Conferences
The International Conference on Perception and Action.
Since 1981, the ISEP's biennial gathering has moved across the world — from Storrs to Uppsala, Yokohama to Ouro Preto, Trondheim to Omaha — convening the field wherever it has taken root.
Forty-five years of ICPA
22 past conferences · 14 countries1980s
01
Jun 7–12, 1981
Storrs, Connecticut, USA
University of Connecticut · Bill Warren & Bob Shaw
02
Jun 9–13, 1983
Nashville, Tennessee
Vanderbilt University · Joe Lappin
03
Jun 24–29, 1985
Uppsala, Sweden
Uppsala University · Sverker Runeson & Dankert Vedeler
04
Aug 24–28, 1987
Trieste, Italy
Congress Centre Stazione Marittima · Walter Gerbino
05
Jul 24–28, 1989
Oxford, Ohio
Miami University · Len Mark & Cathy Dent-Read
1990s
06
Aug 25–30, 1991
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vrije Universiteit · Beek, Bootsma & van Wieringen
07
Aug 8–13, 1993
Vancouver, BC
University of British Columbia · John Pittenger
08
Jul 9–14, 1995
Marseille, France
World Trade Center · Benoît Bardy
09
Jul 20–25, 1997
Scarborough, Canada
University of Toronto · John M. Kennedy
10
Aug 8–13, 1999
Edinburgh, Scotland
University of Edinburgh · Lee, Thomson & Grealy
2000s
11
Jun 25–29, 2001
Storrs, Connecticut
University of Connecticut · Claudia Carello
12
Jul 13–18, 2003
Gold Coast, Australia
Griffith University · Paul Treffner
13
Jul 5–10, 2005
Monterey, California
Asilomar Conference Center · Larry Rosenblum
14
Jul 12–17, 2009
Yokohama, Japan
Red Brick Warehouse No. 1 · Sasaki, Furuyama & Mishima
2010s
15
Jul 6–10, 2011
Ouro Preto, Brazil
Estalagem das Minas Gerais · Silva, Mancini & Fonseca
16
Jul 8–11, 2013
Estoril, Portugal
Estoril Eden Hotel · João Barreiros & Pedro Passos
17
Jul 14–18, 2015
Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota
University of Minnesota · Mike Wade & Tom Stoffregen
18
Jul 4–8, 2017
Seoul, Korea
President Hotel · Keonho Shin (Chair) + 9 others
19
Jul 3–6, 2019
Groningen, Netherlands
University Medical Center Groningen · Bongers, Zaal & Withagen
2020s
20
Jun 27–30, 2023
Guadalajara, Mexico
Hotel Grand Fiesta Americana · Pablo Covarrubias & Ángel A. Jiménez
21
Jun 25–28, 2024
Trondheim, Norway
Dokkhuset · van der Meer, Vereijken & van der Weel
22
Jun 23–26, 2026
Omaha, Nebraska
University of Nebraska at Omaha · Madhur Mangalam
Archive
Past programs, photos & video
Conference programs, group photographs, and recorded talks from past meetings are preserved in the Society's media archive — a record of four decades of the field in conversation.