An overview of EAU Congress history

1988

Willy Gregoir Medal 1988

H. Hopkins,
Reading (GB)

1990

Willy Gregoir Medal 1990

R. Hohenfellner,
Mainz (DE)

1992

Willy Gregoir Medal 1992

J.A. Martinez-Pineiro,
Madrid (ES)

1994

Willy Gregoir Medal 1994

L. Giuliani & G. Chisholm
Genoa (IT)    Edinburgh (GB)

1996

Willy Gregoir Medal 1996

A. Steg,
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 1996

F.C. Hamdy,
Oxford (GB)

1998

Willy Gregoir Medal 1998

F. Sole Balcells,
Barcelona (ES)

Crystal Matula Award 1998

F. Montorsi,
Milan (IT)

1999

Willy Gregoir Medal 1999

T. Hald,
Copenhagen (DK)

Crystal Matula Award 1999

G. Thalmann,
Berne (CH)

2000

Willy Gregoir Medal 2000

H. Marberger,
Innsbruck (AT)

Crystal Matula Award 2000

A.R. Zlotta,
Toronto (CA)

2001

Willy Gregoir Medal 2001

J. Blandy,
London (GB)

Crystal Matula Award 2001

B. Djavan,
Vienna (AT)

2002

Willy Gregoir Medal 2002

R. Küss,
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2002

M. Kuczyk,
Hanover (DE)

2003

Willy Gregoir Medal 2003

A. Le Duc,
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2003

B. Malawaud,
Toulouse (FR)

2004

Willy Gregoir Medal 2004

F.H. Schröder,
Rotterdam (NL)

Crystal Matula Award 2004

P.F.A. Mulders,
Nijmegen (NL)

2005

Willy Gregoir Medal 2005

R.T. Turner Warwick,
Exeter (GB)

Crystal Matula Award 2005

M.P. Matikainen,
Tampere (FI)

2006

Willy Gregoir Medal 2006

A. Borkowski,
Warsaw (PL)

Crystal Matula Award 2006

A. De La Taille,
Creteil (FR)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2006

C.C. Schulman,
Brussels (BE)

2007

Willy Gregoir Medal 2007

H. Frohmüller,
Würzburg (DE)

Crystal Matula Award 2007

M.S. Michel,
Mannheim (DE)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2007

L. Boccon-Gibod,
Paris (FR)

2008

Willy Gregoir Medal 2008

F. Pagano,
Padua (IT)

Crystal Matula Award 2008

V. Ficarra,
Padua (IT)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2008

R. Ackermann,
Düsseldorf (DE)

2009

Willy Gregoir Medal 2009

P.J. Van Cangh,
Brussels (BE)

Crystal Matula Award 2009

M.J. Ribal,
Barcelona (ES)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2009

J. Mattelaer,
Kortrijk (BE)

2010

Willy Gregoir Medal 2010

F.M.J. Debruyne,
Nijmegen (NL)

Crystal Matula Award 2010

J.W.F. Catto,
Sheffield (GB)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2010

R. Vela Navarrete,
Madrid (ES)

2011

Willy Gregoir Medal 2011

U.E. Studer,
Berne (CH)

Crystal Matula Award 2011

S.G. Joniau,
Leuven (BE)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2011

A. Le Duc,
Paris (FR)

Innovators in Urology Award 2011

C.G. Chaussy,
Munich (DE)

2012

Willy Gregoir Medal 2012

M.J. Marberger,
Vienna (AT)

Crystal Matula Award 2012

P.J. Bastian,
Düsseldorf (DE)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2012

R.E. Hautmann,
Neu-Ulm (DE)

Innovators in Urology Award 2012

J.E.A. Wickham,
Dorking (GB)

2013

Willy Gregoir Medal 2013

C-C. Abbou,
Creteil (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2013

P. Böstrom,
Turku (FI)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2013

J. Breza,
Bratislava (SK)

Innovators in Urology Award 2013

U.E. Studer,
Berne (CH)

Prostate Cancer Research Award Winner 2013

L. Ahmad,
Glasgow (GB)

2014

Willy Gregoir Medal 2014

M. Pavone-Macaluso,
Palermo (IT)

Crystal Matula Award 2014

S.F. Shariat,
Vienna (AT)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2014

L. Denis,
Antwerp (BE)

Innovators in Urology Award 2014

R. Gaston,
Bordeaux (FR)

Prostate Cancer Research Award Winner 2014

Z. Culig,
Innsbruck (AT)

2015

Willy Gregoir Medal 2015

L. Boccon-Gibod
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2015

M. Roupret
Paris (FR)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2015

H. Villavicencio
Barcelona (ES)

Innovators in Urology Award 2015 S. Horenblas, Amsterdam (NL)

