The article offers information on the twelfth symposium of the International Organization of Plant Biosystematics (IOPB) at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and United States Botanic Garden (USBG) in Washington, D.C on June 1-5, 2015 on next generation pteridology. Topics discussed include research on lycophyte and fern research being featured in plenary session, and presentations on spanning evolution, genomics, physiology, ecology, horticulture, and conservation.