THE  CONVENTIONS  &  SYMPOSIA


A typical convention might include demonstrations, workshops, lectures, exhibition, banquet,
awards, silent auction, vendor area and bazaar, business meeting,
tours of local enthusiasts' collections, tours of local cultural interest.

This is by no means an exhaustive list.
 There have been many other congregations, often held at the same location year after year. 
Here we have what have been among the largest and most internationally attended gatherings
at differing sites.
If you are aware of missing information in this listing or feel that another group's conventions
should be included here, please e-mail rjb@phoenixbonsai.com with as many details as possible.

This list was compiled from material found in the assorted specialty magazines (advertisements and articles before and after the conventions), convention brochures, and books.  Special thanks to Solita D. Tafur Rosade (FELAB) and Joy Williams and Kath Hughes (FoBBS) for their valuable input and corrections.

Also, profound thanks go out to all the unnamed committee chairpersons and behind-the-scenes helpers
without whom none of these educating and entertaining functions would have been possible.

Last Updated: March 21, 2002

AMERICAN  BONSAI  SOCIETY   (ABS)

ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI & SUISEKI   (APBS)

BONSAI  CLUBS  INTERNATIONAL   (BCI)

EUROPEAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (EBA)

FEDERATION  of  BRITISH  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)

FEDERATION  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)

GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)

INTERNATIONAL  STONE  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION   (ISCA)

WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)
 
 
 

Listings on Other Web Sites:

AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED BONSAI CLUBS   (AABC)
 
 


AMERICAN BONSAI SOCIETY   (ABS)
.

