1. Emerging Microbial Issues and their Solution in Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2. Municipal Wastewater Treatment 3. Omic Approaches for Characterization of Environmental Microorganisms 4. Microbial Diversity and Interactions 5. Microbial Communications in Gram Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria 6. Metal pollutants in the environment 7. Bacteria and Pollutants 8. Biogeochemical Cycling 9. Microbial Transport in the subsurface 10. Extreme Environments 11. Microbes in the Environment 12. Environmental Microbiology 13. Water Treatment and Re-use