| Sunday, July 29 |
| 2:00 - 11:00 pm | Arrival & Registration |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| (Sunday eve) | Keynote Speakers |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Ed Bayer & Mike Himmel
Welcome and Overview |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Karplus (USA) |
| 8:00 - 8:40 | T. Alwyn Jones (Sweden)
Cellulases: The link between structure and function |
| 8:40 - 8:50 | Questions & Answers |
| 8:50 - 9:30 | David Wilson (USA)
The cellulase system of Thermobifida fusca |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | General Forum |
| 10:15 pm | Continued Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| Monday, July 30 |
| 7:30 - 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Conference Photo !!! |
| (Monday morn) | Progress in Microbial Cellulase Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Tony Warren (Canada) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Peter L. Bergquist (Australia)
Megazymes: Multi-modular cellulases and hemicellulases from extremely thermophilic bacteria |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:10 - 10:40 | Shelby Freer (USA)
Characterization of a bifunctional cellulase from the marine shipworm symbiont, Teredinobacter turnerae |
| 10:40 - 10:50 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Coffee Break |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Harry Flint (UK)
The cellulosome of Ruminococcus flavefaciens |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Questions & Answers |
| 11:50 - 12:20 | Forum on Microbial Cellulase Systems |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:30 | Informal discussions among participants - free of all formal activity |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | poster session 1: specialized cellulase and cellulosome systems |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| (Monday eve) | Eukaryotic Cellulase Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Lars Ljungdahl (USA) |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Elena Del Campillo (USA)
Plant cellulases |
| 8:00 - 8:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 8:10 - 8:40 | Hirofumi Watanabe (Japan)
Metazoan cellulase genes from termites |
| 8:40 - 8:50 | Questions & Answers |
| 8:50 - 9:20 | Forum on Eukaryotic Cellulase Systems |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| Tuesday, July 31 |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| (Tuesday morn) | Structure-Function Relationship of Cellulases and Cellulosomes |
| Discussion Leader: Tuula Teeri (Sweden) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Bernard Henrissat (France)
Families and diversity of cellulase and cellulosome modules |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | Mike Penner (USA)
Using immobilized cellodextrins for the separation and study of cellulolytic enzymes |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Joshua Sakon (USA)
Structure determination of exocellulase E3 from Thermobifida fusca |
| 11:20 - 11:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | John Brady (USA)
Molecular modeling studies of cellulases |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Forum on Structure-Function Relationship of Cellulases and Cellulosomes |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:30 | OPTIONAL OUTING 1: MOUNTAIN EXCURSION / (or free discussion period) |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | POSTER SESSION 1: Specialized Cellulase and Cellulosome Systems |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| (Tuesday eve) | Mechanisms of Cellulase Action |
| Discussion Leader: T. Alwyn Jones |
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Lawrence McIntosh (Canada)
Dissecting the pH-dependence of the enzymatic mechanism of a model glycosidase |
| 8:00 - 8:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 8:10 - 8:40 | Steve Withers (Canada)
New insight into the action of cellulases and related plant cell wall hydrolases |
| 8:40 - 8:50 | Questions & Answers |
| 8:50 - 9:20 | Forum on Mechanisms of Cellulase Action |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| Wednesday, August 1 |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| (Wednesday morn) | Engineering Cellulases and Cellulosomes |
| Discussion Leader: Raphael Lamed (Israel) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Harry Gilbert (UK)
Carbohydrate-binding modules: Engineering their ligand specificity |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | Kiyoshi Hayashi (Japan)
Altering the characteristics of a xylanase and b-glucosidase by gene replacement |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Henri-Pierre Fierobe (France)
Designer nanosomes as discrete tailor-made multi-enzyme complexes |
| 11:20 - 11:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Colin Mitchinson (USA)
Engineering Trichoderma reesei endo-1,4-glucanase III |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Forum on Engineering Cellulases and Cellulosomes |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:30 | OPTIONAL OUTING 2: KAYAKING / (or free discussion period) |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | POSTER SESSION 2: Structure and engineering of cellulases and cellulosomes |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| (Wednesday eve) | Special Report and General Discussion - Gene Clusters and Emerging Genomics |
| Chairperson: Kunio Ohmiya (Japan) |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Jean-Pierre Belaich (France) and Roy Doi (USA)
Cellulosome Gene Clusters in Mesophilic Clostridia |
| 8:30 - 9:30 | Mark Morrison (USA) and Frank Larimer (USA)
Emerging Genomics of Cellulolytic Microorganisms |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
| Thursday, August 2 |
| 7:30 - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| (Thursday morn) | Application of Cellulase and Cellulosome Components |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Himmel (USA) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Oded Shoseyov (Israel)
CBD fusion proteins; novel components of composite materials |
| 9:30 - 9:40 | Questions & Answers |
| 9:40 - 10:10 | John Baker (USA)
Temperature and enzyme loading as variables in cellulase kinetics |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Questions & Answers |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | Coffee Break |
| 10:50 - 11:20 | Larry Walker (USA)
The intersections of cellulose pore structure and cellulase domain structure and their influence on catalysis and synergism |
| 11:20 - 11:30 | Questions & Answers |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Martin Schulein (Denmark)
Industrial potential of cellulases and related enzymes: Past, present and future |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Questions & Answers |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Forum on Application of Cellulase and Cellulosome Components |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 - 4:30 | Informal discussions among participants - free of all formal activity |
| 4:30 - 6:00 | POSTER SESSION 2: Structure and engineering of cellulases and cellulosomes |
| 6:00 pm | TRADITIONAL LOBSTER BANQUET |
| (Thursday eve) | After Banquet Speech |
| Chairperson: Ed Bayer (Israel) |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Administrative Meeting, important for all scientific participants
- Conference Evaluation Forms
- Presentation of Awards
- Election of 2003 vice chair (becomes 2005 chair)
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| 8:30 - 9:30 | AFTER BANQUET SPEECH - (by popular demand!!)
Doug Eveleigh (USA)
Dry Rots: Demure Devils or Deceitful Deities? |
| 9:30 pm | Informal Discussions at the Proctor Academy Clubhouse |