YEAR
DATE
CITY
THEME
NOTES
1968 June 15 - 16 Cleveland, OH   150 registrants from U.S. and Canada; Mary P. Case, Constance Derderian, Dr. David Andrews, Warren P. Cooper
1969 June 20 - 22 Philadelphia, PA   E. Felton Jones, Frederic L. Ballard, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Angiolo Cassese, Kent Kise, George W. Baker, George F. Hull, Jerald W. Stowell, Mary Case, Warren Cooper
1970 April 10-12 Dallas, TX    John Naka; Mary P. Case, Constance Derderian, Jerald Stowell, George Gray, Ernesta Drinker Ballard, E. Felton Jones, Beverly Oliver, Betty Peirce, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Robert L. Maxson, Horace Hinds, Cad. C. Bruns, Leon Snyder, Edmond Moulin
1971 July 16 - 18 Norfolk, VA   John Naka, Frank Okamura, Richard Ota, George Yamaguchi, E. Felton Jones
1972 July 13 - 16 Kansas City, MO "Learning Together" First joint BCI/ABS; some 400 attendees; Yuji Yoshimura, Toshio Kawamoto; Sachiko Colom, Johonet Wicks, Elma Berryman, Leon Snyder, Dan Buckley, Larry Tooker, George Gray, Lynn Perry Alstadt, George Hull, Jerry Stowell 
1973 July Atlanta, GA  "Growing Together"  Joint BCI/ABS; 503 delegates; John Naka and Marcial Rodriguez-Brossoise
1974 Aug 23 - Sept 8 Sacramento, CA     
1975 July 10 -12 Kansas City, MO   Kyuzo Murata (Japan) and Masakuni Kawasumi (Japan); John Naka, John Creech, Leon Snyder, Jr., Jim Barrett, Felton Jones, Dorothy Young, Edmond Moulin, Frank Okamura, William Valavanis, George Baker, George Gray, Doris Froning, Donald Lem; 
July 13-17 Short Course directed by Prof. Leon C. Snyder, Jr.
1976 July 29 - Aug 1 Philadelphia, PA "Beauty in Bonsai" John Naka, Ernesta D. Ballard, Ed Symmes, Bill Valavanis, Chase Rosade, Melba Tucker, David Andrews, Keith Scott, Marion Gyllenswan, Jerry Stowell 
1977 Oct. 17 - 21 Tokyo, Japan    About 200 participated; Kyuzo Murata (Japan), Morihiro Sato, Toshio Kawamoto, Tom Yamamoto
1978 July 6 - 9 Ithica, NY    Yuji Yoshimura as Master in Residence; Dorothy S. Young, William N. Valavanis, Marion Gyllenswan, F. Chase Rosade, Constance R. Derderian, Prof. J.W. Boodley
1979 July 4 - 8 New York City, NY    Approx. 300 attendees from twelve countries; Joint BCI/ABS; Yuji Yoshimura, John Naka, and Frank Okamura; Susumu Sudo, Yasuji Matsuda, F. Chase Rosade, Lynn K. Porter, Dr. David Andrews, Dan Robinson, William K. Valavanis, Keith Scott, James Barrett, Marion Gyllenswan, Doris Froning, Ben Oki, Marcial Rodrieguez-Brossoise, Jack Billet, Lynn Liggett, Felton Jones, Joe Burke, Marian Bouchers, Jerry Stowell, Betty Killiam, Jorge Lucero, Joe Samuels, Bob Drechsler;
ABS also Aug. 24-26, U of California, Davis: "Bonsai Refinement" w/John Naka as Master in Residence, Melba Tucker, Khan Komai, James Barrett; Dorothy Young, James R. Newton, David R. Flipse, Dr. David L. Andrews, Shin & H. Carl Young, Dr. Charles E. Hess, Dr. Robert Raabe, Dr. Richard Harris, Prof. Frank Morishta, Dr. David S. Saxon 
1980 Aug. 27 - 31 East Lansing, MI   Toshio Saburomaru as Artist in Residence, Keith Scott, Lynn Perry Alstadt, William Valavanis, Dr. Harold Davidson
1981 June 4 - 6  Boulder, CO  "Bonsai High!"  Ben Oki, Dan Robinson, Bob Kataoka; Carl J.C. Jorgensen
1982 June 24 - 26 College Park, MD  "The Fine Art of Bonsai" Mizuhiko Nakahara, John Naka, Dr. David Andrews, Chase Rosade, Keith Scott, Melba Tucker, Nick Lenz, Bill Valavanis 
1983 Aug. 18 - 21 Boston, MA  "The Old and the New"  Warren Hill, Marian Borchers, David Andrews, Jack Billet, Constance Derderian, Doris Froning, Marion Gylleswan, Stan Megos, Jerry Stowell, Melba Tucker 
1984 July 4 - 8 Seattle, WA "Gems of the Pacific Rim - Bonsai and the Emerald City"  Some 480 attendees; Joint BCI/ABS; Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro, Mike Uyeno, Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), Toshio Saburomaru, Keith Scott, Dan Robinson, Dr. Harold Tukey, Marion Gyllenswan, Khan Komai, Connie Raphael, Bill Valavanis 
1985 June 27 - 29  East Lansing, MI David Fukumoto, Jim Barrett, Jack Billet, Tony Mihalic, Cliff Pottberg, Jack Wikle, Doris Froning, Arnold Copeland, Mrs. Peter Rookus, Mary Holmes, Vaughn Banting, Randy Clark 
1986 July 9 - 13  Washington, D.C. "American Regional Bonsai" Joint BCI/ABS; over 500 attendees; John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro; Dan Robinson, Chase Rosade, Dr. Vincent T. Covello, Harold Sasaki, Randy Clark, Mary Madison, Doris Froning, Vaughn Banting, Marion Gyllenswan, Ted Tsukiyama, David Fukumoto, Larry Ragle
1987 June 25 - 27  Nashville, TN    John Naka, Vaughn Banting, David Andrews, Leon Snyder, Doris Froning, Prof. Milan Mihal, Don Shadow 
1988 July 6 - 10 Montréal, Canada "Rocks and Forests"  Shu-ying Lui, Kemtak Chan; H. Takeyama, John Naka, Nick Lenz, William Valavanis, Doris Froning, Chase Rosade 
1989
 none
    (none in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya)
1990 June 27 - July 1  Columbus, OH "Art and Horticulture" John Naka, Kelly Adkins, José Cueto, Marian Gyllenswan, Jerry Meislik, Dr. John Peterson, Keith Scott, Jerry Stowell, Marian Borchers 
1991 June 5 - 8 Park City, UT  "Collect A Rocky Mountain High"  Ben Scolari, Roy Nagatoshi, Jim Barrett, Dan Robinson 
1992 June 17 - 21  Hershey, PA "Kisses, buggies, & bonsai" Susuma Sado, Chase Rosade, David DeGroot, Bruce Baker, Vaughn Banting, Doris Froning, Jack Billet 
1993 May 27 - 31 Orlando, FL "New Horizons"  In conjunction w/WBFF & BCI; over 700 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan), John Naka, Yuji Yoshimura; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Rod Clemons, Mary Madison, Pedro Morales, Ben Oki, Russell Coker, Hotsumi Terakawa, Vaughn Banting, James J. Smith, Mas Imazumi, Qingquan Zhao (China), Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane (Japan), Paul Imada, Larry Ragle, Felix Rivera, Pat Vanders
1994 June 23 - 26 Pittsburgh, PA  "Ancient roots. New growth"  Dr. Alex Shigo, Keith Scott, Norman Haddrick, Jose Cueto; Doris Froning, George Gray, Marion Gyllenswan, Lynn Porter, Randy Clark, Kelley Adkins
1995 May 4 - 7  Dallas, TX "Bonsai From Start to Finish" Warren Hill, Ernie Kuo, Larry Ragle, David De Groot, Vito Megna, Mike Hansen, Don Gould, David Schlesser, Dave Roberts 
1996 Oct. 24 - 27 Grantsville, PA  "Autumn, Bonsai and Stones"  Vaughn Banting, Jim Barrett, Rodney Clemons, Walter Pall, Kathy Shaner, Jim Hayes, Pat Coen, Howard McNeal
1997 June 12 - 15  Denver, CO  "Mountain Magic"  Harold Sasaki, Dennis Makishima, Pat Brodie, Jim Robinson, Joe Harris, David DeGroot, Pat Coen; Allan Hills
1998 June 4 - 7  Kalamazoo, MI    Jerry Stowell, Peter Adams, Martin Schmalenberg, Jerry Meislik, Bruce Baker, Frank Mihalic, Alan Leong, Jim Barrett, Ivan Watters, Brussel Martin 
1999 Apr. 28 - May 2 Tucson, AZ  "Diversity in the Desert" Ben Oki, Warren Hill, John Thompson, Jim Gremel, Mike Cartrett, Dr. Ann Chase, David Meyer, Gay Lynn Goetzke, Max Miller, Roy Estes, Doug Acker, Ernie Hasan 
2000 June 30 - July 2 Detroit, MI   Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Marty Schmalenberg, Johnny Uchida, Bob Eskeitz, Dave Lowman, Vance Wood
2001 April 12 - 15 New Orleans, LA "2001: A Bonsai Odyssey" David DeGroot, Dennis Makeshima, Guy Guidry, Hal Mahoney, Joe Day, Randy Bennett
2002 June 27 - 30 Milwaukee, WI "Celebrate American Bonsai" John Biel (Ontario, collected white cedar), Cheryl Manning (California, juniper), Gary Marchal (Georgia, collected bald cypress), Larry Ragle (California, shohin), David Rowe (British Columbia, collected mountain hemlock), Harold Sasaki (Colorado, collected ponderosa pine)

