The International Conference on Antiviral Research (ICAR) has been held every year since 1988. Its location circulates between the United States, Europe, and the rest of the world, reflecting the distribution of its members. The last annual meeting, 38th ICAR was held in Las Vegas, NV, USA, March 17-21, 2025. The next annual meeting, 39th ICAR, will be held in April 27- May 1, 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic. It is generally agreed that the second ICAR was a meeting held in
Williamsburg, Virginia in 1988, which was advertised as such. Neither the Rotterdam meeting (1985) nor the Italy meeting (1987) was identified at the time as "the first" International Conference for Antiviral Research (ICAR). Since then, each meeting has been described as the first ICAR meeting by different proponents. George Galasso and others consider Rotterdam the first meeting because at that meeting Galasso, Erik De Clercq and Alfons Billiau discussed formation of a Society and decided to approach Earl Kern and Richard Whitley. Erik De Clercq has emphasized the 1987 NATO meeting at Il Ciocco because ideas for both ISAR and ICAR were developed there. ==Publications==