Innovators in Urology Award 2015

S. Horenblas
Amsterdam (NL)

Prostate Cancer Research Award 2015 M. Spahn, Berne (CH)

Prostate Cancer Research Award Winner 2015

M. Spahn
Berne (CH)

2016

Willy Gregoir Medal 2016

W. Artibani 
Verona (IT)

Crystal Matula Award 2016

A. Briganti 
Milan (IT)

Innovators in Urology Award 2016

Prof. Gil-Vernet Vila
Barcelona (ES)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2016

P. Teillac 
Toulouse (FR)

Prostate Cancer Research Award winner 2016

J. Pencik
Vienna ( AT)

2017

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2017

C. Gratzke
Munich (DE)

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2017

P. Abrams
Bristol (GB)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2017

P-A. Abrahamsson
Malmo (SE)

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2017

R. Turner-Warwick
Exeter (GB)

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2017

M. Shiota
Fukuoka (JP)

2018

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2018

S. Silay
Istanbul (TR)

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal

V.Mirone
Naples (IT)

EAU Hans Marberger Award

D. Dalela
Detroit (USA)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievment Award

D. Jacqmin,
Strassbourg (FR)

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award

H. Ahmed
London (GB)

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize

S. Musitelli
Zibido San Giocomo (IT)

2019

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2019 Maarten Albersen

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2019

M. Albersen
Leuven (BE)

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2019 Freddie Hamdy

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2019

F. Hamdy
Oxford (GB)

EAU Hans Marberger Award Giuseppe Simone

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2019

G. Simone
Rome (IT)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award Francesco Montorsi

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2019

F. Montorsi
Milan (IT)

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2019 Veeru Kasivisvanathan

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2019

V. Kasivisvanathan
London (GB)

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2019 Peter Alken

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2019

P. Alken
Mannheim (DE)

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2019 Karl Storz

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2019

Karl Storz
Accepted by Mrs Sybill Storz on behalf of the company

2020

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2020

M. Wirth
Dresden, Germany

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award

H. Van Poppel
Leuven, Belgium

EAU Crystal Matula Award

D. Tilki
Hamburg, Germany

EAU Innovators in Urology Award

J. Barentsz
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize

M. Moran
Tucson, United States of America

EAU Hans Marberger Award

A. Larcher
Milan, Italy

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award

D. Osses
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2021

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2021

V. Phé
Paris, France

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2021

M. Wirth
Dresden, Germany

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2021

H. van Poppel
Leuven, Belgium

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2021

J. Barentsz
Nijmegen, the Netherlands

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2021

M. Moran
Tucson, USA

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2021

A. Gallioli
Barcelona, Spain

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2022

W. Fendler
Essen, Germany

2022

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2022

V. Kasivisvanathan
London, United Kingdom

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2022

K-E. Andersson
Lund, Sweden

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2022

A. Martini
Milan, Italy

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2022

J. Palou
Barcelona, Spain

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2022

T. Nordström
Stockholm, Sweden

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2022

Y. Fradet
Quebec, Canada

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2022

A. Jardin
On behalf of the Cercle Félix Guyon
Paris, France

2023

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2023

L. Martínez-Piñeiro
Madrid, Spain

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2023

J. Catto
Sheffield, United Kingdom

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2023

J. Gómez Rivas
Madrid, Spain

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2023

P. Wiklund
Stockholm, Sweden

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2023

R. Vela Navarrete
Madrid, Spain

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2023

R. Campi
Florence, Italy

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2023

E. Ventimiglia
Milan, Italy

EAU Patient Advocacy Medal of Excellence 2023

R. Giles
Duivendrecht, The Netherlands

2024

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2024

N. Mottet
St. Etienne, France

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2024

C.R. Chapple
Sheffield, United Kingdom

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2024

G. Gandaglia
Milan, Italy

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2024

P. Dasgupta
London, United Kingdom

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2024

J. Mattelaer
Kortrijk, Belgium

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2024

D. D’Andrea
Vienna, Austria

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2024

I. De Vos
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

EAU Patient Advocacy Medal of Excellence 2024

E. Briers
Hasselt, Belgium

1988

Willy Gregoir Medal 1988

H. Hopkins,
Reading (GB)

1990

Willy Gregoir Medal 1990

R. Hohenfellner,
Mainz (DE)

1992

Willy Gregoir Medal 1992

J.A. Martinez-Pineiro,
Madrid (ES)

