**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CELL-CELL SIGNALING IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT, PHYSIOLOGY, AND DISEASE (PD2024) IS A GATHERING OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS WHO STUDY PLASMODESMATA AND INTERCELLULAR TRAFFICKING IN PLANTS. IT IS HELD EVERY THREE OR SO YEARS BY THE BY THE COMMUNITY OF PLANT SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THESE INTRIGUING PLANT STRUCTURES. THE MEETING WILL BE ORGANIZED INTO EIGHT (SESSIONS) EACH FOCUSED ON A PARTICULAR THEME. WE EXPECT THAT PD2024 WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE FIELD OF PLASMODESMATAL BIOLOGY AS THE COMMUNITY GATHERS TO DISCUSS NEW RESEARCH AND REVISIT OLDER ONES. IT WILL ALSO POSITIVELY IMPACT PLANT BIOLOGY RESEARCH IN OTHER FIELDS AS NEW RESEARCH ON HOW PLASMODESMATA IMPACT GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEFENSE IS SHARED, AND NEW HYPOTHESES ARE DEVELOPED AND SUBSEQUENTLY TESTED. WE EXPECT THAT THE PUBLICATIONS ARISING FROM THE MEETING, THE DIGITAL ABSTRACT BOOK, AND SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, WILL ALSO BE OF INTEREST TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY.AFRI FUNDS WILL BE USED PRIMARILY TO SUPPORT ATTENDANCE BY PARTICIPANTS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AND SCIENTISTS FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES (EXPECTED IMPACT: SUBSIDIZED ATTENDANCE OF ~30 SCIENTISTS). ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL SUPPORT FULL PARTICIPATION BY ATTENDEES WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED, E.G., BY PROVIDING ASL INTERPRETERS OR CART CAPTIONING SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT HARD-OF-HEARING AND DEAF SCIENTISTS CAN FULLY ENGAGE WITH THE MEETING. SEVERAL AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS AND AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING PROJECT DIRECTORS CURRENTLY OR RECENTLY FUNDED BY AFRI'S PHYSIOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTS (A1152) PROGRAM AREA HAVE BEEN INVITED TO AND/OR HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING.