IWRDD History

The first edition took place in 1988 (30 years ago!) and next year will be the 15^th edition. Previous editions (listed below with chairs) were organised all over the world: 

1^st : Sept 1988     Mulheim, Germany (Schulte-Frohlinde, Von Sonntag)
2^nd : May 1990     San Miniato, Italy (Martin Fielden & Peter O’Neill)
3^rd : Sept 1992     Oakland University (Mike Sevilla & Bill Bernhard)
4^th : Oct 1994       Gleneden, Oregon USA; (Al Fucarelli and John Zimbrick)
5^th : April, 1997     Bowness-on-Windermere, UK; (Martin Fielden and Kevin Prise)
6^th : April 1999      Chapel Hill, USA; (Steven Leadon & Kathy Held)
7^th : Sept 2001      Orleans, France (Melanie Spotheim-Maurizot)
8^th : May 2004       Banff, Canada; (David Murray & Michael Weinfeld).
9^th : May 2006       Antalya, Turkey; (Miral Dizdaroglu)
10^th June 2008       Fukushima, Japan; (Katsumi Kobayashi & Hiroshi Ide)
11^th : May 2010      Atlanta, Georgia, (Paul Doetch)
12^th : March 2012   Prague, Czech Republic; (Maria Davídková & Martin Falk)
13^th : June 2014     Boston, USA (Peter Dedon) 
14^th : March 2016   Melbourne, Australia (Roger & Olga Martin)

Since the first edition, special attention has been paid to the involvement of young scientists, mostly through the financial support dedicated to young investigators.