1994

Willy Gregoir Medal 1994

L. Giuliani & G. Chisholm
Genoa (IT)    Edinburgh (GB)

1996

Willy Gregoir Medal 1996

A. Steg,
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 1996

F.C. Hamdy,
Oxford (GB)

1998

Willy Gregoir Medal 1998

F. Sole Balcells,
Barcelona (ES)

Crystal Matula Award 1998

F. Montorsi,
Milan (IT)

1999

Willy Gregoir Medal 1999

T. Hald,
Copenhagen (DK)

Crystal Matula Award 1999

G. Thalmann,
Berne (CH)

2000

Willy Gregoir Medal 2000

H. Marberger,
Innsbruck (AT)

Crystal Matula Award 2000

A.R. Zlotta,
Toronto (CA)

2001

Willy Gregoir Medal 2001

J. Blandy,
London (GB)

Crystal Matula Award 2001

B. Djavan,
Vienna (AT)

2002

Willy Gregoir Medal 2002

R. Küss,
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2002

M. Kuczyk,
Hanover (DE)

2003

Willy Gregoir Medal 2003

A. Le Duc,
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2003

B. Malawaud,
Toulouse (FR)

2004

Willy Gregoir Medal 2004

F.H. Schröder,
Rotterdam (NL)

Crystal Matula Award 2004

P.F.A. Mulders,
Nijmegen (NL)

2005

Willy Gregoir Medal 2005

R.T. Turner Warwick,
Exeter (GB)

Crystal Matula Award 2005

M.P. Matikainen,
Tampere (FI)

2006

Willy Gregoir Medal 2006

A. Borkowski,
Warsaw (PL)

Crystal Matula Award 2006

A. De La Taille,
Creteil (FR)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2006

C.C. Schulman,
Brussels (BE)

2007

Willy Gregoir Medal 2007

H. Frohmüller,
Würzburg (DE)

Crystal Matula Award 2007

M.S. Michel,
Mannheim (DE)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2007

L. Boccon-Gibod,
Paris (FR)

2008

Willy Gregoir Medal 2008

F. Pagano,
Padua (IT)

Crystal Matula Award 2008

V. Ficarra,
Padua (IT)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2008

R. Ackermann,
Düsseldorf (DE)

2009

Willy Gregoir Medal 2009

P.J. Van Cangh,
Brussels (BE)

Crystal Matula Award 2009

M.J. Ribal,
Barcelona (ES)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2009

J. Mattelaer,
Kortrijk (BE)

2010

Willy Gregoir Medal 2010

F.M.J. Debruyne,
Nijmegen (NL)

Crystal Matula Award 2010

J.W.F. Catto,
Sheffield (GB)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2010

R. Vela Navarrete,
Madrid (ES)

2011

Willy Gregoir Medal 2011

U.E. Studer,
Berne (CH)

Crystal Matula Award 2011

S.G. Joniau,
Leuven (BE)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2011

A. Le Duc,
Paris (FR)

Innovators in Urology Award 2011

C.G. Chaussy,
Munich (DE)

2012

Willy Gregoir Medal 2012

M.J. Marberger,
Vienna (AT)

Crystal Matula Award 2012

P.J. Bastian,
Düsseldorf (DE)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2012

R.E. Hautmann,
Neu-Ulm (DE)

Innovators in Urology Award 2012

J.E.A. Wickham,
Dorking (GB)

2013

Willy Gregoir Medal 2013

C-C. Abbou,
Creteil (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2013

P. Böstrom,
Turku (FI)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2013

J. Breza,
Bratislava (SK)

Innovators in Urology Award 2013

U.E. Studer,
Berne (CH)

Prostate Cancer Research Award Winner 2013

L. Ahmad,
Glasgow (GB)

2014

Willy Gregoir Medal 2014

M. Pavone-Macaluso,
Palermo (IT)

Crystal Matula Award 2014

S.F. Shariat,
Vienna (AT)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2014

L. Denis,
Antwerp (BE)

Innovators in Urology Award 2014

R. Gaston,
Bordeaux (FR)

Prostate Cancer Research Award Winner 2014

Z. Culig,
Innsbruck (AT)

2015

Willy Gregoir Medal 2015

L. Boccon-Gibod
Paris (FR)

Crystal Matula Award 2015

M. Roupret
Paris (FR)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2015

H. Villavicencio
Barcelona (ES)

Innovators in Urology Award 2015 S. Horenblas, Amsterdam (NL)

