Annual Meetings

IUGA Annual Meetings Overview

Previous Annual Meetings

Since its inception in 1976, IUGA has organized scientific meetings every year in nearly every corner of the world to promote the exchange of information on urogynecology to thousands of physicians and healthcare providers.

Previous IUGA annual meetings took place in:

2023

IUGA 48th Annual Meeting- The Hague, The Netherlands
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2022

IUGA 47th Annual Meeting- Austin, Texas, United States
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2021

IUGA 46th Annual Meeting- Virtual
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2020

IUGA 45th Annual Meeting- Virtual
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2019

IUGA 44th Annual Meeting- Nashville, TN, United States
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2018

IUGA 43rd Annual Meeting- Vienna, Austria
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2017

IUGA 42nd Annual Meeting- Vancouver, Canada
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2016

IUGA 41st Annual Meeting- Cape Town, South Africa
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2015

IUGA 40th Annual Meeting- Nice, France
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2014

IUGA 39th Annual Meeting- Washington, DC, United States

2013

IUGA 38th Annual Meeting- Dublin, Ireland

2012

IUGA 37th Annual Meeting- Brisbane, Australia

2011

IUGA 36th Annual Meeting- Lisbon, Portugal

2010

IUGA 35th Annual Meeting- Toronto, Canada

2009

IUGA 34th Annual Meeting- Como, Italy

2008

IUGA 33rd Annual Meeting- Taipei, Taiwan

2007

IUGA 32nd Annual Meeting- Cancun, Mexico

2006

IUGA 31st Annual Meeting- Athens, Greece

2005

IUGA 30th Annual Meeting- Copenhagen, Denmark

2004

IUGA 29th Annual Meeting- Paris, France

2003

IUGA 28th Annual Meeting- Buenos Aires, Argentina

2002

IUGA 27th Annual Meeting- Prague, Czech Republic

2001

IUGA 26th Annual Meeting- Melbourne, Australia

2000

IUGA 25th Annual Meeting- Rome, Italy

1999

IUGA 24th Annual Meeting- Denver, CO, United States

1998

IUGA 23rd Annual Meeting- Buenos Aires, Argentina

1997

IUGA 22nd Annual Meeting- Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1996

IUGA 21st Annual Meeting- Vienna, Austria

1995

IUGA 20st Annual Meeting- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1994

IUGA 19th Annual Meeting- Toronto, Canada

1993

IUGA 18th Annual Meeting- Nimes, France

1992

IUGA 17th Annual Meeting- Boston, MA, United States

1991

IUGA 16th Annual Meeting- Sydney, Australia

1990

IUGA 15th Annual Meeting- Stockholm, Sweden

1989

IUGA 14th Annual Meeting- Riva Del Garda, Italy

1988

IUGA 13th Annual Meeting- Iguazu, Argentina

1987

IUGA 12th Annual Meeting- Ljubljana, Slovenia

1986

IUGA 11th Annual Meeting- Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

1985

IUGA 10th Annual Meeting- Budapest, Hungary

1984

IUGA 9th Annual Meeting- Palm Beach, FL, United States

1983

IUGA 8th Annual Meeting- Mainz, Germany

1982

IUGA 7th Annual Meeting- San Francisco, CA, United States

1981

IUGA 6th Annual Meeting- Stockholm, Sweden

1980

IUGA 5th Annual Meeting- New Orleans, LA, United States

1979

IUGA 4th Annual Meeting- Tokyo, Japan

1978

IUGA 3rd Annual Meeting- Bergen, Norway

1977

IUGA 2nd Annual Meeting- Sheffield, United Kingdom

1976

IUGA 1st Annual Meeting- Mexico City, Mexico

2023 IUGA 48th Annual Meeting - Call For Proposals

News

The IUGA is now requesting intents-to-bid for the IUGA Annual Meeting in 2023 which will take place in Europe. Intents-to-bid are to be submitted by active IUGA members and should not come from event/conference management companies or venues. Intents-to-bid will be reviewed by IUGA’s site selection committee. The committee will assess and select locations/sites who will be contacted and only those selected bids will be requested to submit a full bid. The IUGA office will assist in preparation of the full bids. Intents-to-bid should be brief and should contain the following information:

Introductory letter of intent-to-bid including motivation;
Brief information on the host city and country (local infrastructure, accessibility, etc.);
At least 2 potential conference venues;
List of the local organization team: names, roles and any meeting planning experiences;
Budget indications for local expenses, e.g. avg. costs of 3*/4*/5* hotel rooms, cost of transportation, cost of living (food & drinks);
Brief information on local/national support for this meeting through local/regional (affiliated) societies, organizations, sponsors, stakeholders, related organizations, etc.
Any other information that you feel may add value to reviewing the intent-to-bid.

Submission of “Intent-to-bid”

The intent-to-bid must be submitted in electronic form before/on May 25, 2019 to David Casalod, Executive Director at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a copy to Vivian Gies, Meeting Director at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Timelines intents-to-bid

Announcement intents-to-bid to membership: April 10, 2019
Call period for intents-to-bid: April 10, 2019 – May 25, 2019
Deadline submission intents-to-bid: May 25, 2019
Review period IUGA Annual Meeting Site Selection Committee: May 25, 2019 – June 15, 2019

Reviewing/assessing the intents-to-bid will be done by the IUGA Annual Meeting Site Selection Committee in coordination with the IUGA Office.

Announcements to intent-to-bid submitters whether a full bid is requested: June 15, 2019

Timelines full bids

Intents-to-bid that have been selected by the IUGA Annual Meeting Site Selection Committee will be asked to submit a full bid. The IUGA Office will assist in developing the bid.

Preparation of full bid/proposals: June 15, 2019 – September 1, 2019
Deadline submission “Full Bid”: September 1, 2019
December 31, 2019: final decision of IUGA Annual Meeting Site Selection Committee

Background information

If you have serious plans to organize an IUGA Annual Meeting and submit an intent-to-bid, please contact the IUGA Office and we will provide you with detailed guidelines.