History

FIP believes that the main delivery of this representation and service is through the organisation of international Congresses and Conferences. This activity was included in the original 1912 Statutes of FIP and remains a core activity.

One year after FIP's founding, it held its first scientific Congress in The Hague. This was the 11th International Pharmaceutical Congress. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 interrupted FIP activities and it was not until eight years later, in 1922, that FIP reconvened in Brussels. After 1922, Congresses were held at regular intervals, with the 12th International Congress being held, partly under FIP auspices, in Brussels, in 1935.

Thereafter, FIP organised meetings at regular intervals in various European cities, until war broke out again in 1939, causing another 7-year suspension in FIP activities. In 1957, it was decided that there would be a World Congress of Pharmacy in even-numbered years and a World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in odd-numbered ones.

Now, each year FIP hosts the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, rotated to different regions of the world. In addition to the Annual Congress, FIP organises several smaller Conferences each year.

Past venues of FIP Annual Congresses:

1912 The Hague, the Netherlands
1913 Gent, Belgium
1914 Bern, Switzerland (cancelled)
1922 Brussels, Belgium
1923 London, United Kingdom
1925 London, United Kingdom
1927 The Hague, the Netherlands
1928 Paris, France
1930 Stockholm, Sweden
1933 Prague, Czech republic (cancelled)
1935 Brussels, Belgium
1937 Copenhagen, Denmark
1939 Berlin, Germany (cancelled)
1947 Zurich, Switzerland
1949 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1951 Rome, Italy
1953 Paris, France
1955 London, United Kingdom
1958 Brussels, Belgium
1960 Copenhagen, Denmark
1962 Vienna, Austria
1963 Munster, Germany
1964 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1965 Prague, Czech republic
1966 Madrid, Spain
1967 Montpellier, France
1968 Hamburg, Germany
1969 London, United Kingdom
1970 Geneva, Switzerland
1971 Washington, USA
1972 Lisbon, Portugal
1973 Stockholm, Sweden
1974 Rome, Italy
1975 Dublin, Ireland
1976 Warsaw, Poland
1977 The Hague, the Netherlands
1978 Cannes, France
1979 Brighton, United Kingdom
1980 Madrid, Spain
1981 Vienna, Austria
1982 Copenhagen, Denmark
1983 Montreux, Switzerland
1984 Budapest, Hungary
1985 Montreal, Canada
1986 Helsinki, Finland
1987 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1988 Sydney, Australia
1989 Munich, Germany
1990 Istanbul, Turkey
1991 Washington, USA
1992 Lyon, France
1993 Tokyo, Japan
1994 Lisbon, Portugal
1995 Stockholm, Sweden
1996 Jerusalem, Israel
1997 Vancouver, Canada
1998 The Hague, the Netherlands
1999 Barcelona, Spain
2000 Vienna, Austria
2001 Singapore
2002 Nice, France
2003 Sydney, Australia
2004 New Orleans, USA
2005 Cairo, Egypt
2006 Salvadore, Brazil
2007 Beijing, China
2008 Basel, Switzerland
2009 Istanbul, Turkey
2010 Lisbon, Portugal
2011 Hyderabad, India