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Regional Conferences

Canterbury, UK, 2004Regional Conferences and/or  Gatherings are organized to take place between World Conferences. These events give members the opportunity to meet in fellowship together, to discuss cultural and other items of common interest and to further the work of the ISGF.

The organisers are encouraged to conduct these conferences and/or gatherings in a language which is understood by the majority of the participants.

 

 

List Regional Conferences

Region: EUROPE

  Year Venue Country Date Participants
1 1990 Vienna Austria 27-30 April  
2 1995 Brandys/Prague Czech Republic 25-28 May 98
3 1998 Estoril/Lisbon Portugal  17-21 June 120
4 2001 Budapest Hungary 20-24 June 524
5 2004 Canterbury United Kingdom 9-13 June 289
6 2007 Cracow Poland 20-24 June 438
7 2010 Agia Napa Cyprus 3-7 November 350
8 2013 Ferry Stockholm-Helsinki 5-8 September 175
9 2016 Tours France 12-15 September 147
10 2019 Bremen Germany 21 - 25 August 180
11 2023 Ranum, Jutland Denmark 30 July - 3 Aug. 133
12 2026 Weimar Germany    

 

Region: ARAB

  Year Venue Country Date Participants
1   Cairo Egypt    
2 1999 Tunis Tunisia 15-20 November  
3 2001 Beyrouth Lebanon 1-6 August  
4 2004 Casablanca Morocco 13-17 May  
5 2007 Tunis Tunisia 25-28 May 100
6 2010 Amman Jordan 24-28 May  
7 2014 Marrakech Morocco 16-20 January 180
8 2016 Kuwait Kuwait 29 Feb-3 March 200
9 2019 Cairo Egypt 20 - 24 April 130
10 2023 Amman Jordan 27 - 31 May 140
11 2026   Qatar    

 

Region: AFRICA

  Year Venue Country Date Participants
1 2004 Gathering Kampala Uganda 14-19 September 44
2 2007 Gathering Accra Ghana 2-9 November 28
3 2010 Gathering Lusaka Zambia 23-28 August 66
1 2014 Conference Johannesburg South Africa 20-25 January 33
2 2017 Conference Ouagadougou Burkina Faso 24 Feb - 1 March 23
3 2019 Conference Accra Ghana 30 April - 4 May 59
4 2023 Conference Dakar Senegal 23 - 28 April  

 

Region: ASIA PACIFIC

  Year Venue Country Date Participants
1 1974 Colombo Sri Lanka 26-29 July  
2 1976 Auckland New Zealand 5-8 March 180
3 1978 Alexandra-Headland Australia 26-29 May 243
4 1982 Sangam-PunePune India 23-28 September 40
5 1984 Bentota-Colombo Sri Lanka 30 July-4 August  
6 1986 Dhaka Bangladesh cancelled  
6 1988 Bandung Indonesia 4-8 July  300
7 1990 New Delhi India 2-9 November  150
8 1992 Islamabad Pakistan    
9 1994 Canberra Australia   250
10 1997 Terenganu Malaysia 10-14 August 100
11 2000 Napier New Zealand    
12 2003 Sydney Australia cancelled  
12 2009 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 16-21 July 125
13 2012 Dhaka Bangladesh 6-11 Nov 70
14 2015 Bangalore India 12-17 Sept.  119
15 2018 Colombo Sri Lanka 5 - 9 Sept. 75
16 2022 Penang Malaysia 17 - 21 November 160
17 2025 Bandung Indonesia    

 

Region: WESTERN HEMISPHERE

  Year Venue Country Date Participants
1 2016 Paramaribo Suriname 3 - 7 September  90
2 2019 New York USA 16 - 20 September 132
3 2023 Cordoba Argentina  27 - 31 October 44
4 2026   Trinidad & Tobago