- 2002 – Dr. Markus Kroeber – St. Gallen, Switzerland
- 2001 – Dr. Hiroshi Miyamoto – Kobe, Japan
- 2000 – Dr. Justin Hunt – Adelaide, Australia
- 1999 – Dr. Gregory Kawchuk – Edmonton, Canada
- 1998 – Dr. Daniel Balasa – Romania
With sincere appreciation, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine thanks the following companies for their sponsorship of the 48th ISSLS Annual Meeting in Boston, USA