Every year, the society holds two conference: One regional and one annual which is the major conferences of the society. The location of the annual conference alternates among the three major geographic locations: Asia/Australia, Americas and Europe/Africa. The regional conferences are held in continents where the annual conference is not scheduled.

PPS Conference Manual
PPS Conference Memorandum of Understanding

International

Founding Conference - Akron, OH, USA,March 28-29 1985
2nd - Montreal, Canada, April 1-4, 1986
3rd - Stuttgart, Germany, April 7-10, 1987
4th - Orlando, FL, USA, May 8-11, 1988
5th - Kyoto, Japan, April 11-14, 1989
6th - Nice, France, April 17-20, 1990
7th - Hamilton, Canada, April 21-24, 1991
8th - New Delhi, India, March 24-27, 1992
9th - Manchester, UK, April 5-8, 1993
10th - Akron, OH, USA, April 5-8, 1994
11th - Seoul, Korea, March 27-30, 1995
12th - Sorrento, Italy, May 27-31, 1996
13th - Secaucus, NJ, USA, June 10-13, 1997
14th - Yokohama, Japan, June 8-11, 1998
15th - 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, June 1-4, 1999
16th - Shanghai, China, June 18-23, 2000
17th - Montreal, Canada, May 21-24, 2001
18th - Guimaraes, Portugal, June 18-21, 2002
19th - Melbourne, Australia, July 7-10, 2003
20th - Akron, OH, USA, June 20-24, 2004
21st - Leipzig, Germany, June 19-23, 2005
22nd - Yamagata, Japan, July 3-5, 2006
23rd - Salvador, Brazil, May 27-31, 2007
24th - Salerno Italy, June 15-19, 2008
25th - Goa, India, March 1-5, 2009
26th - Banff, Canada, July 4-7, 2010
27th - Marrakesh, Morocco, May 10-14, 2011
28th - Pattaya, Thailand, Dec. 11-15, 2012
29th - Nuremberg, Germany, July 15-19, 2013
30th - Cleveland/Akron, OH, USA,  June 8-12, 2014
31st - Jeju Island, Korea, June 7-11, 2015
32nd - Lyon, France, July 25-29, 2016
33rd - Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 10-14, 2017
34rd - Taipei, Taiwan, May 20-24, 2018
35th-  Cesme-Izmir, Turkey, May 26-30, 2019
36th - Montreal,  Canada, NEW DATE: September 26-30,2021
37th - Fukuoka, Japan, April 11-15, 2022
38th - St Gallen, Switzerland, May 22-26, 2023
39th- Cartagena,  Colombia , May 19-23,2024
40th- Auckland, New Zealand , April 27- May 1, 2025 Organizer: Johan Verbeek
41st- Italy, Organizer: Roberto Pantani

Regional

ASIA / AUSTRALASIA
Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 9-11,  1993
Singapore, Nov. 26-28, 1996
Toronto, Canada, Aug. 17-19, 1998
Bangkok, Thailand, Dec. 1-3, 1999
Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 4-8, 2002
Gyeongju, Korea, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, 2004
Shanghai, China, July 12-14, 2007
Kish Island, Iran, Nov. 15-17, 2011
Kowalam Beach, Kevala, India Nov 29- Dec 2,2023 , Organizer: Anup Ghosh

AMERICAS:

 

• Amherst, MA, USA, Aug 16-17 ,1989
  Chicago, IL, USA Nov. 11-14, 1996 (Joint With  AICHE)
• Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 17-19, 1998
• Florianopolis, Brazil, Nov 7-10, 2004
• Quebec City, Canada, Aug 14-17, 2005
• Charleston, South Carolina, USA, Oct. 26-29, 2008
• Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-25, 2012
• Boston,MA, USA  Nov. 5-9, 2018

 

EUROPE / AFRICA:

 

• Palermo, Italy, Sept. 15-18 , 1991
  Prague,Chechoslovakia, Aug. 21-24, 1992
  Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 19-21, 1997
• Zlin, Czech Republic, Aug. 16-18, 2000
  Antalya, Turkey, Oct. 20-24, 2001
• Athens, Greece, Sept. 14-17, 2003
• Pretoria, South Africa, Oct 9-13, 2006
  Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 28-30. 2007
• Larnaca, Cyprus, Oct.18-21, 2009
• Istanbul, Turkey, Oct. 20-23 ,2010
• Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 19-23, 2014
• Graz, Austria,  Sept. 21-24, 2015
  Dresden Germany, June 26-29 , 2017
  Pretoria, South Africa Nov. 18-21 2019
  Aachen, Germany  Sept, 2022

 

Webinars

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