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ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI & SUISEKI   (APBS)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1991 June  Bali    Saburo Kato (Japan), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia)
1992
none
1993 April 8 - 12 Hong Kong Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia)
1994
none
1995 May 25 - 29 Singapore "Friendship Through Bonsai and Suiseki" Wei Jin Sheng (China), Saburo Kato (Japan), Sze-Ern "Ernie" Kuo (California, USA), M. Paiman (Indonesia), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Abu Hassan Jali (Malaysia), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Hu Rong Qing (China), Toru Suzuki (Japan)
1996
none
     
1997 Oct. 30  - Nov. 2  Shanghai, China   About 200 overseas attendees; Hideo Kato, Hu Yunhua (China), Willi Benz, Nijunj Parekh (India), Ted Tsukiyama
1998
none 
     
1999 Oct. 2 - 5  Taipei, Taiwan  "Oriental Passion" About 150 registrants attended (hundreds more had cancelled due to the 7.6 magnitude earthquake ten days before); Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Cheng-Kung Cheng, M. Paiman (Indonesia), Arishige Matsuura, Tue-shi Hsieh, I.C. Su (Taiwan)
2000
none
2001 Nov. 23 - 26 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia "The New Millenium: Man & The Art of Nature"

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BONSAI CLUBS INTERNATIONAL   (BCI)
.

