International Congresses 
under the auspices of the IUPsyS

The Union does not itself organize a Congress, but it chooses a national host committee which organizes the Congress under the auspices of the Union and in consultation with the IUPsyS Executive Committee. Typically at the Union Assembly meeting at each Congress, several National Members offer to be the host eight years in the future; the Assembly then makes the choice. The host committee consults all the National Members about the program of the forthcoming Congress. For all international congresses, it is understood that the host country will admit participants, whether or not the country of the participant has diplomatic relations with the host country. The freedom of access to scientific congresses is monitored closely by the International Council of Scientific Unions, of which IUPsyS is a member.

The XXVII Congress was held in Stockholm, July 23-28, 2000. The host for the XXVIII Congress in 2004 is China (Beijing, August 8 - 13, 2004) and for the XXIX Congress is Germany (Berlin, July, 2008).

Sites and Years of International Congresses of Psychology

Beginning in the 1960s, as the following list of Congress sites shows, several Congresses have taken place outside Western Europe and North America in order to recognize and encourage progress being made in psychological science, in other parts of the world.

Beginning in 1976, a chapter on psychology in each of the host countries of the International Congress of Psychology has appeared early in the year of the Congress in the Annual Review of Psychology. Beginning in 1986, a chapter has appeared also on each host country for the International Congress of Applied Psychology.

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