To honor ISF's founder, Hans P. Kaufmann, the "Kaufmann Memorial Lecture" award was developed and made part of each congress. Through the years, the lecturers have been among the best-known names in international fats and oils science; the topics have reflected the ever-widening scope of international fats and oils science.

	Kaufmann Memorial Lecture Award Winners
	1974	Prof. Dr. A. Seher, Münster, Germany
	1976	Prof. Dr. F. D. Gunstone, St. Andrews, UK
	1978	Dr. J. C. Metcalfe, Cambridge, UK
	1980	Prof. Dr. R. G. Ackman, Halifax, Canada
	1983	Prof. Dr. K.F. Gander, Hamburg, Germany
	1984	Prof. Dr. T. Kaneda, Tokyo, Japan
	1986	Prof. Dr. H. C. R. Paoletti, Milano, Italy
	1988	Prof. Dr. A. S. H. Ong, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	1992	Prof. N. Zollner, Munich, Germany
	1995	Dr. E. Frankel, California, USA
	1997	Dr. John M. de Man, Ontario, Canada
	1999	Dr. Jean Graille, Montpellier, France
	2001	Prof. Dr. Marcel Lie Ken Jie, Hong Kong
	2003	Dr. Norio Murata, Japan
	2005	Dr. T. Foglia, Pennsylvania, USA
	2007	Dr. K. Sato, Hiroshima, Japan
	2009	Prof. Paul Trayhurn, University of Liverpool, England
	2011	Postponed to 2012 due to tsunami in Japan