| Gordon | Bennett | UC Merced, USA | remote participation |
| Helge | Bode | University of Frankfurt, Germany | in person |
| Nicole | Dubilier | MPI for Marine Microbiology, Germany | in person |
| Takema | Fukatsu | AIST Tsukuba, Japan | remote participation |
| Ruben | Garrido-Oter | MPI for Plant Breeding Research, Germany | in person |
| Annika | Guse | University of Heidelberg, Germany | in person |
| Maria | Harrison | Cornell University, USA | in person |
| Toby | Kiers | University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands | in person |
| Christian | Kost | University of Osnabrück, Germany | in person |
| Sara | Mitri | University of Lausanne, Switzerland | remote participation |
| Katharina | Ribbeck | MIT, USA | remote participation |