New approaches in crystallographic teaching (MS-016) Chairs: Louise Dawe, Peter Moeck Speakers: Gemma de la Flor Martin, Helen Maynard-Casely, Robert Hanson	22 August 2017	1455-1730
Terminology issues in crystal engineering (MS-021) Chairs: Christer Aakeroy, Carol P. Brock Speakers: Gautam R. Desiraju, Len MacGillivray, Pierangelo Metrangolo, J. J. Vittal, Mike Zaworotko	23 August 2017	1030-1305
Crystallography courses around the world (MS-032) Chairs: Annalisa Guerri, Juan Manuel Garcia Ruiz Speakers:	23 August 2017	1455-1730
Structural databases as teaching tools – Part A (macromolecules) (MS-044) Chairs: Christine Zardecki, Joel Sussman Speakers: Urmila Kulkarni-Kale, Jaime Prilusky, Shuchismita Dutta, Sameer Velankar	24 August 2017	1030-1305
Structural data bases as teaching tools – Part B (organics, minerals) (MS-045) Chairs: Amy Sarjeant, Graciela Delgado Speakers: Simon J. Coles, Miguel Delgado, Louise Dawe	24 August 2017	1030-1305
Scientific value of raw data (MS-053) Chairs: Brian McMahon, Loes Kroon-Batenburg Speakers: Bernhard Rupp, George Phillips, James Parkhurst	24 August 2017	1455-1730
Crystallographic patterns in art and cultural heritage (MS-071) Chairs: Louise De Las Penas, Rima Ajlouni Speakers:	25 August 2017	1455-1730
Emerging science in the emerging world (MS-080) Chairs: Claude Lecomte, Michele Zema Speakers: Gabriela Aurelio, Gihan Kamel, Gabiela Aurelio	26 August 2017	1030-1305
How does crystallography help you in your career? (MS-087) Chairs: Ashwini Nangia, Soorya N Kabekkodu Speakers: Soorya N Kabekkodu, Sudhir Nambiar, Sriram Subramaniam, Anant Paradkar, Miguel Delgado	26 August 2017	1455-1730
Crystallography for Space Sciences (MS-095) Chairs: Hanna Dabkowska, Juan Manuel Garcia Ruiz Speakers: David Blake, Fernando Rull, Tomoki Nakamura	27 August 2017	1030-1305
Crystallographic data and structure validation from data collection to publication – IUCr setting standards (MS-099) Chairs: Anthony Linden, Wladek Minor Speakers: John Westbrook, Loes Kroon-Batenburg, Anthony L. Spek, Cornelis Jan Van De Streek, James Simpson	27 August 2017	1030-1305
Synchrotron measurement in conservation and cultural heritage (MS-104) Chairs: Eric Dooryhèe Speakers: Marine Cotte, Apurva Mehta	27 August 2017	1455-1730
Robust programming for CIF, NeXus, and related file structures (MS-107) Chairs: John Bollinger Speakers: Robert Mark Hanson, Brian McMahon, John Westbrook	27 August 2017	1455-1730
CryoEM: Method of the decade (MS-109) Chairs: Samar Hasnain, Richard Henderson Speakers: Bridget Carragher, Yifan Chang, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Werner Kühlbrandt, Helen Saibil	28 August 2017	1030-1305
Anticipating the Harvest: Post IYCr (MS-113) Chairs: Jean-Paul Ngome Abiaga, Michele Zema Speakers: Daniel Nyanganyura, Areej Abuhammad, Brian McMahon	28 August 2017	1030-1305
Crystallography and cultural heritage: From microsampling tonon-invasive techniques (MS-114) Chairs: Manfred Schreiner, Serge Cohen Speakers: Patrick C. Ravines, Koen Janssens, Wieslaw Lasocha, Eric Dooryhee	28 August 2017	1030-1305