Upcoming World Congress IOP2027
Chengdu, China, Summer 2027
Chairpersons: Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa and Dezhong Yao
Past World Congresses
Chair: Agnieska K. Adamczyk
LOC: Michał Kuniecki, Marek Binder,
& Miroslaw Wyczesany
(Jagiellonian University)
Chairperson: Guido Gendolla (University of Geneva)
Chairpersons: Dezhong Yao and Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa
Lucca, Italy,
September 4-8, 2018
[Proceedings]
Chairman: Emiliano Ricciardi
405 attendees, 6 Invited lectures, 3 Didactic lectures,
2 Memorial lectures, 1 Presidential address,
43 Symposia, 280 Posters

Chairman: Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa
402 attendees from 40 countries
5 Keynote lectures,
3 Didactic lectures, 1 Presidential address,
39 Symposia, 6 Oral sessions, 171 Posters
Honorary Presidents: Shin-ichi Niwa, Tadao Hori President: Hisaki Ozaki Executive Committee Chairman: Hiroshi Nittono

President: Pietro Pietrini
Chairman of the Local Organizing committee: Angelo Gemignani
Scientific Coordinator of Abstracts: Emiliano Ricciardi

St. Petersburg, Russia,
September 8-13, 2008
Istanbul, Turkey,
August 28 – September 2, 2006
Porto Carras, Greece,
September 18-23, 2004
Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
July 29 – August 3 , 2002
Sydney, Australia,
February 8-13, 2000
Taormina, Italy,
September 14-19, 1998
Tampere, Finland,
June 25-30, 1996
Porto Carras, Greece,
September 27 – October 2, 1994
Berlin, Germany,
September 2-6, 1992
Budapest, Hungary,
July 9-14, 1990
Prague, Czechoslovakia,
September 13-16, 1988
Vienna, Austria,
July 7-11, 1986
London, U.K.,
July 16-19, 1984
Montreal, Canada,
July 29 – August 1, 1982
Award Winners
Travel Awards at IOP2018 (500 Euro + free registration)
- Wickramasinghe Nuwan (Sri Lanka)
- Perez Hector (Philippines)
- Williams Akande (Lesotho)
- Naeeni Davarani Mahsa (Iran)
- Chalysheva Anna (Russia)
Best Young Presentation Awards at IOP2016
- Joanna G. Adrião (Portugal)
- Claudia Carricarte (Cuba)
- Hana Choi (South Korea)
- Laurent A. Fromont (Canada)
- Adianes Herrera (Cuba)
- Magdalena K. Kanthak (Germany)
- Leean Kim (South Korea)
- Alicia Martínez-Ramos (Mexico)
- Fabian Popp (Germany)
- Anne K. Vellage (Germany)
(in alphabetical order)
Best Young Presentation Awards at IOP2014
Oral
- Frances de Blasio (Australia)
- Guang Ouyang (Hong Kong)
- Alessandro Tavano (Germany)
- Katarzyna Zarnowiec (Spain)
(in alphabetical order)
Poster
- Kyota Inagaki (Japan)
- Taishi Kawamoto (Japan)
- Yingyi Luo (China/Japan)
- Yuya Maruo (Japan)
- Yuki Motomura (Japan)
- Magdalena Senderecka (Poland)
(in alphabetical order)
Student Awards at IOP2012
- Frances De Blasio (Australia)
- Emanuela Russo (Italy)
- Kathrin Sommer (The Netherlands, Italy)
(in alphabetical order)
The 20th Anniversary of IOP Awards at IOP2002
- Robert Galambos
- Robert Malmo
- Risto Näätänen
- Karl Pribram
- Roberto Zappoli
(in alphabetical order)
The Century Awards at IOP1998
- Natalia Bechtereva
- Jose M.R. Delgado
- Herbert H. Jasper
- Donald Lindsley
- Evgeni Sokolov
(in alphabetical order)