Since 1988, the European Fusarium Seminar (EFS) is the European platform to communicate progress and to exchange information on Fusarium research. The first EFS was in Poland with 30 participants, and since then it was organised every two years in a different European country. The EFS program gradually expanded over time and the number of participants increased to more than 200. The last meeting was organised in conjunction with the Second International Symposium on Fusarium Head Scab in Orlando, Florida in December 2004 that registered over 340 participants.