus Böhm (Münster, DE), Lionel Larue (Orsay, FR) |
| Experimental photoprotection - from cellular to animal studies Chair: Vivienne E. Reeve (Sydney, AU), Rex M. Tyrrell (Bath, UK) |
Photoimmunology in health and disease Chair: Scott N. Byrne (Sydney, AU), Prue H. Hart (West Perth, AU) |
| Drug photosensitivity and carcinogenesis (ESP-EPA Joint Symposium) Chair: Sally H. Ibbotson (Dundee, UK), Miguel A. Miranda (Valencia, ES) |
New light technologies in cutaneous photodiagnosis and treatment Chair: Giovanni Pellacani (Modena, IT), Franz Trautinger (Sankt Pölten, AT) |
| Topical Photoprotection: 2017 (ESP-ESPD Joint Symposium) Chair: Henry W. Lim (Detroit, US), Gillian M. Murphy (Dublin, IE) |
Systemic photoprotection Chair: Gary Halliday (Sydney, AU), Wilhelm Stahl (Düsseldorf, DE) |
| Benefit (vitamin D synthesis) versus hazard (skin cancer) of sunlight exposure Chair: Lesley E. Rhodes (Manchester, UK), Antony R. Young (London, UK) |
Light and vitamin A in retinal disease Chair: Rosalie K. Crouch (Charleston, US), Yannis Koutalos (Charleston, US) |
| Non-visual photoreception and circadian vision: from basic and applied research to human behavior and health Chair: Carlo Musio (Trento, IT), Joan E. Roberts (New York, US) |
Cryptochromes and novel photoreceptors for UV-visible light Chair: Margaret Ahmad (Paris, FR) |
| UV-B-stimulated plant protection Chair: Gareth I. Jenkins (Glasgow, UK), Éva Hideg (Pécs, HU) |
Photoreception shapes photosynthesis Chair: Roberto Bassi (Verona, IT), Lucia Guidi (Pisa, IT) |
| Light harvesting dynamics Chair: Diana Kirilovsky (Gif sur Yvette, FR), Alexander Ruban (London, UK) |
Biotechnological applications of photosynthesis Chair: Giuseppina Rea (Monterotondo, IT), Massimo Trotta (Bari, IT) |
| Photobiology and photochemistry in aquatic environments (ESP-ASP Joint Symposium) Chair: Patrick Neale (Edgewater, US), Ruben Sommaruga (Innsbruck, AT) |
Environmental antimicrobial PDT Chair: Adelaide Almeida (Aveiro, PT), Kristjan Plaetzer (Salzburg, AT) |
| Photofunctional proteins Chair: Andreas Möglich (Berlin, DE), Santi Nonell (Barcelona, ES) |
Dynamic luminescent probes Chair: Ranieri Bizzarri (Pisa, IT), Thomas Gensch (Jülich, DE) |
| Time- and space-resolved photobiology Chair: Cristina Flors (Madrid, ES), Cristiano Viappiani (Parma, IT) |
From irradiance to dose Chair: Stefan Andersson-Engels (Cork, IE), Giovanni Romano (Firenze, IT) |
| Photobiology in industry Chair: Alberto Diaspro (Genova, IT), Roberto Pini (Firenze, IT) |
Satellite symposium - Turning photobiology into commercial reality: exploiting UV radiation for sustainable and innovative food (Jointly organized by UV4Plants Association and ESP) Chair: Gareth I. Jenkins (Glasgow, UK), Annamaria Ranieri (Pisa, IT) |