We are pleased to announce the keynote and oral presentation program: mewe2019.org/program/. We look forward to welcoming you soon!

The conference Gala dinner will take place on the Cruise boat, on 19 November. We can enjoy panoramic views of beautiful ocean, historical site, and sunset, during the cruise. Dinner ticket sales will be closed on October 31. Please register ASAP.

***IMPORTANT announcement for all presenters*** Online registration closes on Oct. 31st (Japan time). All presenters must register online otherwise your presentation will not be included in the program.

If you are willing to join the workshop, please register at mewe2019.org/pre-conference…

Information on workshop 3 "Extracellular polymers in biofilm: challenges and new opportunities" is now available!

For oral presenters, please prepare your presentation file in 16:9 format. Please check the presentation guideline on the web as well. mewe2019.org/presentation/

A week to go until the conference! We look forward to welcoming you all!

Gentle reminder. The venues for MEWE and workshops are NOT the same: [MEWE] mewe2019.org/location/ or anacrowneplaza-hiroshima.jp/language/engli… [Pre-conference workshop] mewe2019.org/pre-conference…

A beautiful day welcomes you to Hiroshima! Photo is the preparation of "Ebisu-ko" festival from 18 to 20 Nov., behind "Mitsukoshi" Department Store, around 10 minutes walk from the ANA hotel. The main road becomes vehicle-free. This area is also busy at night. Kurisu

Registration desk is ready at the entrance lobby.

We are ready to have you in an hour!

Started!

The poster room is now ready. We wait for your posters!

We have changed the place for coffee/tea break and lunch. The room is on the same floor but on the other side of the oral/poster sessions.

Congratulations on: Ardern-Lockett Award to Lutgarde Raskin IWA MEWE Early Career Researcher Award to David Weissbrodt #mewe2019

The closing session has just started. Do not misss it!

Congratulations on the poster awards!: Sergio Tomas-Martinez (Delft Tech Univ) Kyohei Horio (Hiroshima Univ) Iftita Rahmatika (Univ Tokyo) Maribel Alfaro (Univ Idaho) Sakcham Bairoliya (Nanyang Tech Technol)

.Thomas P Curtis introducing the new MEWE IWA chair @Metlab_DTU. #mewe2019

.Thomas P Curtis outlines how and when the location for #mewe2021 will be decided.

We thank you very much for your participation in #mewe2019. We hope you all have a safe trip back home and look forward to seeing you at the next MEWE conference somewhere!