History of the Congress
In an effort to promote physiology, encourage the interchange of ideas, and afford physiologists the opportunity to know one another personally, the first International Congress of Physiological Sciences was organized in Basle in 1889. Thereafter they were held every three years, and in 1929 an informal, self-perpetuating 'Permanent Committee' was organized to carry on this tradition which it has successfully done ever since with the only interruptions during the two world wars. The 38th Congress will take place in Rio de Janeiro in 2017.
- XXXVI 2009 Kyoto
- XXXV 2005 San Diego
- XXXIV 2001 Christchurch
- XXXIII 1997 St. Petersburg
- XXXII 1993 Glasgow
- XXXI 1989 Helsinki
- XXX 1986 Vancouver
- XXIX 1983 Sydney
- XXVIII 1980 Budapest
- XXVII 1977 Paris
- XXVI 1974 New Delhi
- XXV 1971 Munich
- XXIV 1968 Washington, D.C.
- XXIII 1965 Tokyo
- XXII 1962 Leiden
- XXI 1959 Buenos Aires
- XX 1956 Brussels
- XIX 1953 Montréal
- XVIII 1950 Copenhagen
- XVII 1947 Oxford
- XVI 1938 Zurich
- XV 1935 Leningrad-Moscow
- XIV 1932 Rome
- XIII 1929 Boston
- XII 1926 Stockholm
- XI 1923 Edinburgh
- X 1920 Paris
- IX 1913 Groningen
- VIII 1910 Vienna
- VII 1907 Heidelberg
- VI 1904 Brussels
- V 1901 Turin
- IV 1898 Cambridge
- III 1895 Bern
- II 1892 Liege
- I 1889 Basel