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Delegates from China gather for a photo in Hong Kong in October 2018.

MDS has organized International Congresses since 1990. Each International Congress has successfully provided an educational forum for clinical and basic discussion on variety of movement disorders, including presentations of current research and available treatments.

The purpose of the MDS International Congress is to share ideas, encourage interest among all those involved in the care and research of movement disorders, to participate in the activities of MDS, and to advance the related clinical and scientific discipline.

Future International Congresses

Sunday, September 22 - Thursday, September 26, 2019 – Nice, France
Sunday, September 13 - Thursday, September 17, 2020 – Philadelphia, PA, USA

Past International Congresses

Year of Meeting, Location, and Number of Attendees

2018: Hong Kong
2017: Vancouver, BC, Canada - 4,300
2016: Berlin, Germany - 5,500
2015: San Diego, CA, USA - 3,700
2014: Stockholm, Sweden - 4,500
2013: Sydney Australia - 2,600
2012: Dublin, Ireland - 5,100
2011: Toronto, ON, Canada - 3,750
2010: Buenos Aires, Argentina - 4,000
2009: Paris, France - 5,000
2008: Chicago, IL, USA - 3,650

2007: Istanbul, Turkey - 3,200
2006: Kyoto, Japan - 3,000
2005: New Orleans, LA, USA - 2,200
2004: Rome, Italy - 3,500
2002: Miami, FL, USA - 2,700
2000: Barcelona, Spain - 2,440
1998: New York, NY, USA - 2,900
1996: Vienna, Austria - 2,200
1994: Orlando, FL, USA - 1,700
1992: Munich, Germany - 1,280
1990: Washington, D.C., USA - 850