IPA Congresses by Year

Note:

The 1st – 23rd Congresses of the International Psychoanalytical Association did not have specific themes.

1908 – 1st Congress

Salzburg, Austria
Presidency: Informal Meeting

1910 – 2nd Congress

Nuremburg, Germany
Presidency: Carl G. Jung

1911 – 3rd Congress

Weimar, Germany
Presidency: Carl G. Jung

1913 – 4th Congress

Munich, Germany
Presidency: Carl G. Jung

1918 – 5th Congress

Budapest, Hungary
Presidency: Karl Abraham

1920 – 6th Congress

The Hague, Holland
Presidency: Sandor Ferenczi

1922 – 7th Congress

Berlin, Germany
Presidency: Ernest Jones

1924 – 8th Congress

Salzburg, Austria
Presidency: Ernest Jones

1925 – 9th Congress

Bad Homburg, Germany
Presidency: Karl Abraham / Max Eitingon

1927 – 10th Congress

Innsbruch, Austria
Presidency: Max Eitingon

1929 – 11th Congress

Oxford, England
Presidency: Max Eitingon

1932 – 12th Congress
Weisbaden, Germany

Presidency: Max Eitingon

1934 – 13th Congress

Lucerne, Switzerland
Presidency: Ernest Jones

1936 – 14th Congress

Marienbad, Czechoslovakia
Presidency: Ernest Jones

1938 – 15th Congress

Paris, France
Presidency: Ernest Jones

1949 – 16th Congress

Zurich, Switzerland
Presidency: Ernest Jones

1951 – 17th Congress

Amsterdam, Holland
Presidency: Leo Bartemeier

1953 – 18th Congress

London, England
Presidency: Heinz Hartmann

1955 – 19th Congress

Geneva, Switzerland
Presidency: Heinz Hartmann

1957 – 20th Congress

Paris, France
Presidency: Heinz Hartmann

1959 – 21st Congress

Copenhagen, Denmark
Presidency: William H.Gillespie

1961 – 22nd Congress

Edinburgh, Scotland
Presidency: William H.Gillespie

1963 – 23rd Congress

Stockholm, Sweden
Presidency: Maxwell Gitelson

1965 – 24th Congress

Amsterdam, Holland
Theme: Psychoanalytic Treatment of the Obsessional Neurosis
Presidency: William H. Gillespie & Phyllis Greenacre

1967 – 25th Congress

Copenhagen, Denmark
Theme: On Acting Out and its Role in the Psychoanalytic Process
Presidency: P.J. van der Leeuw

1969 – 26th Congress

Rome, Italy
Theme: New Developments in Psychoanalysis
Presidency: P.J. van der Leeuw

1971 – 27th Congress

Vienna, Austria
Theme: The Psychoanalytical Concept of Aggression: Theoretical, Clinical and Applied Aspects

Presidency: Leo Rangell

1973 – 28th Congress

Paris, France
Theme: Transference and Hysteria Today
Presidency: Leo Rangell

1975 – 29th Congress

London, England
Theme: Changes in Psychoanalytic Practice and Experience: Theoretical, Technical and Social Implications
Presidency: Serge Lebovici

1977 – 30th Congress

Jerusalem, Israel
Theme: Affects and the Psychoanalytic Situation
Presidency: Serge Lebovici

1979 – 31st Congress

New York, USA
Theme: Clinical Issues in Psychoanalysis
Presidency: Edward D. Joseph

1981 – 32nd Congress

Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Early Psychic Development as Reflected in the Psychoanalytic Process
Presidency: Edward D. Joseph

1983 – 33rd Congress

Madrid, Spain
Theme: The Psychoanalyst at Work
Presidency: Adam Limentani

1985 – 34th Congress

Hamburg, Germany
Theme: Identification and its Vicissitudes
Presidency: Adam Limentani

1987 – 35th Congress

Montreal, Canada
Theme: Analysis Terminable and Interminable – 50 Years Later
Presidency: Robert S. Wallerstein

1989 – 36th Congress

Rome, Italy
Theme: Common Ground in Psychoanalysis – Clinical Aims and Process
Presidency: Robert S. Wallerstein

1991 – 37th Congress

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Theme: Psychic Change
Presidency: Joseph Sandler

1993 – 38th Congress

Amsterdam, Holland
Theme: The Psychoanalyst’s Mind – From Listening to Interpretation
Presidency: Joseph Sandler

1995 – 39th Congress

San Francisco, USA
Theme: Psychic Reality – Its Impact on the Analyst and Patient Today
Presidency: R. Horacio Etchegoyen

1997 – 40th Congress

Barcelona, Spain
Theme: Psychoanalysis and Sexuality
Presidency: R. Horacio Etchegoyen

1999 – 41st Congress

Santiago, Chile
Theme: Affect in Theory and Practice
Presidency: Otto F. Kernberg

2001 – 42nd Congress

Nice, France
Theme: Psychoanalysis – Method and Application
Presidency: Otto F. Kernberg

2004 – 43rd Congress

New Orleans, USA
Theme: Working at the Frontiers
Presidency: Daniel Widlöcher

2005 – 44th Congress

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Theme: Trauma: New Developments in Psychoanalysis
Presidency: Daniel Widlöcher

2007 – 45th Congress

Berlin, Germany
Theme: Remembering, Repeating and Working Through in Psychoanalysis and Culture Today
Presidency: Cláudio Laks Eizirik

2009 – 46th Congress

Chicago, USA
Theme: Psychoanalytic Practice: Convergences and Divergences
Presidency: Cláudio Laks Eizirik

2011- 47th Congress

Mexico City, Mexico

Theme: Exploring Core Concepts: Sexuality, Dreams and the Unconscious

Presidency: Charles Hanly