Here we focused on the genomic of coral and its microbiome.
| Organizers | Institution |
| David Walsh | Concordia University, Canada |
| Vanessa Dumeaux | Concordia University, Canada |
| Mike Hallett | Concordia University, Canada |
| Arthi Ramachandran | Concordia University, Canada |
| Shawn Simpson | Concordia University, Canada |
| Kaitlin Laverty | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Invitees | Institution |
| Amy Apprill | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
| John Archibald | Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Debashish Bhattacharya | Rutgers University |
| Rob Beiko | Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Stefan Bertilsson | Uppsala University, SciLifeLabs |
| Erin Bertrand | Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Adrienne Correa | Rice University |
| Ford Doolittle | Dalhousie University |
| Stephen Giovannoni | Oregon State University |
| Hans-Peter Grossart | Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries |
| Lee Henry | Queen Mary, University of London |
| Tim Hughes | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Paul Jensen | Scripps, UCSD |
| Andrew Lang | Memorial University, Canada |
| Julie Laroche | Dalhousie University, Canada |
| Connie Lovejoy | Universite Laval, Canada |
| Marie-Jean Meurs | UQAM, Canada |
| Monica Medina | Pennsylvania State University |
| Adam Monier | University of Exeter |
| Quaid Morris | University of Toronto, Canada |
| Spencer Nyholm | University of Conneticut |
| Martin Polz | MIT |
| Francisco Rodriguez Valera | Universitas Miguel Hernandez |
| Andrew Roger | Dalhousie Univeristy |
| Forest Rohwer | San Diego State University |
| Daniel Sher | Haifa University |
| Derek Skillings | University of Bordeaux/CNRS |
| Uli Stingl | University of Florida |
| Shinichi Sunagawa | ETH Zurich |
| Adrian Tsang | Concordia University |
| Doug Wallace | Dalhousie University |
| Harm van Bakel | Mount Sinai |
| Richard Bonneau | NYU |
| David Gresham | NYU |