| 15:00-18:00 | Registration | Lobby |
| 18:00-18:15 | Opening Address: Bo Barker Jørgensen (Center for Geomicrobiology, Aarhus University) | The Stable (C) |
| 18:15-19:00 | Opening Lecture: Ken H. Nealson (University of Southern California): Bioelectricity – bacteria pumping electrons | The Stable (C) |
| 19:00- | Mixer with buffet dinner | Magasinet (B) |
| 09:00-10:00 | Oxygen | The Stable (C) |
| Niels Peter Revsbech (Aarhus University): Oxic respiration under low oxygen availability | ||
| Ronnie N. Glud (University of Southern Denmark): How the seabed consumes oxygen - from coastal oceans to hadal trenches | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Bioelectricity | The Stable (C) |
| Lars Peter Nielsen (Center for Geomicrobiology, AU): Cable bacteria – a novel principle of energy conservation | ||
| Filip Meysman (Aarhus Institute of Advanced Study): Biogeoelectrochemistry of sediments | ||
| Andreas Schramm (Center for Geomicrobiology, AU): Genomic insights into the function and evolution of cable bacteria | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | Magasinet (B) |
| 13:30-15:00 | Nitrogen | The Stable (C) |
| Michi Wagner (University of Vienna): A new perspective on microbes formerly known as ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizers | ||
| Marcel Kuypers (Max Planck Institute, Bremen): Anammox and other discoveries in the nitrogen cycle | ||
| Bo Thamdrup (University of Southern Denmark): The multiple roles of nitrate as an oxidant | ||
| 15:00-17:30 | Break and poster session | The Distillery (H) |
| 17:30- | Dinner and cultural evening: Sønderborg Castle |
| 08:30-10:00 | Sulfur | The Stable (C) |
| Don E. Canfield (University of Southern Denmark): Evolution of the sulfur cycle through Earth's history | ||
| Tim Ferdelman (Max Planck Institute, Bremen): Cryptic cross-linkages among biogeochemical cycles | ||
| Dirk de Beer (Max Planck Institute, Bremen): Light energy and anoxygenic photosynthesis | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Sulfur | The Stable (C) |
| Alex Loy (University of Vienna): Sulfate reducers – how great is the diversity? | ||
| Kai Finster (Aarhus University): Energy conservation from disproportionation reactions | ||
| Heide N. Schulz-Vogt (Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde): Energy strategies of big sulfur bacteria | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | Magasinet (B) |
| 13:30-15:30 | Methane and hydrocarbons | The Stable (C) |
| Antje Boetius (Alfred Wegener Institute and Max Planck Institute, Bremen): Anaerobic oxidation of methane fuelling benthic ecosystems | ||
| Karen G. Lloyd (University of Tennessee): Different lives of archaea and bacteria | ||
| Joel E. Kostka (Georgia Institute of Technology): Oil spill biodegradation | ||
| Ian M. Head (Newcastle University): Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in sediments | ||
| 15:30-18:00 | Break and 1st breakout session / posters | TBA |
| 18:00-19:30 | Dinner | Magasinet (B) |
| 19.30-21:00 | High energy | The Stable (C) |
| Rudi Amann (Max Planck Institute, Bremen): Coupling identity and function of microbial communities | ||
| Markus Hüttel (Florida State University): Microbial processes in permeable sediments | ||
| Andreas Teske (University of North Carolina): Microbial communities at deep-sea hydrothermal vents |
| 08:30-10:00 | Low energy | The Stable (C) |
| Fumio Inagaki (JAMSTEC, Japan): Limits to deep sub-seafloor life and geosphere-biosphere interactions | ||
| Steve D'Hondt (University of Rhode Island): Subseafloor microbial communities and their energy sources | ||
| Hans Røy (Center for Geomicrobiology, AU): Sulfate reduction and the respiration rate of bacteria | ||
| 10:00-10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Low energy | The Stable (C) |
| Mark A. Lever (ETH Zürich): Microbial life under extreme energy limitation | ||
| Kasper U. Kjeldsen (Center for Geomicrobiology, AU): Evolution and persistence during deep burial of microbial communities | ||
| Jan Amend (University of Southern California): The redox ladder of microbial energy metabolism – what are we missing? | ||
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch | Magasinet (B) |
| 13:30-15:00 | Before break-out session | The Stable (C) |
| Boran Kartal (Max Planck Institute, Bremen): Multiple pathways of anaerobic oxidation of methane and ammonium | ||
| Victoria Orphan (California Institute of Technology): How energy is shared in consortia | ||
| Tori Hoehler (NASA Ames Research Center): Energy in a planetary context | ||
| 15:00-18:00 | 2nd break-out session | TBA |
| 18:00-18:30 | Closing lecture | The Stable (C) |
| Bo Barker Jørgensen (Center for Geomicrobiology, AU): Forty years of sediment geomicrobiology | ||
| 19:00- | Workshop dinner | Magasinet (B) |
| 06:15- | Breakfast and departure | Magasinet (B) |
