Table 1.

History of the Annual Meeting of the European Virus Bioinformatics Center; renamed to International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting in 2020.

Date	Location	No. of Participants	Key Changes and Outcomes
6–8 March 2017	Jena, Germany	~100	Founding of the center; Discussion of the role of EVBC; Election of the first Board of Directors; Insights into EU policy and funding opportunities.
9–10 April 2018	Utrecht, The Netherlands	~120	Extending the EVBC network to include America and Asia;Discussion and design of joint projects;Insights on first applied European fund among EVBC members.	[3]
28–29 March 2019	Glasgow, United Kingdom	~110	Inclusion of contributed talks in themed sections in the scientific programme;Establishment of travel, poster and best contributed talk awards for junior scientists;Need for greater coordination and communication within the European virology community.	[4]
8–9 October 2020	virtually in Bern, Switzerland	~120	Renaming to International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting;Online format;Re-election of Board of Directors;Presentation of the newly EU-funded MSCA ITN VIROINF.