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Beijing, October 20–23, 2025 – The "2025 International Symposium on Plant-Microbe Interactions" was grandly convened in Beijing, co-hosted by the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS) and the Microbial Biotechnology Branch of the Chinese Association of Agricultural Biotechnology Societies. The event was organized by BAAFS’s Biotechnology Research Institute and the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, with co-organization from Oxford University, China Agricultural University, Beijing Forestry University, the Institute of Plant Protection of CAAS, the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers of CAAS, the Chinese Society for Plant Pathology, Longdong University, Agriculture Communications, and other institutions.

Opening Ceremony Researcher Guo Xiaojun, Vice President of BAAFS, and Researcher Ye Jian, Chairman of the Microbial Biotechnology Branch (Institute of Microbiology, CAS), delivered opening addresses on behalf of the hosts. The ceremony was chaired by Researcher Wang Xuming, Director of BAAFS’s Biotechnology Research Institute.

Conference Overview The four-day symposium gathered over 200 participants from 98 institutions across nine countries—China, the United States, UK, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand, and Australia. The program featured:

Keynote presentations, parallel sessions, and poster exhibitions

Five thematic tracks:

Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Plant-Beneficial Microbe Interactions

Plant-Microbiome Interactions

AI-Driven Research in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Industrial Applications of Plant-Microbe Research

Fifteen globally renowned experts delivered keynote speeches:

Prof. Jonathan Jones FRS (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)

Prof. Sheng-Yang He (Duke University, USA)

Prof. Paul Birch (University of Dundee, UK)

Prof. Shameng Dong (Nanjing Agricultural University)

Researcher Xueping Zhou (IPP, CAAS)

Prof. Tsutomu Kawasaki (Kinki University, Japan)

Prof. Matthieu Joosten (Wageningen University, Netherlands)

Prof. Youliang Peng (China Agricultural University)

Prof. Changfu Tian (China Agricultural University)

Researcher Bruno Favery (INRAE, France)

Dr. Jiorgos Kourelis (Imperial College London, UK)

Dr. Nattapong Sanguankiattichai (Mahidol University, Thailand)

Prof. Jacqueline Batley (University of Western Australia)

Prof. Andrea Polle (University of Göttingen, Germany)

Researcher Jian Ye (Institute of Microbiology, CAS)

Four parallel sessions featured 24 presentations by scholars from China Agricultural University, CAS Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University, Huazhong Agricultural University, IPP-CAAS, Oxford University, and BAAFS Biotechnology Research Institute.

Meet the Editors Session Journal editors engaged with attendees:

Dr. Wenjia Wang (Nature Communications)

Dr. Yiran Wang (Journal of Integrative Plant Biology)

Dr. Kun Meng (Agriculture Communications)

Strategic Significance Building upon preceding virtual symposia co-organized by BAAFS’s Biotechnology Research Institute, this event established a high-level international platform to advance plant-microbe interaction research and promote sustainable agriculture. Its success significantly elevates BAAFS’s global profile in agricultural science and technology.