MEGA 2017 is the fourteenth meeting in a conference series whose roots date back to 1990.
Previous MEGA conferences were held in 1990 (Castiglioncello, Italy), 1992 (Nice, France), 1994 (Santander, Spain), 1996 (Eindhoven, Netherlands), 1998 (St. Malo, France), 2000 (Bath, United Kingdom), 2003 (Kaiserslautern, Germany), 2005 (Porto Conte, Italy), 2007 (Strobl, Austria), 2009 (Barcelona, Spain), 2011 (Stockholm, Sweden), 2013 (Frankfurt, Germany), 2015 (Trento, Italy)