YEAR
DATE
CITY
THEME
NOTES
1965 January 30 San Francisco, CA     
1966   San Francisco, CA    
1967   San Francisco, CA    
1968   San Francisco, CA    
1969 February San Francisco, CA "Bonsai West"  
1970        
1971 May 29-31 Cleveland, OH   World's First International Bonsai Convention and Show, co-hosted by the Toronto Bonsai Society; Frank Okamura, Mamoru Nishi, Dorothy Young, Elma Berryman, Wilma Swain, Felton Jones, Keith B. Scott, Bev Oliver, E. G. Devons, Tom Heitkamp, Norbert Pietrzak, Anna Snyder
1972 July 13 - 16 Kansas City, MO "Learning Together"  First joint BCI/ABS; some 400 attendees; Yuji Yoshimura, Toshio Kawamoto; Sachiko Colom, Johonet Wicks, Elma Berryman, Leon Snyder, Dan Buckley, Larry Tooker, George Gray, Lynn Perry Alstadt, George Hull, Jerry Stowell 
1973 July Atlanta, GA  "Growing Together"  Joint BCI/ABS; 503 delegates; John Naka and Marcial Rodriguez-Brossoise
1974 July 11 - 14 Pasadena, CA "California: A Window to Japan"  
1975 July 2 - 6 Miami Beach, FL  "New Bonsai Horizons"  319 attendees; Kyuzo Murata and Masakuni Kawasumi; Morihiko Tomita, Masao Kamatsu, Yasuji Matsuda, John Naka 
1976 July 7 - 11 Washington, D.C.    
1977 July 6 - 10 Chicago, IL "Crossroads of the World"  Guests of Honor: Susumu Nakamura and Tsuneo Takahashi; John Naka, Khan Komai, Chase Rosade, Toshio Saburomaru, Leon Snyder
1978 July 19 - 23 Portland, OR "Bonsai Country"  Nearly 450 attendees; Toshio Kawamoto and Tom Yamamoto; Tosh Saburomaru, John Naka, Dan Robinson, Herb Gustafson 
1979 July 4 - 8 New York City, NY   Approx. 300 attendees from twelve countries; Joint BCI/ABS; Yuji Yoshimura, John Naka, and Frank Okamura; Susumu Sudo, Yasuji Matsuda, F. Chase Rosade, Lynn K. Porter, Dr. David Andrews, Dan Robinson, William K. Valavanis, Keith Scott, James Barrett, Marion Gyllenswan, Doris Froning, Ben Oki, Marcial Rodrieguez-Brossoise, Jack Billet, Lynn Liggett, Felton Jones, Joe Burke, Marion Bouchers, Jerry Stowell, Betty Killiam, Jorge Lucero, Joe Samuels, Bob Drechsler 
1980   Honolulu, HI "Bonsai -- A Bridge to International Friendship"  Saburo Kato (Japan), Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro, Yoroku Ito, Mike Uyeno, Yoon Cho Chung, Yutaka Matsuda, Edwin Nishida, Jackson Kansako, Al Marciel, David Fukumoto, Ted Tsukiyama, Dr. Horace Clay
1981 July 9 - 12 Atlanta, GA    John Naka, Yuji Yoshimura, Jim Barrett, E. Felton Jones, Fred Galle, Billy Horton 
1982 July 7 - 11 Cleveland, OH    John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Doris Froning, Tony Mihalic, Dr. Alex Shigo, Bill Valavanis, Marion Gyllenswan, Melba Tucker 
1983 July 6 - 10 Orlando, FL   Yuji Yoshimura, John Naka, Ben Oki, Vaugn Banting, Deborah Koreshoff, Melba Tucker, Mary Madison, Dr. Alex Shigo, Dr. Terry Davis
1984 July 4 - 8 Seattle, WA "Gems of the Pacific Rim - Bonsai and the Emerald City" Some 480 attendees; Joint BCI/ABS; Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro, Mike Uyeno, Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), Toshio Saburomaru, Keith Scott, Daniel Robinson, Dr. Harold Tukey, Marion Gyllenswan, Khan Komai, Connie Raphael, Bill Valavanis
1985 April 3 - 7 New Orleans, LA "Bonsai Way Down Yonder"  Hatsugi Kato; John Naka, Warren Hill, Ben Oki, Bill Valavanis, Chase Rosade, Dave DeGroot, Kimmy Littleton, Donna Banting, Vaughn Banting, Evelyn Smith; Peter Adams, Gianfranco Giorgi, Derry Ralph, Milagros Rauber Herrara, Zillah Willmot
1986 July 9 - 13 Washington, D.C. "American Regional Bonsai"  Joint BCI/ABS; over 500 attendees; John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro; Dan Robinson, Chase Rosade, Dr. Vincent T. Covello, Harold Sasaki, Randy Clark, Mary Madison, Doris Froning, Vaughn Banting, Marion Gyllenswan, Ted Tsukiyama, David Fukumoto, Larry Ragle
1987 June 30 - July 4  Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN  "Reflections in the North"  Hun Yunhua (China), Susumu Nakamura, Horst Krekler, Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh (India), Peter Adams, David Easterbrook, John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Chase Rosade 
1988 July 13 - 17 San Antonio, TX "Deep in the Heart of Texas" John Naka, Yuji Yoshimura; Carl & Shin Young, Warren Hill, Bill Valavanis, Doris Froning, Terry Ward, Harriett Henderson-Cushing 
1989
 none
    (none in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya)
1990 July 4 - 7  Honolulu, HI  "Crossing the Bridge to International Friendships"  Saburo Kato (Japan), John Naka, Shinji Ogasawara (Japan); Edwin Nishida, Ed Nakanishi, Yoroku Ito, Paul Imada, Mike Uyeno, George Masumoto 
1991 July 26 - 28 Birmingham, England   Over 600 attendees; joint BCI/FoBBS; Hideo and Shigeo Kato, Hotsumi Terakawa, Peter Adams, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, John Naka, Dan Robinson, Chase Rosade, Colin Lewis, Craig Coussins (Scotland), Jim McCorragh, Mike Street, Bill Jordan, Suchin-Ee, Charlotte Dalamira, George Davis
1992 May 21 - 25 Memphis, TN "Magic in Memphis"  Masahiko Kimura (Japan), John Naka; Maria Elena di Duran, Joe Harris, Mary Madison, Brussel Martin, Roy Nagatoshi, Ben Oki, Joe Samuels, Harold Sasaki
1993 May 27 - 31 Orlando, FL  "New Horizons" In conjunction w/WBFF & ABS; over 700 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan), John Naka, Yuji Yoshimura; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Rod Clemons, Mary Madison, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Ben Oki, Russell Coker, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Vaughn Banting, James J. Smith, Mas Imazumi, Qingquan Zhao (China), Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane (Japan), Paul Imada, Larry Ragle, Felix Rivera, Pat Vanders
1994 Nov. 3 - 6 San Jose, CA    Joint BCI/GSBF; delegates from 9 countries; John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Yuji Yoshimura, Kihachiro Kamiya, Masamitsu Kubota; Melba Tucker, Mas Imazumi, Mike Page, Sandy Planting, Roy Nagatoshi, Dennis Makishima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Cheryl Manning, Mel Ikeda, Harry Hirao
1995 Oct. 12 - 15  Sydney, Australia "Bonsai Down Under" Susumu Nakamura, Roy Nagatoshi (California, USA), Budi Sulistyo, Harry Tomlinson, Mick Balzary, Lindsay Bebb, John Marsh
1996 July 3 - 7 Washington, D.C.    Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Yuji Yoshimura, Ernie Kuo (California, USA), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Dan Barton, Masaru Ishii, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Bill Valavanis (New York, USA), Maria Elena Duran, Bonnie Kobert 
1997 July 17 - 20 Toronto, Canada "Bonsai Borealis" John Naka (California, USA), David DeGroot (Washington, USA), Norman Haddrick, Marc Noelanders, George Reichert, Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), David Rowe, Harold Sasaki, Arthur Skolnik, Harry Tomlinson, Bill Valavanis  (New York, USA)
1998 Aug. 12 - 17 San Juan, Puerto Rico  "Tropical Treasures"  Over 300 attendees; Ferand Bloch, Beatriz Botero, Gustavo Burés, José M. Lopez, Edwin Irizarry, Adán Montalvo, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Carlos Consuegra, Ernie Kuo (California, USA), Felix Rivera, Luis Vallejo, Qingquan Zhao (China)
1999 June 30 - July 4 Portland, OR  "The Spirit of Bonsai"  Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Dan Robinson (Washington, USA), Bill Valavanis (New York, USA), Joe Harris, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Masahiro Furukawa, Frank Heidt, Roy Nagatoshi (California, USA), Dave DeGroot (Washington, USA), Charlie Anderson
2000 July 5 - 8 Honolulu, HI  "Bonsai: International Friendship into the 21st Century" Headliners: Yun Hua Hu (China), Susumu Nakamura, Warren Hill; Naokichi Nozaki, James Mimaki, Bob Okuda, Masaki Teshima, Joe Rosa, Amil Valpoon, Walter Bruder, Roy Hirose, Walter Ouye, Mike Uyeno, Y.C. Chung, Aaron Fujinaka, Ed Nakanishi, George Masumoto, Tim Liu
2001 Oct. 15 - 18 Miami, FL to the Bahamas, on Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas "Bonsai on Board" Chiu-Chian Chiang (Taiwan), Maria P. Duran-Korteweg (Columbia), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Dennis Makishima (California, USA), Mary Madison (USA), Patrizia Capellaro de Martino (Italy), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA); Dan Avrin (USA), Solita Rosade (Columbia & USA), I. Chi Su (Taiwan), Norry Kirschten (Luxembourg), Nikunjh & Jyoti Parekh (India), Karl Bethke (USA)
2002 July 3 - 6 Orlando, FL "Bonsai in the Sun" Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Qingquan Zhou (China), Ben Oki (California, USA), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Guy Guidry (Louisiana, USA), Boon Manakitivipart (California, USA), Terry Ward (Texas, USA), Jim Van Landingham (Florida, USA), Mike Cartrett (Florida, USA)
2003 September Taipei, Taiwan
2004 St. Louis, Mo
2005 June Reno, NV

