The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in glia research. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

Major Topics:

1. Glial molecular & functional diversity

2. Gliotransmission

3. Enteric glia

4. Glia, metabolic coupling & neurodegenerative disease

5. Roles of glia in learning & adaptation

6. Glial development & lineage, glioma

7. Regulation of excitability at the axon initial segment & nodes of ranvier