28th August 2019 Hiroshi Wada, NARO, Japan. Host: Kurt Fagerstedt
11th September Michiel de Both, KeyGene, Netherlands. Host:Kristiina Mäkinen
9th October Eric Kemen, Tübingen University, Germany. Host: Kirk Overmyer
13th November Masatsugu Toyota, Saitama University, Japan. Host: Michael Wrzaczek
11th December Rosangela Sozzani, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. Host: Ari-Pekka Mähönen
15th January 2020 Victor Žárský, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic. Host: Michael Wrzaczek
12th February George Coupland, Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany. Host: Timo Hytönen
11th March Marcel Jansen, University College Cork, Ireland. Hosts: Matthew Robson & Pedro Aphalo
15th April CANCELLED! Kerstin Kaufmann, Humboldt University, Berlin. Host: Paula Elomaa
13th May CANCELLED! Wendy Harwood, John Innes Centre, UK. Host: Alan Schulman & Kan Wang, Iowa State University, USA. Host: Teemu Teeri