The meeting on Helicases and Translocases has been held every two years starting in 1999 with a comparably small workshop in Madrid. At the meeting in 2003 it was decided to alternate the location of future conferences between Europe (EMBO sponsored) and North America (FASEB sponsored).

Past meetings:

• Madrid, Spain, 1999 | Organizers: E.Lanka, J.M. Carazo
• FASEB 2001, Saxtons River, VT | Organizers: S. Weller, S. Matson
• FASEB 2003, Saxtons River, VT | Organizers: A.M. Pyle, S. Patel
• EMBO 2005, Arolla, Switzerland | Organizers: P. Linder, S. Kowalczykowski
• FASEB 2007, Palm Springs, CA | Organizers: T. Lohman, J. Berger
• EMBO 2009, Les Diablerettes, Switzerland | Organizers: P. Linder, S. Kowalczykowski, D. Wigley