For IAFC 2026, the scientific and organizing sub-committee members are as follows:

Scientific sub-committee

• Christian Wurzbacher, Technical University of Munich (Germany)
• Jeyamalar Jeyanathan, University of Ghent (Belguim)
• Noha Youssef, Oklahoma State University (USA)
• Rob Gruninger, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre (Canada)
• Veronika Flad, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (Germany)
• Yanfen Cheng, Nanjing Agricultural University (China)
• Yuqi Li, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA)

Organizing sub-committee

• Anita Perkins, MycoLogical Solutions Kft. (Hungary)
• Chidike Ude, National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (Nigeria)
• Fernanda Batistel, University of Florida (USA)
• Hussain Shah, Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture (Germany)
• Sam Miller, Oklahoma State University (USA)