History
An overview of 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)
2024 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 45th ILAB Congress
Upcoming:
2025 - Melbourne, Australia - Presidents' Meeting
2026 - Berlin, Germany - 46th ILAB Congress