ESP Past Congresses


ESP congresses are held  every 2 years in a selected European country. They are intended to gather the communities coming from the diverse fields of Photobiology, far beyond European frontiers. They constitute an important forum for dissemination of advanced knowledge and technological development in the various aspects of Photobiology and provide the young scientists an excellent opportunity to deepen and widen their scientific preparation.

Below it is reported the list of ESP Congresses held since ESP Foundation, together with the names of the main local organizers.
2025 - Bari (Italy)
21th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Massimo Trotta, Rossella Labarile, Matteo Grattieri, Livia Giotta, Piero Mastrorilli, Pinalysa Cosma, Francesco Milano
 
2023 - Lyon (France)
20th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Thierry Douki, Laure Guy, Akos Banyasz, Yann Bretonnière, Anne-Laure Bulin, Jean-Luc Ravanat
 
2021 - WWW and Salzburg (Austria)
19th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Kristjan Plaetzer, Angelika Hofer, Barbara Krammer, Giorgia Miolo, Francesco Ghetti
 
2019 - Barcelona (Spain)
World Congress on Light and Life (17th Congress of the International Union of Photobiology and 18th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology)
Santi Nonell, Montserrat Agut, Diego de Argila, Yolanda Gilaberte, Amadeu Llebaria, Maria Lluïsa Sagristá
 
2017 - Pisa (Italy)
17th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Francesco Ghetti, Giovanni Checcucci, Francesco Lenci, Franco Fusi, Lucia Guidi
 
2015 - Aveiro (Portugal)
16th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Maria Amparo Faustino, M. Graça P.M.S. Neves, Adelaide Almeida
 
2013 - Liège (Belgium)
15th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Jacques Piette, Cécile Moucheron
2011 - Geneva (Switzerland)
Norbert Lange
14th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
 
2009 - Wroclaw (Poland)
13th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Piotr Ziólkowski, Krzysztof Symonowicz, Andrzej Bronowicz, Elzbieta Gamian, Kamil Jurczyszyn, Artur Lipinski, Anna Lis, Beata Osiecka, Pawel Ostasiewicz, Joanna Rogala, Marta Rzeszutko, Przemyslaw Sadowski, Krzysztof Symonowicz, Zdzislaw Wozniak
 
2007 - Bath (UK)
12th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Rex Tyrrell, Helen Thame, R.H. Guy, S.H. Moss, C. Pourzand
 
2005 - Aix-les-Bains (France)
11th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Jean Cadet, Thierry Douki, Olivier Falletti, Jean-François Millau, Stephane Mouret, Sandrine Terrier, Jean-Luc Ravanat, Evelyne Sage, Christine Vever-Bizet
 
2003 - Wien (Austria)
10th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Herbert Hönigsmann, Robert Knobler, Franz Trautinger
2001 - Lillehammer (Norway)
9th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Terje Christensen, Kristian Berg, Berit Kjeldstad, Ellen Bruzell
 
1999 - Granada (Spain)
8th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Miguel A. Miranda, Bartolomé Quintero
1997 - Stresa (Italy)
7th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Francesco Lenci, Giovanni Checcucci, Francesco Ghetti
1995 - Cambridge (UK)
6th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Anthony R. Young, Paul Heelis, Jane McGregor
1993 - Marburg (Germany)
5th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Horst Senger, Holger Dau, Dieter Dörnemann, Paul Galland, Manfred Tidow
1991 - Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
4th Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Tom M.A.R. Dubbelman, Gerard Beijersbergen van Henegouwen, Johan Lugtenburg, Len Roza
1989 - Budapest (Hungary)
3rd Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Györgyi Rontó, Gy. Garab, I. Horkay, K. Jobst, Tatiana Szitó
1987 - Padova (Italy)
2nd Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Francesco Dall'Acqua, Giulio Jori, Sergio Caffieri, Daniela Vedaldi, G. Zampolini
1986 - Grenoble (France)
1st Congress of the European Society for Photobiology
Jean Cadet, P. Amblard, J.C. Beani, J. Joyard, B. Muel, M. Polverelli, J.L. Reymond, P. Vigny