Plenary lectures
Scott Byrne (Australia)
Targeting UV-Activated Regulatory B Cells for Immunotherapy
Joan E. Roberts (USA)
Ocular photobiology
Jean-David Rochaix (Switzerland)
Role of protein kinases and phosphatases in the assembly and dynamics of photosynthetic complexes
David A. Russell (UK)
Photosensitiser-nanoparticle conjugates for targeted photodynamic therapy
Juan C. (Tito) Scaiano (Canada)
Using photochemistry to make nanoparticles, and nanoparticles to direct catalytic and biochemical behavior
Eric Vauthey (Switzerland)
Excited-state dynamics of multichromophoric molecules: from DNA probing to artificial photosynthesis (ESP/EPA Lecture)
Symposia
Blue-light photoreceptors: structure, function, applications, new trends
Chair(s): Aba Losi (Italy), Andreas Möglich (Germany)
Environmental applications of photosynthetic organisms
Chair(s): Peter Maroti (Hungary), Massimo Trotta (Italy)
From the lab to the real world: metagenomics, microchips and bioinformatics in the field of photosensory biology
Chair(s): Wolfgang Gärtner (Germany)
Molecular and cellular aspects of PDT
Chair(s): Zvi Malik (Israel), Jacques Piette (Belgium)
Molecular and cellular effects of UVA
Chair(s): Evelyne Sage (France), Rex Tyrrell (UK)
Molecular imaging in translational research
Chair(s): Norbert Lange (Switzerland), Gang Zheng (Canada)
Nanotechnology: from photochemistry to photomedicine
Chair(s): Alexander J. MacRobert (UK), Elena Reddi (Italy)
New drugs and drug delivery for PDT
Chair(s): Kristian Berg (Norway), Norbert Lange (Switzerland)
PDT and vascular targeting
Chair(s): Tayyaba Hasan (USA), Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska (Switzerland)
PDT for skin cancer: present and future (ESP/ASP Joint Symposium)
Chair(s): Ed Maytin (USA), Lesley Rhodes (UK), Rolf-Markus Szeimies (Germany),
PDT to treat microbial infections
Chair(s): Michael R. Hamblin (USA), Mark Wainwright (UK)
Photoaging - mechanisms and reversal
Chair(s): Sewon Kang (USA), Rachel Watson (UK)
Photobiology and environment
Chair(s): Francesco Ghetti (Italy), Giulio Jori (Italy)
Photodermatological advances of the 21st Century (ESP/ESPD Joint Symposium)
Chair(s): John Hawk (UK), Giovanni Leone (Italy), Marie-Claude Marguery (France)
Photoimmunology
Chair(s): Jakub Golab (Poland), Vivienne Reeve (Australia)
Photomorphogenesis
Chair(s): Ida Ruberti (Italy)
Photosensitization - Biophysical, photophysical and spectroscopic aspects
Chair(s): Benjamin Ehrenberg (Israel), Santi Nonell (Spain)
Photostability, photochemistry and phototoxicity of drugs (ESP/Photostability Group joint symposium)
Chair(s): Miguel A. Miranda (Spain), Hanne H. Tønnesen (Norway)
Plant photobiology and climate change
Chair(s): Janet F. Bornman (New Zealand)
Research insights in the photosensitivity disorders
Chair(s): Alex Anstey (UK), Francois Aubin (France)
Sphingolipids as mediators of light-tissue interaction
Chair(s): Mladen Korbelik (USA), Duska Separovic (USA)
State of the art of phototherapy
Chair(s): Sally Ibbotson (UK), Peter Wolf (Austria)
Sunlight exposure, sunbeds and vitamin D
Chair(s): Frank de Gruijl (The Netherlands), Ann Webb (UK)
Systemic photoprotection
Chair(s): Albena Dinkova-Kostova (UK), Lesley Rhodes (UK)
The impact of climatic and environmental factors on personal UV radiation exposure and human health
Chair(s): Ann Webb (UK), Antony R. Young (UK)
Topical sunscreens: assessment of efficacy and impact
Chair(s): Nikiforos Kollias (USA), J. Frank Nash (USA)
UVA and photooxidative stress
Chair(s): Paolo di Mascio (Brazil), Albert W. Girotti (USA)
UV-induced DNA damage, repair, mutagenesis and carcinogenesis
Chair(s): Frank de Gruijl (The Netherlands), Thierry Douki (France)