The Congress will be held at the University of Szczecin from 13-19 August 2017. IPC 11 will contain 14 Symposia with over 50 invited speakers. 

Plenary speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Georg Pohnert (University of Jena, Germany) Chemical communication in microalgae - how unicellular organisms shape and perceive their environment
• Dr. Zoe Finkel (Mount Allison University, Canada) An evolutionary imprint on the macromolecular composition of microalgae
• Prof. Dr. Nils Kröger (B-Cube, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany) How to build a glass house: investigations on the molecular mechanism of diatom silica morphogenesis
• Prof. Christine Maggs (University of Bournemouth, UK) Linnean systematics in the age of Big Data