title: International conference on "Photosynthesis research for sustainability-2015" in honor of George C. Papageorgiou", September 21-26, 2015, Crete, Greece.
abstract: During September 21-26, 2015, an international conference entitled ''Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability-2015'' was held in honor of George C. Papageorgiou at the Conference Center of the Orthodox Academy of Crete, an exceptionally beautiful location right on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Kolymvari, Chania, Crete, (Greece) (see http://photosynthesis2015.cellreg.org/ ). The meeting was held under the auspices of the Greek "General Secretariat for Research and Technology" (GSRT). We first provide a brief introduction and key contributions of George C. Papageorgiou, the honored scientist, and then information on the conference, on the speakers, and the program. A special feature of this conference was awards given to 13 young investigators, who are recognized in this Report. Several photographs are also included; they show the pleasant ambience at this conference. We invite the readers to the next conference on "Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability-2016," which will honor Nathan Nelson and T. Nejat Veziroglu; it will be held during June 19-25, 2016, in Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia (see http://photosynthesis2016.cellreg.org/ ).
authors.affiliation: Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory, Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow, Russia, 127276.|Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia, 142290.|Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow, Russia, 119991.
authors.forename: Suleyman I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Allakhverdiev
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Kagurazaka 1-3, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8601, Japan.|PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tomo
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Center of Scientific Research "Demokritos", 153 10, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Kostas
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stamatakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu.
authors.lastname: Govindjee
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010788:Photosynthesis; D012106:Research / Q000266:history
keywords: Bettina Ughy; Cinzia Formighieri; Eleni Koutra; Georgia Zahariou; Ginga Shimakawa; Marek Zivcak; Marjaana Rantala; Olga Avercheva; Pasqual Liauw; Paula Mulo; Ryo Nagao; Václav Karlický; Xiaochun Qin