Symposia

The International Symposia on Microbial Ecology are the world's largest non-profit meetings in its field. The symposia typically attract around 2000 delegates who together represent over 50 countries. ISME symposia are known for their high values and standards and show a very high satisfactory rate in delegate surveys. 


Typical ISME Symposium Numbers : Abstracts 2100 | Keynote Presentations 7 | Bird’s Eye View Presenters 1 | Invited Presentations 115 | Round Table Sessions 9 | Contributed Papers selected for Oral presentation 230 | Contributed Papers selected for Poster presentation 1800 | Number of Attendees 2000 | Countries represented 52 | Poster Awards 9 | Society Awards 7 | Travel Awards 80 | 

 

Future symposia

Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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ISME20

Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Past symposia

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Theme: microbes
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Year:
Participants: 2200
Theme: Innovations in Microbial Ecology

ISME16

Location: Montreal, Canada
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Participants: 2219
Theme: Microbial Ecology

ISME15

Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Participants: 1600
Theme: Microbes

ISME14

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Participants: 2215
Theme: The Power of the Small

ISME13

Location: Seattle, USA
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Participants: 2042
Theme: Microbes - Stewards of a changing planet

ISME12

Location: Cairns, Australia
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Participants: 1500
Theme: Sustaining the blue planet

ISME11

Location: Vienna, Austria
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Participants: 2006
Theme: The hidden powers-microbial communities in action

ISME10

Location: Cancun, Mexico
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Participants: 2000
Theme: Microbial planet: sub-surface to space

ISME9

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Participants: 1610
Theme: Interactions in the microbial world

ISME8

Location: Halifax, Canada
Year:
Participants: 1440
Theme: Microbial biosystems: new frontiers

ISME7

Location: Sao Paolo, Brazil
Year:
Participants: 852
Theme: Progress in microbial ecology

ISME6

Location: Barcelona, Spain
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Participants: 1320
Theme: Trends in microbial ecology

ISME5

Location: Kyoto, Japan
Year:
Participants: 1029
Theme: Recent advances in microbial ecology

ISME4

Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Year:
Participants: 950
Theme: Perspectives in Microbial Ecology

ISME3

Location: East Lansing, USA
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Participants: 870
Theme: Current Perspectives in Microbial Ecology

ISME2

Location: Warwick, UK
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Participants: 770
Theme: Contemporary Microbial Ecology

ISME1

Location: Dunedin, New Zealand
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Participants: 380
Theme: Microbial Ecology