| Tahlia Bastholm | Curtin Univ, Australia | Epigenetic control of bacterial quorum sensing and horizontal DNA transfer |
| Timothy Ghaly | Macquarie Univ, Australia | Acinetobacter mega-plasmids and the global spread of resistance |
| Steven Hancock | Univ Queensland, Australia | Comprehensive analysis of IncC plasmid conjugation identifies a crucial role for the transcriptional regulator AcaB |
| Jane Hawkey | Monash Univ, Australia | Diversity and transmission of ESBL plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae in the hospital setting |
| Zheng Jie Lian | Univ Queensland, Australia | Identification of Genes involved in I-complex Plasmid Replication and Maintenance |
| Dipika Mishra | NISER, India | SopA mediated plasmid segregation-A tale through the C-terminus |
| Aya Takashima | Univ Tokyo, Japan | Adaptation process of host to plasmid carriage revealed by transcriptome analysis |
| Maho Tokuda | Shizuoka University, Japan | Plasmids in different subgroups of PromA group showed different host ranges |
| Alma Wu | University of Sydney | Regulation of conjugation in Escherichia coli involves a complex interaction between plasmid-borne and host-encoded factors |