This is the chronology of our Society’s Annual Meetings which are our lifeblood. The list contains many memories of scientific enlightenment, fantastic hospitality and enduring fellowship. 

1st: Tokyo, Japan, 1973 (Satoshi Matsumoto)

2nd: London, United Kingdom, 1974 (Kenneth Till)

3rd: Toronto, Canada, 1975 (E. Bruce Hendrick)

4th: Würzburg, Germany, 1976 (Karl Bushe)

5th: Guarujá, Brazil, 1977 (G. Machado de Almeida)

6th: Jerusalem, Israel, 1978 (A. Sahar)

7th: Chicago, United States, 1979 (Anthony Raimondi)

8th: Marseille, France, 1980 (Maurice Choux)

9th: Budapest, Hungary, 1981 (E. Paraics)

10th: Philadelphia, United States, 1982 (Luis Schut)

11th: Gothenburg, Sweden, 1983 (H. Anderson)

12th: Cairo, Egypt, 1984 (A. Zidan)

13th: Mexico City, Mexico, 1985 (Fernando Rueda Franco)

14th: Madrid, Spain, 1986 (Francisco Villarejo)

15th: New York, United States, 1987 (Fred Epstein)

16th: Rome, Italy, 1988 (Concezio Di Rocco)

17th: Bombay, India, 1989 (Sanat Bhagwati)

18th: Paris, France, 1990 (Jean-François Hirsch)

19th: Seoul, Korea, 1991 (Joon Ki Kang)

20th: Prague, Czech Republic, 1992 (Vladimir Benes)

21st: Phoenix, United States, 1993 (Harold “Hal” Rekate)

22nd: Birmingham, United Kingdom, 1994 (Anthony “Tony” Hockley)

23rd: Santiago, Chile, 1995 (Luciano Basauri)

24th: Ottawa, Canada, 1996 (Enrique Ventureyra)

25th: Verona, Italy, 1997 (Anthony Raimondi)

26th: Melbourne, Australia, 1998 (Elizabeth Lewis)

27th: Salt Lake City, United States, 1999 (Marion “Jack” Walker)

28th: Istanbul, Turkey, 2000 (Saffet Mutluer)

29th: Aalborg, Denmark, 2001 (Jens Haase)

30th: Kyoto, Japan, 2002 (Shizuo Oi)

31st: Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2003 (Alain Pierre Kahn)

32nd: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004 (Hugo Pomata)

33rd: Vancouver, Canada, 2005 (Paul Steinbok)

34th: Taipei, 2006 (Tai-Tong Wong)

35th: Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2007 (Paul May)

36th: Cape Town, South Africa, 12-16 October 2008 (Graham Fieggen)

37th: Los Angeles, United States, 11-15 October 2009 (Gordon McComb)

38th: Jeju Island, Korea, 30 October-4 November 2010 (Kyu-Chang Wang)

39th: Goa, India, 16-20 October 2011 (Chandrashekhar Deopujari)

40th: Sydney, Australia, 9-13 September 2012 (Charlie Teo)

41st: Mainz, Germany, 29 September-3 October 2013 (Wolfgang Wagner)

42nd: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 9-13 November 2014 (Francisco Salomão)

43rd: İzmir, Tukey, 3-8 October 2015 (Saffet Mutluer)

44th: Kobe, Japan, 24-27 October 2016 (Mami Yamasaki)

45th: Denver, United States, 8-12 October 2017 (Michael Handler)

46th: Tel Aviv, Israel, 7-11 October 2018 (Shlomi Constantini)

47th: Birmingham, United Kingdom, 21-24 October 2019 (Guirish Solanki)

*Virtual meeting, 6-8 November 2020 (not considered full annual meeting)

*Virtual meeting, 5-7 November 2021 (not considered full annual meeting)

48th: Singapore, 6-10 December 2022 (Wan Tew Seow)

49th: Viña del Mar, Chile, 15-19 October 2023 (Sergio Valenzuela)


50th: Toronto, Canada, 13-17 October 2024 (James Drake, Abhaya Kulkarni)

51st: Lyon, France, 26-30 October 2025 (Federico di Rocco)

52nd: Cairo, Egypt, 2026 (Mohamed El Beltagy)