Previous Conferences

 Previous IAC Conferences - Host Countries and Themes

2020

Malaysia (Kuching)

No conference -- Due to Covid-19

2019

Canada (Moncton)

IAC/CCPA Conference

2018

Italy (Rome)

Counselling Issues and Processes Across Ages and Cultures

2017

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

Active Counselling for Social Development

2016

Malta (Qawra)

From Fate to Hope and Clarity. The IAC 50 years on

2015

Italy (Verona)

The Counselling Profession: Building Bridges towards Wellbeing

2014

Canada (Victoria)

Communicating, Connecting and Collaborating

on a Global Stage

2013

Turkey (Istanbul)

Real Lives Virtual Contexts

2012

The Philippines (Manila)

Counselling and the Advancement of Human Rights

2011

Jamaica (Montego Bay)

No Nation Left Behind: Challenges and Opportunities of Counselling and Education for All

2010

Romania (Bucharest)

Counselling for a World in Crisis

2009

United Kingdom (Warwick)

Counselling and the Challenge of Social Transformation: Promoting Dignity Across the Lifespan

2008

Malta (Qawra)

Counselling: A means of Bridging Differences

2007

Ireland (Cork)

Promoting Wellness Across the Lifespan

2006

Australia (Brisbane)

Creating, Connecting, Celebrating

2005

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

Expanding the Counselling Profession within a Context of Profound and ongoing Change

2004

Jamaica

(Runaway Bay)

Crossing Boundaries in Counselling: Global Issue – Local Context

2003

Switzerland (Geneva)

A World of Change – A World in Crisis. The Counsellor and Social Responsibility

2002

New Zealand (Auckland)

Counselling in the New Millennium : Facing Differences – Respectful Practice

2002

Kenya (Nairobi)

African Conference on Guidance and Counselling

2001

India (Mumbai-Lonavla)

Counselling for Promoting the Rights of Families in this Millennium

2000

Greece

(Thessaloniki)

Counselling in the New Millennium: Meeting the Challenges of Diversity and Promoting Peace and Social Inclusion

1999

Slovakia (Bratislava)

Counselling Children and Youth at the Edge of the Third Millennium

1998

France (Paris)

Counselling as a Profession: Status, Organisation and Human Rights

1997

United Kingdom (Cambridge)

Counselling in Medical Settings

1996

Canada (Vancouver)

Counselling in the Global Community

1995

Malta (Valetta)

Counselling for Tolerance (UN International Year for Tolerance)

1994

Germany (Munich)

Counselling for the Family (UN International Year of the Family)

1993

New Zealand (Auckland)

Counselling towards 2000 Reducing the Distance: psychological, social and cultural

1992

Hungary (Budapest)

Counselling the Disabled in their Social Environment (UN International Decade of the Disabled)

1991

Portugal (Oporto)

Counselling Women and Girls in Education and Employment and Counselling in Academic Life

1990

Finland (Helsinki)

Youth in the 1990s - Challenges and Opportunities For Counselling and Education

1989

Ireland (Dublin)

Counselling:The Profession and the Community

1988

Canada (Calgary)

Changing World, Changing People Counselling and Global Health Concerns

1987

Austria (Vienna)

Counselling Disabled People and their Families

1986

Sweden (Lund)

New Roles for Men and Women in the Family and in Work

1985

Netherlands (Utrecht)

Counselling and Ethnic Minorities

1984

Denmark (Aarhus)

Youth Counselling

1983

United Kingdom (London)

Career Guidance in Further, Higher and Continuing Education

1983

Austria (Vienna)

The Disabled and Their Families - Counseling and Guidance

1982

Switzerland (Lausanne)

Counselling in a World of Crisis

1981

United Kingdom (Cambridge)

Career Guidance in Higher Education

1981

Italy (Florence)

Counselling for the Integration of the Handicapped in Society (UN International Year of Disabled Persons)

1980

Greece (Thessaloniki)

The Place of Counselling in the Continuum of Helping Relationships in Different Cultural Settings

1978

Norway (Oslo)

Challenges to Counselling from a Society in Change

1978

United Kingdom (Chelmsford)

Counselling Educationally Disadvantaged Young Adults - Members of Minority Groups

1976

Germany (Würzburg)

New Trends and Perspectives in Counselling

1974

United Kingdom (Cambridge)

Counselling, the Community and Society

1972

France (Paris)

The Counsellor and his Environment

1970

Netherlands (The Hague)

The Implications of Counselling

1968

Italy (Turin)

Counselling and Guidance of the Student in Higher Education

1967

Austria (Salzburg)

Counselling in School and Non-school Situations

1966

Switzerland (Neuchâtel)

School Counselling, Educational and Vocational Guidance