ECRO was inaugurated in 1970 at the International Summer Course on Odour Perception, in Utrecht, with the aim of promoting and co-ordinating research in chemoreception.  It was officially registered in Paris in 1971 and although it began as a European venture, it now has members from outside Europe and sees its function as world-wide. It encourages a multi-disciplinary approach to research in chemoreception. Since 1978 ECRO has been affiliated with UNESCO.

Please find below a list of ECRO meeting and their abstracts (note: not available from 2000 and earlier).

ECRO XIV: Brighton (UK) 2000
ECRO XIII: Siena (Italy) 1998
ECRO XII: Zurich (Switzerland) 1996
ECRO XI: Blois (France) 1994
ECRO X: Munich (Germany) 1992
ECRO IX: Noordwijkerhout (Netherlands) 1990
ECRO VIII: Coventry (UK) 1988
ECRO VII: Davos (Switzerland) 1986
ECRO VI: Lyon (France) 1984
ECRO V: Regensburg (Germany) 1982
ECRO IV: Noordwijkerhout (Netherlands) 1980
ECRO III: Pavia (Italy) 1978
ECRO II:  Reading (UK) 1976
ECRO I:  Orsay-Paris (France) 1974