Innovators in Urology Award 2015

S. Horenblas
Amsterdam (NL)

Prostate Cancer Research Award 2015 M. Spahn, Berne (CH)

Prostate Cancer Research Award Winner 2015

M. Spahn
Berne (CH)

2016

Willy Gregoir Medal 2016

W. Artibani 
Verona (IT)

Crystal Matula Award 2016

A. Briganti 
Milan (IT)

Innovators in Urology Award 2016

Prof. Gil-Vernet Vila
Barcelona (ES)

Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2016

P. Teillac 
Toulouse (FR)

Prostate Cancer Research Award winner 2016

J. Pencik
Vienna ( AT)

2017

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2017

C. Gratzke
Munich (DE)

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2017

P. Abrams
Bristol (GB)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2017

P-A. Abrahamsson
Malmo (SE)

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2017

R. Turner-Warwick
Exeter (GB)

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2017

M. Shiota
Fukuoka (JP)

2018

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2018

S. Silay
Istanbul (TR)

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal

V.Mirone
Naples (IT)

EAU Hans Marberger Award

D. Dalela
Detroit (USA)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievment Award

D. Jacqmin,
Strassbourg (FR)

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award

H. Ahmed
London (GB)

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize

S. Musitelli
Zibido San Giocomo (IT)

2019

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2019 Maarten Albersen

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2019

M. Albersen
Leuven (BE)

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2019 Freddie Hamdy

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2019

F. Hamdy
Oxford (GB)

EAU Hans Marberger Award Giuseppe Simone

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2019

G. Simone
Rome (IT)

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award Francesco Montorsi

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2019

F. Montorsi
Milan (IT)

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2019 Veeru Kasivisvanathan

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2019

V. Kasivisvanathan
London (GB)

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2019 Peter Alken

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2019

P. Alken
Mannheim (DE)

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2019 Karl Storz

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2019

Karl Storz
Accepted by Mrs Sybill Storz on behalf of the company

2020

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2020

M. Wirth
Dresden, Germany

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award

H. Van Poppel
Leuven, Belgium

EAU Crystal Matula Award

D. Tilki
Hamburg, Germany

EAU Innovators in Urology Award

J. Barentsz
Nijmegen, The Netherlands

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize

M. Moran
Tucson, United States of America

EAU Hans Marberger Award

A. Larcher
Milan, Italy

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award

D. Osses
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2021

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2021

V. Phé
Paris, France

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2021

M. Wirth
Dresden, Germany

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2021

H. van Poppel
Leuven, Belgium

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2021

J. Barentsz
Nijmegen, the Netherlands

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2021

M. Moran
Tucson, USA

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2021

A. Gallioli
Barcelona, Spain

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2022

W. Fendler
Essen, Germany

2022

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2022

V. Kasivisvanathan
London, United Kingdom

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2022

K-E. Andersson
Lund, Sweden

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2022

A. Martini
Milan, Italy

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2022

J. Palou
Barcelona, Spain

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2022

T. Nordström
Stockholm, Sweden

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2022

Y. Fradet
Quebec, Canada

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2022

A. Jardin
On behalf of the Cercle Félix Guyon
Paris, France

2023

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2023

L. Martínez-Piñeiro
Madrid, Spain

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2023

J. Catto
Sheffield, United Kingdom

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2023

J. Gómez Rivas
Madrid, Spain

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2023

P. Wiklund
Stockholm, Sweden

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2023

R. Vela Navarrete
Madrid, Spain

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2023

R. Campi
Florence, Italy

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2023

E. Ventimiglia
Milan, Italy

EAU Patient Advocacy Medal of Excellence 2023

R. Giles
Duivendrecht, The Netherlands

2024

EAU Willy Gregoir Medal 2024

N. Mottet
St. Etienne, France

EAU Frans Debruyne Life Time Achievement Award 2024

C.R. Chapple
Sheffield, United Kingdom

EAU Crystal Matula Award 2024

G. Gandaglia
Milan, Italy

EAU Innovators in Urology Award 2024

P. Dasgupta
London, United Kingdom

EAU Ernest Desnos Prize 2024

J. Mattelaer
Kortrijk, Belgium

EAU Hans Marberger Award 2024

D. D’Andrea
Vienna, Austria

EAU Prostate Cancer Research Award 2024

I. De Vos
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

EAU Patient Advocacy Medal of Excellence 2024

E. Briers
Hasselt, Belgium