AIESEP Past Events

1963 to 2026

Past conferences and seminars.

Browse AIESEP's international conferences, specialist seminars, and milestone meetings from 1963 onward. Recent editions appear first, followed by the full historical record.

Recent editions Full archive

Posters, host institutions, and event eras make the archive easier to navigate.

64+ Years of recorded events
60+ Linked event pages
6 Archive eras

Latest editions

Recent conferences at a glance.

Recent editions

Recent editions.

The newest international conferences appear first, with host details, dates, and key themes kept close to the artwork.

2025 AIESEP International Conference artwork for St. Petersburg, Florida

Featured recent event

St. Petersburg, Florida, USA | 18-22 May 2025

Hosted by the University of South Florida's St. Petersburg Campus, the 2025 AIESEP International Conference is the most recent edition in the archive.

The latest poster and event details are placed up front so members can orient themselves immediately.

Dates 18-22 May 2025
Host University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus
Location St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

Conference artwork for the 2024 AIESEP event in Jyväskylä, Finland

Jyväskylä 2024

Jyväskylä, Finland | 13-17 May 2024

Hosted by the University of Jyväskylä, the 2024 conference focused on teacher education, professional development, coaching, and physical literacy.

Teacher education Coaching Physical literacy

The programme also addressed health education, pedagogy, didactics, and physical activity across children's and adolescents' lives.

Poster for the 2023 AIESEP International Conference in Santiago de Chile

Santiago 2023

Santiago, Chile | 4-7 July 2023

Hosted by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, the 2023 conference explored emerging horizons between physical education research and practice.

Research and practice Equity and inclusion Indigenous knowledges

Sub-themes included decolonising research, teacher preparation, curriculum, assessment, and health promotion.

Conference highlights

2016 to 2022.

The conference links keep the 2016 to 2022 record close to the poster artwork, so members can move from the visual record to each event page.

AIESEP World Congress 2022 hybrid event artwork

Conference links

2016 to 2022 conference record.

This group gathers the recent conference pages that sit between the newest editions and the older archive.

2022 world congress 2021 virtual 2019 Adelphi 2018 Edinburgh 2017 Guadeloupe 2016 Wyoming

2022 World Congress 2021 Virtual 2019 Adelphi 2018 Edinburgh 2017 Guadeloupe 2016 Wyoming

Specialist seminars

Seminars with a focused brief.

Seminars sit separately from the conference record so members can move from the broad event history into more focused specialist work.

Future Matters AIESEP seminar at HEP Vaud in Lausanne

Lausanne 2026

Future Matters: Charting a Sustainable Future for Physical Education

Held in Lausanne on 5-6 February 2026, the seminar brought together 41 participants from 18 countries across five continents to explore physical education through sustainability.

41 participants 18 countries Design thinking

Bunbury 2025

Body Politics in and through Movement

Hosted by SHEdRC at Edith Cowan University's South West Campus on 8-10 December 2025, the seminar gathered 25 participants around body politics, movement settings, and equity.

25 participants Body politics Equity in movement

Brixen 2024

Embodied Education Seminar

Hosted by the MultiLab Group at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, this seminar explored embodied education across teacher education and research.

Balancing the body Conceptual blending Emotion and motivation

Brixen 2022

Motor Competence Assessment

The seminar brought together experts on assessment and monitoring in educational settings, with an AIESEP position statement on best practice in motor competence assessment.

Assessment Monitoring Position statement

Eindhoven 2018

Future Directions in PE Assessment

This seminar at Fontys University of Applied Sciences worked toward the AIESEP position statement on assessment in physical education.

Assessment literacy Instructional alignment Digital technology

Earlier seminar reports from Birmingham 2012, Jyväskylä 2013, and Timisoara 2014 are preserved in the archive below.

Event history

Event history by era.

Each period gathers related past conferences and seminars so members can move quickly through the archive.

2010 to 2021 2000 to 2009 1990 to 1999 1980 to 1989 1970 to 1979 1963 to 1969

2010 to 2021

Virtual transition and recent seminars

11 linked pages and 5 text-only entries.

This period spans specialist seminars, in-person conferences, and the virtual Banff meeting.

Banff (virtual), 2021
Liège 2020 (Specialist Seminar)
Adelphi, 2019
Edinburgh, 2018
Eindhoven, 2018 (Specialist Seminar)

Guadeloupe, 2017 Wyoming, 2016 Madrid, 2015 Timisoara, 2014 Auckland, 2014 Jyväskylä, 2013 Warsaw, 2013 Glasgow, 2012 Birmingham, 2012 Limerick, 2011 La Coruña, 2010

2000 to 2009

A decade of wide international reach

11 linked archive pages across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America.

These conferences show AIESEP working across Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America throughout the 2000s.

Pensacola, 2009 Besançon, 2009 Sapporo, 2008 Loughborough, 2007 Jyväskylä, 2006 Lisbon, 2005 Thessaloniki, 2004 La Coruña, 2002 Madeira, 2001 Taipei, 2001 Rockhampton, 2000

1990 to 1999

Growing international momentum

15 linked pages spanning the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.

The 1990s capture a particularly active decade of host cities and international exchange.

Besançon, 1999 New York, 1998 Rio de Janeiro, 1997 Singapore, 1997 Dallas, 1996 Lisbon, 1996 Wingate, 1995 Berlin, 1994 Ballarat, 1993 Trois Rivières, 1993 Malaga, 1992 Atlanta, 1991 Rio de Janeiro, 1991 Loughborough, 1990 Wingate, 1990

1980 to 1989

Early international expansion

11 linked pages, grouped for quick access.

This era marks the wider international spread of AIESEP conferences.

Jyväskylä, 1989 Lisbon, 1987 Trois Rivières, 1987 Rome, 1986 Heidelberg, 1986 New York, 1985 Oregon, 1984 Rome, 1983 Jyväskylä, 1982 Boston, 1982 Rio de Janeiro, 1981

1970 to 1979

Founding years

10 linked pages from the association's earlier international footprint.

The archive begins to take shape across Europe and beyond during the 1970s.

Split, 1979 Magglingen, 1978 Madrid, 1977 Tunis, 1976 Sofia, 1975 Prague, 1974 Madrid, 1972 Lisbon, 1972 Madrid, 1971 Warsaw, 1970

1963 to 1969

The first conferences

2 foundational entries at the start of the record.

Lisbon and Paris mark the earliest linked meetings in the archive.

Paris, 1966 Lisbon, 1963

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