The first five World Conferences were held under the auspices of the International Council which developed to become the World Association in 1928.
Except for the period during the Second World War, World Conferences were held every two years. In 1954 it was decided they be held every three years.
There have been 32 World Conferences to date. Twenty have been held in the Europe Region; six in the Western Hemisphere Region; three in the Asia Pacific Region; two in the Arab Region and one in Africa.
We have listed below the 32 World Conferences and where they were held in:
- 1920- Oxford, United Kingdom
- 1922- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 1924- Foxlease, United Kingdom
- 1926- Edith Macy Conference Center,New York, United States of America
- 1928- Parad, Hungary
- 1930- Foxlease, United Kingdom
- 1932- Bucze, Poland
- 1934- Adelboden, Switzerland
- 1936- Stockholm, Sweden
- 1938- Adelboden, Switzerland
- 1946- Evian, France
- 1948- Cooperstown, United States of America
- 1950- Oxford, United Kingdom
- 1952- Dombås, Norway
- 1954- Zeist, The Netherlands
- 1957- Petropolis, Brazil
- 1960- Athens, Greece
- 1963- Nyborg, Denmark
- 1966- Tokyo, Japan
- 1969- Otaniemi, Finland
- 1972- Toronto, Canada
- 1975- Sussex, United Kingdom
- 1978- Tehran, Iran
- 1981- Orléans, France
- 1984- Tarrytown, New York, United States of America
- 1987- Njoro, Kenya
- 1990- Singapore
- 1993- Nyborg, Denmark
- 1996- Wolfville, Nova Scotia Canada
- 1999- Dublin, Ireland
- 2002- Manila, Philippines
- 2005- Amman, Jordan
