Hi Kareem, Thank you. We are probably fine on keynote/invited speakers, now we need to encourage contributing talks and posters. On the plant biology side – sorry, I’m not meant to step on Thorsten’s feet! – there might also be Alex Johnson (Exeter) who could be interested in attending. On the mechanobiology side there’s also Massimo Vassalli (Glasgow) who’s one of Silvia’s collaborators who uses Brillouin microscopy. Irrespectively, I will encourage both to submit abstracts (but not sure they will without an invite!). I will be at the meeting later. Kind regards, Francesca Prof. Francesca Palombo Professor of Biomedical Spectroscopy Head of Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Exeter www.exeter.ac.uk From: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org> Sent: 08 August 2025 02:55 To: Kareem Elsayad via Soc25 <soc25@biobrillouin.org> Subject: [Soc25] <no subject> CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organisation. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. I will delay public announcement of abstract submissions until tomorrow (Fri) after meeting (one day won’t make difference), as think some important stuff can still be added/modified before. In particular… @Thorsten: Any news from plant keynote/invited speakers for BioBrillouin in Berlin (would be good to include in announcement to make sure plant folks jump on). We don’t need talk title just yet (although would be ideal), just confirmation. If nothing can always put in Marketa (she mentioned she’ll attend anyhow) as invited. Alternative could be Kalina Haas (same place as Alexis in Versailles, who does interesting stuff) & who would prob be very interesting. Both would also help with gender equality and internationality since have no one from either countries. @Francesca: Anybody from your side? I updated invited/keynote talks with titles. This looks quite good I think. I also included Biman Bagchi since think based on Robert’s analysis we should be able to cover his flight, and am confident he will impress and add important angle that is missing to discourse. Am still somewhat of opinion that it might be idea to invite Daryll Overby and Peter Torok (covering no costs) if only for the discussions that would ensue (am quite certain neither will come unless invited). Let me know your thoughts. Personally, I would also really like to have Danielle Fioretto there, but I am also not sure if he would attend without invite (maybe Francesca knows more). I think it is important to keep in mind that a lot of people we would like to have there (including the likes of Thomas Dehoux) will likely not come unless as formally invited speakers (even if no costs are covered) – hence my extensive list of invited speakers initially.. All the best, Kareem