IWRDD History
The first edition took place in 1988 (30 years ago!) and next year will be the 15th edition. Previous editions (listed below with chairs) were organised all over the world:
1st : Sept 1988 Mulheim, Germany (Schulte-Frohlinde, Von Sonntag)
2nd : May 1990 San Miniato, Italy (Martin Fielden & Peter O’Neill)
3rd : Sept 1992 Oakland University (Mike Sevilla & Bill Bernhard)
4th : Oct 1994 Gleneden, Oregon USA; (Al Fucarelli and John Zimbrick)
5th : April, 1997 Bowness-on-Windermere, UK; (Martin Fielden and Kevin Prise)
6th : April 1999 Chapel Hill, USA; (Steven Leadon & Kathy Held)
7th : Sept 2001 Orleans, France (Melanie Spotheim-Maurizot)
8th : May 2004 Banff, Canada; (David Murray & Michael Weinfeld).
9th : May 2006 Antalya, Turkey; (Miral Dizdaroglu)
10th June 2008 Fukushima, Japan; (Katsumi Kobayashi & Hiroshi Ide)
11th : May 2010 Atlanta, Georgia, (Paul Doetch)
12th : March 2012 Prague, Czech Republic; (Maria Davídková & Martin Falk)
13th : June 2014 Boston, USA (Peter Dedon)
14th : 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.