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EUROPEAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (EBA)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1984 April 28 - 29 Mannheim, Germany 19 countries represented; John Naka (California, USA), Paul Lesniewicz (Germany) headlined; Peter Brown (U.K.) elected president, Marc de Beule (Belgium) secretary, and Cees Doppenderg (Germany) treasurer.
1985 Appeldorn, Holland
1986 Valencia, Spain
1987 Birmingham, England Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands)
1988 Heidelberg, Germany
1989 Nantes, France
1990 Turin, Italy Masahiko Kimura (Japan)
1991 Lensburg, Switzerland Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands)
1992 May 22 - 24 Luxembourg Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Dorothy and Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), Satoru Hanya, Marc Noelanders, Chye Hock Tan, Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands); the European Suiseki Association was born at this convention
1993 Zoetermeer, Holland Deborah Koreshoff (Australia)
1994  Oct. 21 - 23  Valencia, Spain    Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato, Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane (Japan), Dan Barton, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Massimo Bandera, Pep Ferrer, Felipe Recio, Luis Vallejo, Jose Villaescusa, Jorge Penalba, Peter Adams, Jesus Revuelta, Sebastian Fernandez 
1995 June 9 - 11 Monaco    Noboru Keneko, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Ben Oki (California, USA), Gilbert Labrid, Ramsey Kinany, Shinji Suzuki, Giovanni Genotti, Marc Noelanders, Phillippe Schultz 
1996 May 23 - 27  Munich, Germany    Hideo Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Dan Barton, Lorenzo Agnioletti, Gijs Meboer, Walter Pall, Gerhard Voderwuelbecke, Michael Wilhelm
1997    Brugges, Belgium     
1998 June 18 - 21 Fermo, Italy    Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Hideo Suzuki, Arishige Matsuura
1999 July 30 - August 1 Stratford Upon Avon, England Marc Noelanders, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Luis Vallejo, Kevin Wilson, Martin Bradder, Wendy Carpenter, Gill Duxbury Taylor, Terry Foster, John Hanby, Dave Prescott, Mike Sullivan, Tony Tickle, Hans Van Meer
2000 Apr. 28 - May 1 Arco, Trentino, Italy Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands); Lorenzo Agnoletti, Michele Andolfo, Adriano Bonini, Patrizia Capellaro, Aldo Cipollini Carlo Cetorelli, Donato Danisi, Michele Invernizzi, Salvatore  Liporace (Italy), Andrea Parolari Emilio Melloni, Sandro Segneri, Gaetano Settembrini, Alfiero Suardi, Ken Ziliani; Prof. Augusto Marchesini, C. Padrini, Danilo Bonacchi, Prof. Ferruccio Poli
2001 June 1 - 3 Munich, Germany
2002 May 25 - 26 Brittany, France
2003 Slovakia
2004 May 28 - 30 San Marino
2005 Italy

