Introductory Remarks Room: GDF Auditorium

Dirk Gevers – Janssen Research & Development Room: GDF Auditorium

Susan Huse - Symbiota Room: GDF Auditorium

Ian Jeffrey – APC Microbiome Institute Room: GDF Auditorium

Rafael Irizarry – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Room: GDF Auditorium

Zachary Kurtz – New York University Room: GDF Auditorium

Lawrence David – Duke University Room: GDF Auditorium

Michael Tikhonov – Harvard University Room: GDF Auditorium

Jeroen Raes – Rega Institute for Medical Research Room: GDF Auditorium

Karoline Faust – KU Leuve, VIB - VUB Room: GDF Auditorium

Hongzhe Li – University of Pennsylvania Room: GDF Auditorium

Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn – University of Girona Room: GDF Auditorium

Sarah Preheim – Johns Hopkins, Whiting School of Engineering Room: GDF Auditorium

Elaine Holmes – Imperial College London Room: GDF Auditorium

Patricio La Rosa – Monsanto Company Room: GDF Auditorium

Sebastian Schmidt – University of Zurich Room: GDF Auditorium

Benjamin Callahan – Stanford School of Medicine Room: GDF Auditorium

William Shannon – Washington University School of Medicine Room: GDF Auditorium

Ilana Brito – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: GDF Auditorium

Aravind Subramanian – The Broad Institute Room: GDF Auditorium

Candidate: Nolen Perualila - Development of Microbiome Biomarkers Room: GDF Auditorium

Poster Session Candidate: Jonas Schlueter -The Ecology of the Microbiome: Networks, Competition, and Stability Room: GDF Auditorium

Candidate: Wes Viles - Entropy, Statistical Dependence, and Network Structure of the Human Infant Gut Microbiome Room: GDF Auditorium

Christopher Quince – Warwick Medical School Room: GDF Auditorium

Charles Fisher – Pfizer, Inc. Room: GDF Auditorium

Michael Shaffer – University of Colorado School of Medicine Room: GDF Auditorium