Speakers
Radka Borutova, Austria Product manager for Mycofix product line in Biomin Austria. PhD in Animal Physiology University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic.
Axel Brakhage, Germany Professor for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Director of the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute (HKI) Jena.
Ana-Marija Domjan, Croatia Assistant Professor at Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb. Her areas of research include mycotoxins, more specifically ochratoxin A and fumonisin B1 mechanisms of toxicity. 
Julia Dvorska, Ukraine Associate Professor at the Sumy National Agrarian University in Ukraine. Her research interests include mycotoxin and antioxidant metabolism in relation to poultry health.
Jaques Guillot, France Professor of Parasitology and Mycology at the veterinary college of Alfort (ENVA), France. Head of the research Unit ANSES, ENVA, UPEC BIPAR (Molecular Biology and Immunology of Parasitic and fungal diseases).
Sybren de Hoog, The Netherlands Senior researcher at the CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, extraordinary professor at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam.
Emilija Mlinarić-Missoni, Croatia Head of Reference Centre for Diagnosis of Systemic Mycoses, professor of medical microbiology and chairwomen of the Department of Medical Microbiology at the University of Applied Health Studies, Zagreb.
Laura Mugnai, Italy Associate Professor of Plant pathology at the Faculty of Agriculture in Florence. Chair person of the Committee on Grapevine trunk diseases within the ICGTD and co-Editor in Chief of the journal Phytopathologia Mediterranea.
Maja Peraica, Croatia Senior Researcher at Unit of Toxicology, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb. President of the Croatian Toxicological Society.
Elena Pieckova, Slovakia Associated Professor of Public Health and Senior Scientist at the Slovak Medical University in Bratislava, Slovakia. She is an internationally recognized specialist mainly in indoor mycology and mycotoxicology.
Rasmus Roeder, Germany Technical Manager for Cereals Crop Protection Central Europe in BASF Prague. Degree in Agricultural Sciences from the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.
Stoycho Dimitrov Stoev, Bulgaria Professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Bulgaria. Member of Euroscience Association, Science Advisory Board and International Society on Toxinology.
Maja Šegvić Klarić, Croatia Assistant Professor of Microbiology with Parasitology and Applied Microbiology at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb. Her research interests are mycotoxicology and environmental mycology.
Giovanni Vannacci, Italy Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Tree Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology "G. Scaramuzzi", University of Pisa, Italy. His main expertise is biological control of plant pathogens by antagonistic fungi.
Aristea Velegraki, Greece Assistant Professor in Mycology at the Medical School of the University of Athens. Vice President of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM).
Bart Vennekens, Belgium Sr Research Associate I, Biochemistry section in the R&D department of Kemin Agrifoods EMEA (Herentals, Belgium).
Birgit Willinger, Austria Associate professor and medical specialist in hygiene and clinical microbiology at the Medical University of Vienna, head of the Austrian reference laboratory for yeasts and moulds.
Registration
We are pleased to offer Early Bird Registration Discounts of up to 20% to those who register and pay the registration fee for the Symposium by June 30, 2011, so don’t wait too long to register!