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FEDERATION OF BRITISH BONSAI SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1981 Sept. 26 - 27 Keele University, Straffordshire (near Manchester), England Over 250 attendees; Humphrey Welch, Dr. Peter Brown, Dan Barton, Peter Adams, Victor Woodward
1982
none
1983 Apr. 16 - 17 Staffordshire, England Harry Tomlinson, Dan Barton, Peter Adams
1984
none
1985 Sept. Nottingham University
1986 July
1987
1988
1989 August Brighton Over 300 delegates; over 1500 members of the public attended the Bonsai Exhibition; Mitsuo Masui, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, Peter Adams, Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Marian Borchers
1990
1991 July 26 - 28 Birmingham, England Over 600 attendees; joint BCI/FoBBS; Hideo and Shigeo Kato, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Peter Adams, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, John Naka (California, USA), Dan Robinson (Washington, USA), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Colin Lewis, Craig Coussins (Scotland), Jim McCorragh, Mike Street, Bill Jordan, Suchin-Ee, Charlotte Dalamira, George Davis
1992
1993 Sept. 24 - 26 Guernsey, Channel Islands
1994
1995
1996 June 22 - 23 Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wilts, England Harry Tomlinson
1997 April 25 - 27 Bournemouth, UK Peter Adams, Gerhard Voderwulbecke, Rodney Clemons, Nobuyuki Kajiwara
1998 May 29 - June 1 Plymouth, UK Icio Ishi, Toshikane Kondo, Joe Harris III, Corin Tomlinson
1999
2000 June 10 - 11 Margam Park, South Wales, UK Kevin Wilson, Craig Coussins (Scotland)
2001
2002

