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Annual Conference

The following links provide information to the annual conference of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. Each year will include an archive of papers linked from the conference schedule. For the present year, extensive details, including calls for papers are also provided.

2025 – 52nd Annual Meeting, Odense, Denmark

• Conference Preview Odense, Denmark (August 2025)

2024 – 51st Annual Meeting, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

• Conference Preview Antigonish, Nova Scotia (August 21 – 23)
• Call for Abstracts
• Student Essay Submissions

2023 – 50th Annual Meeting, Split, Croatia

• Call for Abstracts
• Conference Website
• 2023 IAPS Split Croatia Presentations – video links

2022 – 49th Annual Meeting, State College, Pennsylvania

• Call for Papers
• Book of Abstracts
• Here are the PowerPoint slides celebrating our 50th anniversary.

2020 – 48th Annual Meeting, Split, Croatia (postponed)

• Call for Papers

2019 – 47th Annual Meeting, Kyoto, Japan.

2018 – 46th Annual Meeting, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway

• Conference Schedule (PDF)
• Book of Abstracts (PDF)

2017 – 45th Annual Meeting, Whistler, BC, Canada

• Conference Schedule (PDF)
• Book of Abstracts (PDF)

2016 – 44th Annual Meeting, Olympia, Greece.

• Book of Abstracts (PDF)

2015 – 43rd Annual Meeting, Cardiff, UK

• Book of Abstracts (PDF)

2014 – 42nd Annual Meeting, Natal, Brazil

2013 – 41st Annual Meeting, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA.

2012 – 40th Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal

2011 – 39th Annual Meeting, Rochester, New York State, USA

2010 – 38th Annual Meeting, Roma University, Rome, Italy

2009 – 37th Annual Meeting – Seattle University, Washington, USA

2008 – 36th Annual Meeting – Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU)

2007 – 35th Annual Meeting – Faculty of Sport, and Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Portoroz, Slovenija

2006 – 34th Annual Meeting – Niagara Falls, Canada, hosted by Brock University: PDF

2005 – 33rd Annual Meeting – Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic: PDF

2004 – 32nd Annual Meeting – Fortworth, Dallas, Texas, USA: Doc

2003 – 31st Annual Meeting – University of Gloucestershire, UK: PDF

2002 – 30th Annual Meeting – Penn State University, USA

2001 – 29th Annual Meeting – Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

2000 – 28th Annual Meeting – Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

1999 – 27th Annual Meeting – De Montfort University, Bedford, UK

1998 – 26th Annual Meeting – Boston, USA. Joint Conference with the World Congress on Philosophy.

1997 – 25th Annual Meeting – Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway

1996 – 24th Annual Meeting – University of Idaho, Lewiston, Idaho, USA

1995 – 23th Annual Meeting – University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

1994 – 22th Annual Meeting – University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

1993 – 21th Annual Meeting – Texas Christian University, Fortworth, Texas, USA

1992 – 20^th  Annual Meeting – Frei Universitat, Berlin, Germany

1991 – 19^th Annual Meeting – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

1990 – 18^th Annual Meeting – Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

1989 – 17^th Annual Meeting – Washington DC, USA. Joint Conference with North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.

1988 – 16^th Annual Meeting – Brighton, England. Joint Conference with the 17th World Congress of Philosophy.

1987 – 15^th Annual Meeting – Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Joint Conference with the Sport Literature Society.

1986 – 14^th Annual Meeting – University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

1985 – 13^th Annual Meeting – Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA

1984 – 12^th Annual Meeting – University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA. Joint Conference with the Olympic Scientific Congress.

1983 – 11^th Annual Meeting – University of London, London, England

1982 – 10^th Annual Meeting – University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

1981 – 9^th Annual Meeting – Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1980 – 8^th Annual Meeting – Karlsruhe University, Karlsruhe, Germany

1979 – 7^th Annual Meeting – Western Illinois University, Macomb, USA

1978 – 6^th Annual Meeting – Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

1977 – 5^th Annual Meeting – Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

1976 – 4^th Annual Meeting – Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1975 – 3^th Annual Meeting – Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

1974 – 2^nd Annual Meeting – University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

1973 – 1^st Annual Meeting – State University of New York, Brockport, New York, USA

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download the Conference Site Proposal Form (opens a Word doc).