Ways to Access The Final Programme
Navigate the Daily Programme below, download the Programme At A Glance, or explore the Session Formats. Registered participants can also view the programme and add sessions to their calendar via the FEMS2023 App.
Session Formats
The FEMS2023 scientific program will be presented in live, on-site sessions.
Plenary lectures
These sessions focus on a broad area of the microbial sciences with high-level, leaders in the field. At the Opening Ceremony, one of the plenary lectures is the FEMS-Lwoff lecture. Plenary lectures at the opening ceremony will be 50 minutes, plenary lectures in the mornings of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be 45 minutes.
FEMS-Lwoff lecture
The FEMS-Lwoff Award for Achievements in Microbiology rewards those that create high quality knowledge that helps to solve today’s societal problems around microbiology. The winner of this award will give a prize lecture at the Opening Ceremony.
Symposia
These 2 hour sessions address an important issue or research on a particular microbiology subject, with a diversity of knowledge and/or points of view presented by several speakers. The format can be a round table or presentations by multiple speakers. Speakers will be available to take questions from the audience.
Offered Talks Session
Offered Talks Sessions (OTS) are selected from abstracts for a relatively small group, focus on the technology-methods and skills in a particular field of microbiology. The OTS chairs are senior scientists in this field and that lead discussions about the presented research, eventually joint by a co-chair they selected. The presenters are also selected by the OTS chairs; they can present their research in a presentation of 10 min. + 5 min discussion.
Poster Flash Presentations
In a Poster Flash Presentation, each presentation is 3 minutes, with 2 minutes for discussion.
Poster Presentation/Viewing
Accepted abstracts are scheduled into poster sessions and displayed in the Poster Hall according to the below schedule. Attendees may visit the Poster Hall throughout the Congress.
Poster Networking
During the Poster Networking, participants can meet with presenters of accepted abstracts at their poster in the Poster Hall.
Special Event
These sessions address an important issue or research on a particular subject, with a diversity of knowledge and/or points of view presented by several speakers. Speakers will be available to take questions from the audience.