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FEDERATIÓN  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1994 April San Juan, PR First Latin American Bonsai Encounter Eight countries represented; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA)
1995
none
1996
none
1997 March 12 - 14 Cali, Columbia Second Encounter Hatsuji Kato; Kayuza Morita
1998
none
1999 June 17 - 20 Castries, St. Lucia, W.I. Third Encounter Ben Oki (California, USA), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico)
2000
none
2001 June 22 - 23 Panama City, Panama Fourth Encounter Luis Vallejo, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Guy Guidry (Louisiana, USA), Beatriz Botero; Edgar Castrellon, Migdalia de Endara, Amalia Membreño, Gloria de Mollah, Dicky Bennett, Juan Monterrey
2002

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GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)
.

YEAR
DATE
CA CITY
THEME
NOTES
1978 November Berkeley     
1979   Newport Beach    
1980   Sacramento    
1981 Nov. 13 - 15 San Diego    John Naka, Khan Komai, David Andrews, Warren Hill, Jim Barrett, Mas Takanashi, Roy Nagatoshi, Ko Tsushima 
1982 Nov. 5 - 7 San José   Tom Yamamoto; Susanne Barrymore, Warren Hill, Khan Komai, Melba Tucker, Mitsuo Umehara, Terry Ward
1983 Nov. 4 - 6  Long Beach     
1984 Nov. 2 - 4  Oakland  "Bonsai by the Bay"  Katsumi Kinoshita, Toshio Saburomaro, Yasuji Matsuda; Tosh Saburomaru, Khan Komai, Jim Barrett, Melba Tucker, Roy Nagatoshi, Harry Hirao, Terry Ward, Ben Oki, Mas Imazumi, Sandy Planting
1985 Nov. 8 - 10  Palm Springs    Dan Barton and John Naka 
1986 Nov. 21 - 23 Monterey    Yasuo Mitsuya, William N. Valavanis 
1987 Nov. 5 - 8  Anaheim   Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Susumu Sudo, John Naka 
1988 Oct. 27 - 30 Santa Rosa    Masamitsu Kubota, Kihachiro Kamiya, John Naka 
1989
 none
     (none in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya)
1990 Nov. 1 - 4  Burlingame  "Soaring with Bonsai"  Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Mas Imazumi 
1991 Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 San Diego  "Bonsai Fiesta" Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), John Naka, Ben Oki, Harry Hirao 
1992 Nov. 5 - 8  Sacramento  "Bonsai, A Capital Celebration" Chase Rosade, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kathy Shaner 
1993 Nov. 4 - 7 Irvine "A Bonsai Jamboree" John Naka, Joe Harris, Hiroshi Suzuki, Warren Hill; Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Susanne Barrymore, Roy Nagatoshi, John Uchida, Dave DeGroot, Dennis Makashima, Pat Brodie, Ted matson, Larry Ragle, Lindsay Shiba, Ed Murakami 
1994 Nov. 3 - 6  San José    Joint BCI/GSBF; delegates from 9 countries; John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Yuji Yoshimura, Kihachiro Kamiya, Masamitsu Kubota; Melba Tucker, Mas Imazumi, Mike Page, Sandy Planting, Roy Nagatoshi, Dennis Makishima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Cheryl Manning, Mel Ikeda, Harry Hirao
1995 Nov. 2 - 5  Pasadena "Bonsai: The Art of Dedication"  
1996 Nov. 7 - 10 Sacramento  "Sacramento With a Difference" Suisho Nakayama (Japan), Bill Valavanis (New York, USA)
1997 Nov. 6 - 9  San Diego "Bonsai Making Waves" Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), David DeGroot (Washington, USA)
1998 Nov. 5 - 8 San José "The Evolution of Bonsai"  Headliners: Tohru Suzuki and Shinji Suzuki; Kathy Shaner, Roy Nagatoshi, Boon Manakitivipart, Sandy Planting, John Thompson, Jim Gremel
1999 Nov. 11 - 14 Anaheim  "Bonsai Art thru Millennia"  Headliners: Marc Noelanders, Gary Marchal, John Naka; Harry Hirao, Mas Imazumi, Mas Ishii, Boon Manakitivipart, Dennis Makishima, Ben Oki, Lindsay Shiba 
2000 Nov. 3 - 6 Oakland "Bonsai -- Bearing Fruit" Kunio Kobayashi (Japan); John Boyce, Pat Brodie, Fred & Dolly Fassio, George Fujita, Jim Gremel, Ruben Guzman, Harry Hirao, Mas Imazumi, Dennis Makishima, Boon Manakitivipart, Ted Matson, Sandy Planting, Kathy Shaner, Johnny Uchida, Thin Vu
2001 Nov. 2 - 5 Woodland Hills "Bonsai Odyssey" John Naka, Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Kathy Shaner, Ted Matson, Kenji Miyata (Japan)
2002 Oct. 17 - 20 Sacramento, CA "Look at us -- Now" Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan)

