Microbial methane cycling in sub-tropical agriculture ecosystem
Prof Wenxue Wei (Inst. of Sub-tropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Methanotroph Biotechnology
Prof Thomas Smith (Sheffield Hallam University)​

Movile Cave Microbiology
Dr Alexandra Hillebrand-Voiculescu (Emil Racovita Institute for Speleology) & Prof J Colin Murrell (University of East Anglia)

Tannery waste revalorisation
Prof Sara Parwin Kamaludeen & Prof Karthikeyan Subburamu (Tamilnadu Agricultural University)

Artisanal mine sites
​Dr Mailyn Gonzalez (Humdbolt Institute) &  Dr Heetasmin Singh (University of Guyana)

Resource partitioning in microbial communities
Dr Miriam Munoz-Rojas (University of New South Wales, Sydney / King's Park and Botanic Gardens, Perth) 

Active denitrifiers in aquifers
Ms Ines Bellini & Prof Ana Fernandez Scavino (University of Montevideo, Uruguay)