| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Speakers |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Tuula Teeri (SE) & Tony Warren (CAN)
"Welcome and Overview" |
| Discussion Leader: Rajai Atalla (USA) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | John Brady (USA)
"Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Trichoderma reesei CBH I with a Cellulose Microfibril in an Aqueous Environment" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:25 pm - 8:55 pm | Al Boraston (USA)
"Sweet and sticky: views on the past, present, and future of carbohydrate-binding module research" |
| 8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | General Forum |
| 9:30 pm | Continued Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am | Conference Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Physiology of Cellulase Producers |
| Discussion Leader: Joel Cherry (USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Lee Lynd (USA)
"Cellulose utilization by Clostridium thermocellum: Recent findings and the microbial cellulose hydrolysis paradigm" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 am - 10:15 am | Jari Rautio (FIN)
"Physiological and genome level analyses of protein production in Trichoderma" |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Questions & Answers |
| 10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:20 am | Maria Tuohy (IRL)
"Towards an understanding of the regulation of cellulase production in Talaromyces emersonii" |
| 11:20 am - 11:30 am | Questions & Answers |
| 11:30 am - 11:55 am | Breeanna Urbanowicz (USA)
"Characterization of a new class of plant endo-beta-1,4-glucanase with a carbohydrate binding module" |
| 11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 12:05 pm - 12:25 pm | Forum on Physiology of Cellulase Producers |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Informal discussions among participants - free of all formal activity |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Meeting for poster presenters |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biomass Structure and Processing |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Himmel (USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Paul Knox (UK)
"CBMs as tools to image plant cell wall carbohydrates" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | John Tomashek (CAN)
"Protein-lignin interactions and their impact on cellulose hydrolysis" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Forum on Biomass Structure and Processing |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Enzyme Structure, Function and Engineering |
| Discussion Leader: David Wilson (USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Carlos Fontes (P)
"Structural determinants of binding specificity in type I cohesin-dockerin complexes" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Steve Smith (CAN)
"Structural and biophysical characterization of the type II cohesin-dockerin interaction" |
| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Questions & Answers |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Miriam Czjzek (FR)
"Structural studies of family 6 CBMs" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Questions & Answers |
| 11:20 am - 11:45 am | Emma Master (CAN): "Elucidating the function of Populus Cel9A" |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Questions & Answers |
| 11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Anu Koivula (FIN)
"Engineering cellulases for increased stability" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | OPTIONAL OUTING 1: MOUNTAIN EXCURSION / (or free discussion period) |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION 1: Enzyme production and properties |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Enzyme Structure, Function and Engineering (continued) |
| Discussion Leader: Marc Claeyssens (BE) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Ingeborg Stals (BE)
"Fungal glycosylation: characterization of an endo-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase from the culture medium of Trichoderma reesei" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Bill Adney (USA)
"Using mutational analysis to probe the role of N-linked glycosylation in cellobiohydrolase action" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Rie Araki (JPN)
''Function of family-22 CBMs in modular enzymes - analysis of substrate specificity and thermal stability" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:10 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | General Forum on Enzyme Structure, Function and Properties |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cellulosomes: Structure and Assembly |
| Discussion Leader: Ed Bayer (IL) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Roy Doi (USA)
"Clostridium cellulovorans cellulosomes: Variation in dockerin-cohesin specificity and sellulosome assembly via intercellular complementation" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 am - 10:05 am | Marco Rincon (UK)
"Novel interactions in the assembly of the cellulosome in Ruminococcus flavefaciens" |
| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Questions & Answers |
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 am - 11:10 am | Henri-Pierre Fierobe (FR)
"Cellulosome chimaeras: in vitro and in vivo developments" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Questions & Answers |
| 11:20 am - 11:45 am | Chantal Tardiff (FR)
"Towards designer cellulosomes in Clostridium cellulolyticum" |
| 11:45 am - 11:55 am | Questions & Answers |
| 11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Forum on Cellulosomes: Structure and Assembly |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | OPTIONAL OUTING 2: KAYAKING / (or free discussion period) |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION 2: Structure And Engineering of Cellulases and Cellulosomes |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cellulosomes in the Post-genomic Era |
| Discussion Leader: Colin Mitchinson (USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Mark Morrison (USA)
"Serpins, subtilases, and cellulosomes: new insights into cellulolytic bacteria through genomic analysis" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Wolfgang Schwarz (D)
"Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome using genomic / proteomic approaches" |
| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Forum on Cellulosomes in the Post-genomic Era |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Other Plant Polysaccharidases |
| Discussion Leader: Harry Gilbert (UK) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Leila LoLeggio (DK)
"Structure and function in clan GH-A hydrolases" |
| 9:30 am - 9:40 am | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 am - 10:10 am | Maria Hrmova (AUS)
"Carbohydrate modifying hydrolases and transferases from barley" |
| 10:10 am - 10:20 am | Questions & Answers |
| 10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 am - 11:10 am | Katsuro Yaoi (JPN)
"Structure and properties of family 74 xyloglucan hydrolases" |
| 11:10 am - 11:20 am | Questions & Answers |
| 11:20 am - 11:50 am | Forum on Other Plant Polysaccharidases |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Raj Atalla (USA)
"The evolution of structural models of cellulose and some significant recent insights" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Questions & Answers |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Informal discussions among participants - free of all formal activity |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | POSTER SESSION 3: Applications of Cellulases |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner (TRADITIONAL LOBSTER BANQUET) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Administrative Meeting |
| Chairperson: Tuula Teeri (SE) |
| Administrative meeting, important for all scientific participants |
| Conference Evaluation Forms / Presentation of Awards / Election of 2007 vice chair (becomes 2009 chair) |
| 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CLOSING LECTURE |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Tony Warren (CAN)
"50 years of cellulase research: Perspectives and future directions" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | General discussion |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
