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Programme (Times are British Summer Time)
Session 1
09:00 - Webinar starts
09:05 - Aquatic fungi, Sally Fryar, Australia
09:35 - What is the world distribution of wood decay by fungi? Implications for climate change,
Yu Fukasawa, Japan
10:05 - Two decades of lichen research in Thailand, Ek Sangvichien, Thailand
10:35 - Fungi diversity and importance in Benin Republic, Bernice Bancole, Benin
11:05 - Questions and discussion
12:05 - Introduction to 'The Future is Fungi Award', Susanne Gløersen
12:15 - End of session
Session 2
13:00 - Webinar starts
13:05 - Africa's mushrooms: their cultural and socioeconomic significance towards the continent's sustainable development, Nailoke Pauline Kadhila, Namibia
13:35 - Mapping underground mycorrhizal networks, Bethan Manley, UK and USA
14:05 - Fungal technologies for a sustainable future, David Andrew Quist, Norway
14:35 - Polar mycology, Kevin Newsham, UK
15:05 - Questions and discussion
16:05 - End of session
Session 3
16:30 - Webinar starts
16:35 - Tropical mycology: good, bad and beautiful, D Jean Lodge, USA
17:05 - The biology behind the Zombie-ant fungi, Joâo Araújo, New York Botanical Gardens, USA
17:35 - Don't forget about the single cells: Yeast ecology in forest environments, Primrose Boynton, Wheaton College, USA
18:05 - Fungal diseases of food plants, Silvia Restrepo, Colombia
18:35 - Questions and discussion
19:35 - Introduction to 'The Future is Fungi Award', Susanne Gløersen
19:45 - End of session