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INTERNATIONAL STONE COLLECTION ASSOCIATION  (ISCA)
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YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1991 May Taipei, Taiwan
 
 
1992
none
1993 South Korea  
1994 Japan
1995 April 14 - 16 Taipei, Taiwan   About 300 suiseki on display, 150 from Taiwan and the rest from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Malaysia
1996 May Seoul, Korea   Over 550 stones on display
1997    Japan    
1998 Sept. 5 - 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   About 280 stones on display from 8 countries
1999 March Taipei, Taiwan  
2000
2001
2002

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WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)
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YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1989 April 6 - 9 Omiya, Japan  "World Peace Through Bonsai" Some 1237 delegates from 32 countries; Saburo Kato, Hiroshi Takeyama, Hideo Kato, Masahiko Kimura, Susumu Nakamura, Jiro Fukuda, Toshinori Suzuki, Shinji Ogasawara, Tsunekazu Nakajima, Kanekazu Yoshimura, Koji Amakawa, Masao Komatsu, Hideo Chugun, Eijiro Hiruma
1990
none
1991
none
1992
none
1993 May 27 - 31  Orlando, FL, USA "New Horizons"  In conjunction w/BCI & ABS; over 700 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan), John Naka (California, USA), Yuji Yoshimura; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Rod Clemons, Mary Madison, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Ben Oki (California, USA), Russell Coker, Hotsumi Terakawa, Vaughn Banting, James J. Smith, Mas Imazumi, Qingquan Zhao (China), Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane, Paul Imada, Larry Ragle, Felix Rivera, Pat Vanders
1994
none
1995
none
1996
none
1997  Oct. 24 - 28 Seoul, Korea    Approx. 200 overseas delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato, Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), Hiroshi Takeyama, Haruhiko Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), John Naka (California, USA), Maria Teresa Volonterio, Hideo Saito, Ben Oki (California, USA), Hiroshi Suzuki, Lorenzo Malberti, Marina Pavanello, Othmar Auer
1998
none
1999
none
2000
none
2001 May 31 -  June 4  Munich, Germany    Walter Pall, François Jeker, Angel Mota, Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Serge Clémence, Saburo Kato (Japan), Hirosi Takeyama, Toru Suzuki, Osamu Komatu, Shinichi Nakajima, I. C. Su (Taiwan), Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Chen Jen-Liang, Solita Tafur Rosade (Columbia & USA), Gill Taylor-Duxbury, Patrizia Cappellaro, Sabine Weber, Kirsten van Croonen-borgh
2002
none
2003
none
2004
none
2005 Washington, D.C. "The World of Bonsai: Bringing Countries Together Through the Art of Bonsai"

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