YPD 2015 attracted 72 yeast researchers from across Australia and New Zealand. The conference was held at the Ingkarni Wardli Building, which was generously provided by the University of Adelaide. The conference featured sessions on Molecular Cell Biology, Yeasts: Understanding and Treating Disease, Systems and Synthetic Biology, Signalling, Yeast in Fermentation Industries, Student Presentations, Yeast/Environment Interactions, Evolution & Ecology and Gene Expression. The quality of the presentations was outstanding.

The conference was generously sponsored by AB Mauri, The ASBMB, The AWRI, Chapel Hill Winery, Coopers Brewery, Hardy Tintara, The University of Adelaide and Wirra Wirra Vineyards.

The conference proceedings and conference report can be downloaded via the links.

The YPD2015 Local Organising Committee included Paul Chambers, Jenny Bellon, and Paul Henschke, all of the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI), Miguel de Barros Lopes of the University of South Australia and Paul Grbin of the University of Adelaide.

Program Advisory Committee included: Ana Traven (Monash University, Aus), 
Julie Djordjevic (Westmead Millennium Institute, Aus), Claudia Vickers (The University of Queensland, Aus), Evelyn Sattlegger (Massey University, NZ),
 Alan Munn (Griffith University, Aus),
 Traude Beilharz (Monash University, Aus),
 Rod Devenish (Monash University, Aus),
 Ian Macreadie (RMIT, Aus)
, and Marc Wilkins (University of New South Wales, Aus).