IAPB History
Congresses of the International Association for Plant Biology
| CONGRESS | DATE | LOCATION | CHAIR PERSON/PRESIDENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st IAPB Congress | May 28 – June 1, 1963 | University Park, Pennsylvania, USA | Philip R. White |
| 2nd IAPB Congress | July 6 – 10, 1970 | Strasbourg, France | Roger Gautheret |
| 3rd IAPB Congress | July 21 – 26, 1974 | Leicester, England | Herbert E. Street |
| 4th IAPB Congress | August 20 – 25, 1978 | Calgary, Canada | Trevor A. Thorpe |
| 5th IAPB Congress | July 11 – 16, 1982 | Tokyo, and Lake Yamanaka, Japan | Akio Fujiwara |
| 6th IAPB Congress | August 3 – 8, 1986 | St. Paul, Minnesota, USA | C.E. Green |
| 7th IAPB Congress | June 24 – 29, 1990 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Rob A. Schilperoort |
| 8th IAPB Congress | June 12 – 17, 1994 | Florence, Italy | Francesco D’Amato |
| 9th IAPB Congress | June 14 – 19, 1998 | Jerusalem, Israel | Arie Altman |
| 10th IAPB Congress | June 23 – 28, 2002 | Orlando, Florida, USA | Indra K. Vasil |
| 12th IAPB Congress | June 6 – 11, 2010 | St. Louis, Mo, USA. | Roger Beachy |
| 13th IAPB Congress | August 10 – 15, 2014 | Melbourne, Australia | German Spangenberg |
| 14th IAPB Congress | August 19 – 24, 2018 | Dublin, Ireland | Barbara Doyle |
| 15th IAPB Congress | August 6 – 11, 2023 | Daejeon, Korea | Jang R. Liu |
The official name of the International Council of Plant Tissue Culture was changed to International Association for Plant Tissue Culture (IAPTC) in 1970, to International Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology (IAPTC&B) in 1998, and to the current International Association for Plant Biotechnology (IAPB) in 2006. In order to avoid confusion, only the current official name is used in listing the congresses.