| 14:30 – 16.45 | Arrival, Registration and Check-in,
| 16.45 – 17.00 | Welcome address

| 17.00 – 18.00 | The EMBO Keynote Lecture:  Stefan Raunser,
MPI of Molecular Physiology, Germany
Mechanism of Action of Tc Toxins: Protein Translocation Through Bacterial Syringes
 
| 18.00 – 19.30 | Dinner

| 19.30 – late |  Evening Social

| 14:30 – 16.45 | Arrival, Registration and Check-in,

| 16.45 – 17.00 | Welcome address

| 17.00 – 18.00 | The EMBO Keynote Lecture:  Stefan Raunser,
MPI of Molecular Physiology, Germany
Mechanism of Action of Tc Toxins: Protein Translocation Through Bacterial Syringes
 
| 18.00 – 19.30 | Dinner

| 19.30 – late |  Evening Social

Session 1 - Mechanism of toxin effectors and their secretion systems
Chair: Tbc

| 9.00 – 9.35 | Martin Pilhofer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
'Structure, function and evolution of bacterial contractile injection systems'

| 9.35 – 9.50 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 9.50 – 10.25 |  Jeongmin Song, Cornell University, USA
Salmonella AB toxins: biology, pathogenesis, and neutralization
 
| 10.25 – 10.40 | Short talk from selected abstracts, Title: Tbc

| 10.40 – 11:10 | Coffee Break

| 11.10 – 11.45 | John Whitney, McMaster University, Canada 

Toxin export by the bacterial type VIIb secretion system

| 11.45 – 12.00 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 12.00 – 12.35 | Marek Basler, Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland 

Spatial and temporal regulation of Type 6 Secretion System dynamics during interactions with bacterial and eukaryotic cells
 
| 12.35 – 13.00 | Poster Flash Talks 
Titles: Tbc 

| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch

Session 2 - Host Responses and Immunity
Chair: Tbc

| 14.30 - 15.05  | Charlotte Odendall,  Kings College London, UK
'Interferon:Tug of War between Host and Pathogen'

| 15.05 – 15.20 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 15.20 – 15.55 | Laurent Boyer, Université Côte d'Azur, France
Innate immune sensing of RhoGTPase-activating bacterial toxins
 
| 15.55 – 16.10 | Short talk from selected abstracts, Title: Tbc

| 16.10 – 16.30 | Coffee Break

| 16.30 – 17.05 | Feng Shao, National Institute of Biological Sciences,  China 

Suppression of autophagy and pyroptosis-mediated defenses by bacterial effectors

| 17.05 – 17.20 | Poster Flash Talks 
Title: Tbc

| 17.20 – 18.00 | Panel Discussion

Title: Tbc

| 18.00 – 19:30 | Dinner
 
| 19.30 – 21.00 | Posters and social

Session 3 - Divergent roles of bacterial effectors and toxins 

Chair: Tbc

| 9.00 – 9.35 | Bart Thomma, University of Cologne, Germany
Plant pathogens manipulate host microbiota to promote disease development

| 9.35 – 9.50 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 9.50 – 10.25 | Ethel Bayer-Santos, University of São Paulo, Brazil 

The Salmonella T6SS arsenal to overcome colonization resistance
 
| 10.25 – 10.40 | Short talk from selected abstracts, Title: Tbc

| 10.40 – 11:10 | Coffee Break

| 11.10 – 11.45 |  Neal Alto,  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Mapping Effector Protein Functions at Single Cell Resolution

| 11.45 – 12.00 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 12.00 – 12.35 | Talk from selected abstracts, 

Title: Tbc
 
| 12.35 – 13.00 | Poster Flash Talks 
Titles: Tbc 

| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch

Session 4 - Bacterial toxins against bacteria
Chair: Tbc

| 14.30 - 15.05  |  Laurie Comstock, University of Chicago, USA
Title: Tbc

| 15.05 – 15.20 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 15.20 – 15.55 | Tim Blower, University of Durham, UK
Slowing down to get ahead: self-targeting toxins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

| 15.55 – 16.10 | Short talk from selected abstracts, Title: Tbc

| 16.10 – 16.30 | Coffee Break

| 16.30 – 16.45 | Short talk from selected abstracts, Title: Tbc 

| 16.45 – 17.00 | Poster Flash Talks
Titles: Tbc

| 17.00 – 18.00 | Keynote lecture: Chris Hayes, University of California, USA
Break on through (to the other side): Delivery of type V secretion system effector domains into target cells

| 18.00 – 19:30 | Dinner
 
| 19:30 – 21:00 | Posters and social

Session 5 - Host-Pathogen Interactions
Chair: Tbc

| 9.00 – 9.35 | Suzana Salcedo, University of Lyon, France
Studying TIR effectors in the context of bacterial pathogenesis

| 9.35 – 9.50 | Short talk from selected abstracts
Title: Tbc

| 9.50 – 10.25 | Jost Enninga, Institut Pasteur, France
Investigating Shigella intracellular niche formation in situ at molecular resolution

| 10.25 – 10.40 | Short talk from selected abstracts
Title: Tbc

| 10.40 – 11:10 | Coffee Break

| 11.10 – 11.45 |  Teresa Thurston, Imperial College London, UK

Bacterial effectors and their many ways to modulate immune signaling

| 11.45 – 12.00 | Short talk from selected abstracts
Title: Tbc

| 12:00 – 12.35 | Carmen Buchreiser, Institut Pasteur, France

Transkingdom signalling via Legionella pneumophila small regulatory RNAs  and extracellular vesicles

| 12.35 – 13.00 | Short talk from selected abstracts 
Titles: Tbc 

| 13.00 – 14:00 | Lunch

| 14:00 – 18:00 | Free time to explore activities at the resort / group excursion

| 19.00 – late | Conference Dinner and Scottish Ceilidh

| 9.30 – 10.30 | Keynote lecture: Teresa Frisan, 

University of Umeå, Sweden

Tissue microenvironment and bacterial genotoxins: an intricated liaison

| 10.30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break

Session 6 - New perspectives on bacterial toxins and effectors
Chair: Tbc

| 11:00 – 11:35 |  Talk from selected abstracts

Title: Tbc

| 11:35 – 11:50 | Short talk from selected abstracts,
Title: Tbc

| 11:50 – 12.25 | Invited Speaker, Tbc

Title: Tbc
 
| 12.25 – 13.00 | ETOX 2025 announcement 

| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch and departure