July 1, 2026
Keynote Lecture: Posttranslational protein modifications by gaseous transmitters.
Jonathan Stamler –– Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Hydrogen sulfide biochemistry and signalling
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Redox signaling and metabolism regulated by supersulfides.
Takaaki Akaike –– Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Plenary Lecture: The transsulfuration pathway in skeletal muscle pathophysiology.
Mariarosaria Bucci –– University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Plenary Lecture: Catalytic and scaffolding functions and supramolecular organization of cystathionine beta-synthase.
Tomas Majtan –– University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
+ Talks and Brief Oral Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts).
Hydrogen sulfide and metabolism, aging
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Regulation of whole-body metabolism and obesity by hydrogen sulfide-producing enzymes.
Andreas Papapetropoulos –– University of Athens, Athens, Greece
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: H2S-induced metabolic reprogramming: effects on mitochondrial ultrastructure and on respiratory supercomplex organization.
Ruma Banerjee –– University of Michigan, MI, USA
Plenary Lecture: Effects of ergothioneine on healthspan via CSE-dependent persulfidation.
Milos Filipovic –– University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Plenary Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide signaling and exercise intolerance in cardiometabolic disease.
Timothy D. Allerton –– Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
+ Talks and Brief Oral Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts).
July 2, 2026
Hydrogen sulfide and the cardiovascular system
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide in the regulation of blood pressure control.
Rui Wang –– York University, York, Canada
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Role of S-sulfhydration in the regulation of vascular function.
Sofia Iris Bibli –– University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide signaling in heart failure.
David Lefer –– Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Plenary Lecture: Hypoxic regulation of sulfane sulfur formation in the vasculature.
Christopher Kevil –– LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport LA, USA
Plenary Lecture: Role of CSE-derived hydrogen sulfide in the cardiovascular system.
Giuseppe Cirino –– University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Plenary Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide and diabetic vascular complications.
Jingsong Bian –– Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzen, China
+ Talks and Brief Oral Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts).
SPECIAL SESSION: Hydrogen sulfide and cancer
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide signaling in cancer cells.
Peter Nagy –– National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
Plenary Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide and colorectal carcinogenesis.
Katalin Modis –– University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
Plenary Lecture: Mechanistic insights into reactive sulfur species regulation of cancer cell death
Moran Benhar –– Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Plenary Lecture: Anticancer effects of D-cysteine.
Jean-Claude Martinou –– University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Plenary Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide donation in cancer: mechanisms, controversies and therapeutic opportunities.
Khosrow Kashfi –– City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Plenary Lecture: Hydrogen sulfide and anticancer T-cell responses.
Carole Bourquin –– University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
+ Talks and Brief Oral Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts).
July 3, 2026
Hydrogen sulfide and the nervous system
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Role of hydrogen sulfide in age-related neurodegeneration.
Bindu D. Paul – Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Roles of hydrogen sulfide in the central nervous system.
Hideo Kimura –– Sanyo-Onoda City University, Yamaguchi, Japan
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Regulatory roles of hydrogen sulfide in the peripheral nerves.
Erika Pinter –– University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary
Plenary Lecture: Sulfide catabolism in neurodegenerative disorders.
Fumito Ichinose –– Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
Reactive sulfide species in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia in aging.
Gopi Kolluru –– LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport LA, USA
+ Talks and Brief oral presentations selected from poster submissions
Diagnostic and therapeutic modulation of hydrogen sulfide
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Organelle-targeted sulfide delivery.
Mathew Whiteman –– University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Plenary Lecture: Controlled delivery of reactive sulfur species.
John Matson –– Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Plenary Lecture: Mitochondrially targeting persulfide and hydrogen sulfide.
Jan Miljkovic –– University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
+ Talks and Brief Oral Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts).
SPECIAL SESSION: Cyanide, an emerging gaseous transmitter
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Endogenous cyanide signalling pathways in health and disease.
Csaba Szabo –– University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Cyanide neutralization methods.
Gerry Boss –– University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Cyanide detection methods.
Brian Logue –– South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
State-Of-The-Art Lecture: Chemical tools for investigating biological cyanide.
Michael Pluth –– University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA
+ Talks and Brief Oral Presentations (selected from submitted abstracts).
