The 28th International ISFG World Congress in Prague has started on September 9, 2019 with a 2-day workshop program. The congress will be opended on September 10 by the president, Jiri Drabek, and the ISFG president, Walther Parson. The ISFG prize winner, Manfred Kayser, will then give the inaugural lecture providing an overview on "10 years of forensic DNA pnenotyping research". We look forward to an exciting event!