History - Congresses, Fairs, Meetings

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

(Picture: Presidents' Meeting in Vienna, October 2009)