The 98th “Journées Luxembourgeoises de Géodynamique” (JLG) took place on 14-16 November 2016 at the Alvisse Parc Hotel in Luxembourg City. The 98th edition focused on the subject of European ground motion models from the past to the future: Lessons learned and new trends and was held as a strongly discussion-based workshop. The 98th JLG were organised by ECGS and Section 2.6 of the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) in Potsdam, Germany.