ACTIVITIES
Activities and Events
FIA regularly holds several meetings and events such as workshops, conferences, congresses, etc. Some of these activities are of more specific relevance to its regional and linguistic groups. We invite you to select the category of your interest and hear more about upcoming events or find out about previous meetings and read activity reports.
Upcoming Events
FIA Past Events
- Congress 2021
- FIA Congresses
- FIA Executive Committees
- FIA Special Conferences & Symposia
Celebrating the FIA 22nd World Congress together!
For the first time since the founding of our Federation in 1952, the FIA World Congress took place in a purely virtual format on May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked FIA members around the world to answer a few questions to help celebrate this important event.
Congresses are very significant landmarks in the life of the Federation. Currently held every four years, they bring together the entire FIA membership with a view to formulating framework policies, passing motions, establishing new priorities and electing members of the Presidium and the Executive Committee.
2021

2016
Sao Paulo, Brazil

1954
Venice, Italy

1952
London, UK

1951
Paris, France (Preparatory Congress)
The FIA Executive Committee meets at least three times in between Congresses. It is composed of at least one representative from affiliated unions in fifteen different countries, comprising the seven countries of the FIA Presidium members. Elections for the FIA Executive Committee are held every four years at Congress.

2024
Auckland, New Zealand

2023
Istanbul, Turkey

2022
London, UK
2021
Virtual meeting
2020
Virtual meeting

2019
Vancouver, Canada

2018
Tokyo, Japan

2017
Zagreb, Croatia

2016
Sao Paulo, Brazil

2015
Dublin, Ireland

2014
Paris, France

2013
New York, USA

2012
Toronto, Canada

2011
Sydney, Australia

2010
Copenhagen, Denmark

2006
Berlin, Germany

2005
Sydney, Australia

2004
Budapest, Hungary

2003
Paris, France

2002
London, United Kingdom

2001
Stockholm, Sweden

2000
Montevideo, Uruguay

1999
Lisbon, Portugal

1998
Arezzo, Italy

1997
Istanbul, Turkey

1996
Copenhagen, Denmark

1995
Budapest, Hungary

1994
Los Angeles, USA

1993
Thessaloniki, Greece

1992
Montreal, Canada

1992
Moscow, USSR

1991
Malmö, Sweden

1990
Sofia, Bulgarie

1989
Sydney, Australia

1988
Moscow, USSR

1987
Tel Aviv, Israel

1986
Vancouver, Canada

1985
Athens, Greece

1985
London, United Kingdom

1984
Moscow, USSR

1982
Paris, France

1981
Copenhagen, Denmark

1980
London, United Kingdom

1979
Budapest, Hungary

1978
Reykjavik, Iceland

1977
Moscow, USSR

1976
Dublin, Ireland

1976
Vienna, Austria

1975
Berlin, Democratic Republic of Germany

1974
Toronto, Canada

1973
Paris, France

1973
Stockholm, Sweden

1972
Buenos Aires, Argentina

1972
Moscow - Tashkent, USSR

1971
Budapest, Hungary

1970
Montreal, Canada

1970
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1969
Vienna, Austria

1969
Dublin, Ireland

1968
Paris, France

1967
London, UK

1967
Prague, Czechoslovakia

1967
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

1966
Stockholm, Sweden

1965
Cannes, France

1964
Paris, France

1964
Mexico City, Mexico

1963
Paris, France

1962
Paris, France

1961
Paris, France

1960
Paris, France

1960
Copenhagen, Denmark

1959
Paris, France

1958
London, UK

1958
Paris, France

1958
Paris, France

1957
London, UK

1956
Brussels, Belgium

1956
Paris, France

1955
Berne, Switzerland

1954
Paris, France

1954
Venice, Italy

1954
Paris, France

1953
Vienna, Austria

1952
Paris, France
From time to time, FIA holds special conferences and symposia on specific subjects of importance for the Federation and its members.

2015
World Live Performance Conference, Dublin

2003
Celebrations for FIA's 50th Anniversary and Conference on Freedoms of the Artists, Paris

2002
Celebrations for FIA's 50th Anniversary, London

2001
Conference on Small-scale Theatre, Stockholm

1999
World Live Performance Conference, Lisbon

1998
Conference on Performers' Priorities for Cultural Policy-making, Stockholm

1998
Conference on Dubbing, Arezzo

1994
Conference on New Technologies, Los Angeles

1993
FIA / FIM / IFPI Conference on the rights of performers and phonogram producers, Vienna

1991
Seminar on Trade Union Activity for Performing Artists, Malmö

1980
Conference on the Challenges of Professional Dancers, London

1979
Symposium on "The International Protection of Performers' Rights", Geneva

1977
Conference on the Challenges of Variety and Circus artists, Moscow

1972
Symposium on "The Actors and National Culture", Moscow

1971
Conference on Audio Tapes, London

1969
Symposium on "The Theatre and the Actors in Modern Society", Dublin

1962
Conference on Performers' Rights, Geneva

1954
Conference on Television, Paris