Hosting the SIOP Annual Congress

Eligibility

Bids to host the SIOP Annual Congress can be made by any individual member in good standing in collaboration with the local convention centre, and/or tourism bureau to the SIOP Office. Further details and criteria can be found in the bidding manual.

Main Criteria

If your city fulfills all or nearly all of the below criteria, we encourage you to send us your bid, summarising the required information as per the criteria in the bid manual for SIOP congresses:

  • The infrastructure for a conference of 2400-2800 delegates exists.
  • A core local organising committee (LOC) is named.
  • The organisation backing the bid is identified.
  • The dates of the meeting are clear and avoid a conflict with other major meetings and recognised religious holidays.
  • Housing for delegates is available across the price range.
  • The conference centre is easily accessible from the accommodation (preferably an easy walk).
  • The city is accessible easily and frequently by air/ground transport.
  • The likely cost of attendance at the Congress is acceptable to potential delegates.
  • Your city has not recently hosted a SIOP Congress (view archives of previous congresses here).

Geographic Rotation

Congresses rotate among SIOP continents: Asia/Oceania/Latin America/Africa, North America, and Europe.

Year Region City Country
2022 Europe Barcelona Spain
2023 North America Ottawa Canada
2024 Asia/Oceania/ Latin America/Africa Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Year Region City Country
2025 Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2026 San Antonio, USA
2027 Asia/Oceania/ Latin America/Africa – is open

Eligibility to host the SIOP Annual Meeting

Bids to host the SIOP Annual Meeting can be made by any individual member in good standing in collaboration with the local convention centre, and/or tourism bureau to the SIOP Office.

Further details and criteria can be found in the bidding manual.

Interested in hosting the SIOP 2027 Annual Meeting?

The Call for Bid for the 59th SIOP Annual Meeting – SIOP 2027 –to take place in Asia/Oceania/Latin America/Africa is open. 

You can download the official bidding guidelines under the link below.

  • Deadline to submit your Letter of Intent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 (12:00 noon CET)
  • Deadline to submit the full bid (upon invitation by SIOP Office only; short-listed bidders): Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (12:00 noon CET)

The scientific content of the SIOP Annual Meeting is organised by the Scientific Committee of SIOP of which whom the local organizing chair is part of.

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