Previous Meetings
In this section you will find Programme & Abstract Books from previous conferences.
If you are interested in abstracts from years prior to 2016, please contact the DFSG secretariat
DFSG Awards
DFSG Life Time Achievement Award
- 2026 Zulfiqarali G. Abbas, Tanzania
- 2024 Maximilian Spraul, Germany
- 2022 Luigi Uccioli, IT
- 2021 Andrew Boulton, UK
- 2018 Ernst Chantelau, DE
- 2017 Kristien van Acker, BE
- 2016 Jan Apelqvist, SE
- 2014 Nicolaas Schaper, NL
- 2013 Michael Edmonds, UK
- 2012 Per Holstein, DK
- 2010 William Jeffcoat, UK
- 2009 Karel Bakker, NL
AWARD WINNERS 2026, FLORENCE, ITALY
- 1st prize oral presentation: Sicco Bus, Netherlands
- 2nd prize oral presentation: Manar Khasram, New Zealand
- 1st prize poster presentation (shared 1st Prize): Miloš Potkonjak, Slovenia
- 1st prize poster presentation (shared 1st Prize): Almudena Cecilia-Matilla, Spain
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Filippo Susanna (Italy), Sridevan Sithamparapillai (United Kingdom), Martina Vitale (United Kingdom), Shi Pin Lim (United Kingdom), Nicole Cimiotta (Italy), Israel Anguiano Marcos (Spain), Sylwia Bęcławska (Poland), Yen-Mei Mayer (Ireland)
AWARD WINNERS 2025, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- 1st prize oral presentation: Hani Slim, United Kingdom
- 2nd prize oral presentation: Victoria Milbourn, Netherlands
- 3rd prize oral presentation: Mateo López Moral, Spain
- 1st prize poster presentation (shared 1st Prize): Touria Ahaouari Lemrabet, Netherlands
- 1st prize poster presentation (shared 1st Prize): Amy Sherratt, United Kingdom
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Cristina Villalta Alarcón (Spain), Josefine Darket (Denmark), Federico Rolando Bonanni (Italy), Giulia Casilli (Italy), Alice Cardon (Denmark), Ioanna Anastasiou (Greece), Amy Sherratt (United Kingdom)
Award winners 2024, Valencia, Spain
- 1st prize oral presentation: Michal Dubsky, Czech Republic
- 2nd prize oral presentation: Meghana Kavarthapu, United Kingdom
- 3rd prize oral presentation: Patrick Lauwers, Belgium
- 1st prize poster presentation: Abihilasha Akerkar, Denmark
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Alessandro Vicentini (Netherlands), Amy Morrison (United Kingdom), Andrea Mancini (Italy), Harriet Morgan (United Kingdom), Isabella Gigante (Netherlands), Sebastian Flores Escobar (Spain), Stein Exterkate (Netherlands)
Award winners 2022, Bratislava, Slovakia
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Mateo López Moral, Spain
- 1st prize oral presentation: Lisa Vossen, Netherlands
- 1st prize poster presentation: Jolyon Dales, United Kingdom
- 2nd prize poster presentation: Sukanya Nachimuthu, India
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Lisa Vossen (Netherlands), Sukanya Nachimuthu (India), Aparajita Roy (United Kingdom), Jolyon Dales (United Kingdom), Abdullah Almaqhawi (United Kingdom), Jennifer Pallin (Ireland), Ermanno Bellizzi (Italy), Irene Sanz Corbalán (Spain), Aroa Tardaguila Garcia (Spain)
Award winners 2021, Virtual Meeting
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Katie Chatwin, United Kingdom
- 1st prize oral presentation: Jaap van Netten, Netherlands
- 1st prize e-poster presentation: Zulfiqarali G. Abbas, Tanzania and Janet Lutale, Lennox Archibald
- 2nd prize e-poster presentation: David Truong, United States
Award winners 2020, Virtual Meeting
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Marta García-Madrid Martín de Almagro, Spain
- 1st prize oral presentation: Sicco Bus, the Netherlands
- 1st prize e-poster presentation: Khor Benedictine, United Kingdom
- 2nd prize e-poster presentation: Zulfiqarali G. Abbas, Tanzania
Award winners 2018, Berlin, Germany
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Caroline Abbott, United Kingdom
- 1st prize oral presentation: Joanne Hurst, United Kingdom
- 1st prize poster presentation: Ieva Baikstiene
- 2nd prize poster presentation: Catya Franssen, Belgium
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Hannah Bond, United Kingdom, Metthew Anson, United Kingdom, Rob van Doremalen, The Netherlands
Award winners 2017, Porto, Portugal
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Jarmila Jirkovska, Czech Republic
- 1st prize oral presentation: Marco Meloni, Italy (Prize Oral 2)
- 1st prize poster presentation: Sofia Antoniou, Germany (P7)
- 2nd prize poster presentation: Timothy Jemmott, United Kingdom (P6)
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Anna Pyšná, Czech Republic; Bernard Pac Soo, United Kingdom; Danguole Vaznaisiene, Lithuania; Dhruti Hirani, United Kingdom; Joanne Casey, United Kingdom; Reena abu Sneinah, Palestine; Nicole Mottolini, United Kingdom
Award winners 2016, Stuttgart, Germany
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Jonas Hedegaard Andersen, Denmark (Abstract O14)
- 1st prize oral presentation: Michael Edmonds, UK (Abstract PO1)
- 1st prize poster presentation: Alfred Gatt, Malta (Abstract P06)
- 2nd prize poster presentation: Ahmed Albehairy, Egypt (Abstract P07)
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Jody Lucas, UK; Daina Walton, UK; Artemova Ekaterina, Russia; Abdulvapova Zera, Russia; Lisa Metcalf, UK
Award winners 2014, Bratislava, Slovakia
- The Paul Wilson Brand Repetitive Stress Award: Sicco Bus, Netherlands
- 1st prize oral presentation: A.K. Trocha, Germany (Abstract O1)
- 1st prize poster presentation: E. Vainieri, Italy (Abstract P4)
- 2nd prize poster presentation: S. Georga, Greece (Abstract P1)
- 1st time presenter travel grant: Evelien Coeckelbergh, Belgium (P33); Signe L. Andersen, Denmark (P35); S. Richter, United Kingdom (P54); Mohamed Motaew (O25)