At the symposium "Advances in Effective Field Theories", that took place at the Forschungszentrum Jülich from November 7 to 9, 2016, the world's leading experts on effective field theories in the areas of hadronic and nuclear physics presented their research. This also served as a CRC meeting in these areas. A special focus of the symposium was on the numerous contributions Prof. Ulf-G. Meißner has made to these fields. He was awarded the Lise Meitner Prize earlier this year. On the second day of the symposium Prof. Meißner received the medallion and  diploma associated with the prize.