All ILAB Congresses & Presidents' Meetings since 1947

Image above: taken at the 2016 ILAB Congress in Budapest

1947 - Amsterdam - Preliminary conference

1948 - Copenhagen - 1st Congress

1949 - London - 2nd Congress

1950 - Paris - 3rd Congress

1951 - Brussels - 4th Congress

1952 - Geneva - 5th Congress

1953 - Milan - 6th Congress

1954 - Vienna - 7th Congress

1955 - New York - 8th Congress

1956 - London - 9th Congress

1957 - Munich - 10th Congress

1958 - London - 11th Congress

1959 - New York - 12th Congress

1960 - Scheveningen - 13th Congress

1961 - Paris - 14th Congress

1962 - Basel - 15th Congress

1963 - Brussels - 16th Congress

1964 - Ravenna - 17th Congress

1965 - Amsterdam - 1st International Book Fair

1965 - Stuttgart - Presidents' Meeting

1966 - Vienna - 18th Congress

1967 - San Francisco - 19th Congress and 2nd International Book Fair

1968 - Amsterdam - 3rd International Book Fair

1968 - London - Presidents' Meeting

1969 - Copenhagen - 20th Congress

1970 - Paris - Presidents' Meeting

1971 - London - 21st Congress and 4th International Book Fair

1972 - Vienna - Presidents' Meeting

1973 - Tokyo - 22nd Congress and 5th International Book Fair

1974 - Turin - Presidents' Meeting

1975 - Amsterdam - 23rd Congress and 6th International Book Fair

1976 - Brussels - Presidents' Meeting

1977 - Düsseldorf - 7th International Book Fair

1978 - Zurich - 25th Congress and 8th International Book Fair

1979 - Copenhagen - Presidents' Meeting

1980 - New York - 26th Congress and 9th International Book Fair

1981 - Kyoto - Presidents' Meeting

1982 - Amsterdam - Presidents' Meeting

1983 - Stockholm - Presidents' Meeting

1984 - London - 27th Congress and 10th International Book Fair

1985 - Munich - Presidents' Meeting

1986 - Venice - 28th Congress and 11th International Book Fair

1987 - Vienna - Presidents' Meeting

1988 - Paris - 29th Congress and 12th International Book Fair

1989 - Yverdon - Presidents' Meeting

1990 - Tokyo - 30th Congress and 13th International Book Fair

1991 - Copenhagen - Presidents' Meeting

1992 - Cologne - 31st Congress and 14th International Book Fair

1993 - Los Angeles - Presidents' Meeting

1994 - Amsterdam - 32nd Congress and 15th International Book Fair

1995 - Brussels - Presidents' Meeting

1996 - Los Angeles - 33rd Congress and San Francisco, 16th International Book Fair

1997 - Sydney - Presidents' Meeting

1998 - Vienna - 34th Congress and 17th International Book Fair

1999 - Florence - Presidents' Meeting

2000 - Edinburgh - 35th Congress and 18th International Book Fair

2001 - Boston - Presidents' Meeting

2002 - Scandinavia - 36th Congress and 19th International Book Fair

2003 - Potsdam - Presidents' Meeting

2004 - Melbourne - 37th Congress and 20th International Book Fair

2005 - Montréal - Presidents' Meeting

2006 - Wilmington - Presidents' Meeting

2006 - New York - 21st International Book Fair

2007 - Paris - Presidents' Meeting

2008 - Madrid - 38th Congress and 22nd International Book Fair

2009 - Vienna - Presidents' Meeting

2010 - Bologna - 39th Congress and 23rd International Antiquarian Book Fair

2011 - Weimar - Presidents' Meeting

2012 - Lucerne, Zurich - 40th Congress and 24th International Antiquarian Book Fair

2013 - Siena - Presidents' Meeting

2014 - Paris - 41th ILAB Congress and 25th International Antiquarian Book Fair

2015 - Seville - Presidents' Meeting

2016 - Budapest - 42nd ILAB Congress and 26th International Antiquarian Book Fair

2017 - Copenhagen - Presidents' Meeting

2018 - Los Angeles - 43rd ILAB Congress

2019 - Tbilisi, Georgia - Presidents' Meeting

2020 - Amsterdam - 44th Congress & Presidents' Meeting cancelled due to COVID crisis / Presidents' Meeting took place online

2021 - Stockholm - Presidents' Meeting cancelled due to COVID crisis / Presidents' Meeting took place online

2022 - Oxford, United Kingdom - 44th ILAB Congress

2023 - Stockholm - Presidents' Meeting (postponed date after cancellation in 2021)

Upcoming:

2024 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 45th ILAB Congress - More information HERE