Speakers Diana Aga University at Buffalo Rajesh Roshan Dash IIT, Bhubaneshwar Shanmugam Easwaramoorthi CLRI, Chennai Lakshmanan Elango IIT, Madras Sujit Kumar Ghosh IISER, Pune Amit Gross Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira Plaksha University, Punjab Anushree Malik IIT, Delhi Uttam Manna IIT, Guwahati Rahul Raveendran Nair The University of Manchester, UK Yarlagadda Venkata Nancharaiah BARC, Mumbai Kulamani Parida Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar Abhijit Patra IISER, Bhopal Ligy Philip IIT, Madras Thalappil Pradeep IIT, Madras Fabio Pulizzi Nature Water Nanda Gopal Sahoo Kumaun University, Nainital Mundampra Maliyekkal Shihabudheen IIT, Tirupati Shane Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Hadas Mamane Steindel Tel Aviv University, Israel Thomas Thundat University at Buffalo