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Past Congress & Conference Venues

The IFSCC Congress is the most important annual global scientific cosmetic conference there is.

Prior to 2023 we alternated between a Congress in even years, and a Conference in odd years. Beginning in 2023, however, the IFSCC began offering only Congress every year.

Here is the list of past Congress and Conference venues:

2023: Barcelona, Spain – 33rd Congress

2022: London, UK – 32nd Congress

2021: Cancún, México – 26th Conference (held virtually)

2020: Yokohama, Japan – 31st Congress (held virtually)

2019: Milan, Italy – 25th Conference

2018: Munich, Germany – 30th Congress

2017: Seoul, South Korea – 24th Conference

2016: Orlando, USA – 29th Congress

2015: Zurich, Switzerland – 23rd Conference

2014: Paris, France – 28th Congress

2013: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 22nd Conference

2012: Johannesburg, South Africa – 27th Congress

2011: Bangkok, Thailand – 21st Conference

2010: Buenos Aires, Argentina – 26th Congress

2009: Melbourne, Australia – 20th Conference

2008: Barcelona, Spain – 25th Congress

2007: Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 19th Conference

2006: Osaka, Japan – 24th Congress

2005: Florence, Italy – 18th Conference

2004: Orlando, USA – 23rd Congress

2003: Seoul, South Korea – 17th Conference

2002: Edinburgh, UK – 22nd Congress

2001: Stockholm, Sweden and Taipei, Taiwan – 15th and 16th Conferences

2000: Berlin, Germany – 21st Congress

1999: Santiago, Chile and Johannesburg, South Africa – 13th and 14th Conferences

1998: Cannes, France – 20th Congress

1997: Budapest, Hungary and Acapulco, Mexico – 11th and 12th Conferences

1996: Sydney, Australia – 19th Congress

1995: Montreux, Switzerland – 10th Conference

1994: Venice, Italy – 18th Congress

1993: Platja D’Aro, Spain – 9th Conference

1992: Yokohama, Japan – 17th Congress

1991: Helsinki, Finland – 8th Conference

1990: New York City, USA – 16th Congress

1989: Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Santiago, Chile – 6th and 7th Conferences

1988: London, UK – 15th Congress

1987: Munich, Germany – 5th Conference

1986: Barcelona, Spain – 14th Congress

1985: Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia – 4th Conference

1984: Buenos Aires, Argentina – 13th Congress

1983: San Francisco, USA -3rd Conference

1982: Paris, France – 12th Congress

1981: Helsingor, Denmark – 2nd Conference

1980: Venice, Italy – 11th Congress

1979: Basel, Switzerland – 1st Conference

1978: Sydney, Australia – 10th Congress

1976: Boston, USA – 9th Congress

1974: London, UK – 8th Congress

1972: Hamburg, Germany – 7th Congress

1970: Barcelona, Spain – 6th Congress

1968: Tokyo, Japan – 5th Congress

1966: Paris, France – 4th Congress

1964: New York City, USA – 3rd Congress

1962: London, UK – 2nd Congress

1960: Munich, Germany – 1st Congress