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.
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1954
Venice, Italy
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1952
London, United Kingdom
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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.
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2023
Istanbul, Turkey
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2022
London, UK
2021
Virtual meeting
2021
Virtual Congress
2020
Virtual meeting
2020
Virtual meeting
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2019
Vancouver, Canada
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2018
Tokyo, Japan
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2017
Zagreb, Croatia
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2016
Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2015
Dublin, Ireland
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2014
Paris, France
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2013
New York, USA
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2012
Toronto, Canada
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2011
Sydney, Australia
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2010
Copenhagen, Denmark
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2009
London, United Kingdom
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2008
Marrakesh, Morocco
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2007
Quebec, Canada
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2006
Berlin, Germany
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2005
Sydney, Australia
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2004
Budapest, Hungary
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2003
Paris, France
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2002
London, United Kingdom
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2001
Stockholm, Sweden
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2000
Montevideo, Uruguay
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1999
Lisbon, Portugal
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1998
Arezzo, Italy
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1997
Istanbul, Turkey
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1996
Copenhagen, Denmark
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1995
Budapest, Hungary
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1994
Los Angeles, USA
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1993
Thessaloniki, Greece
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1992
Montreal, Canada
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1992
Moscow, USSR
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1991
Malmö, Sweden
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1990
Sofia, Bulgarie
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1989
Sydney, Australia
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1988
Moscow, USSR
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1987
Tel Aviv, Israel
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1986
Vancouver, Canada
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1985
Athens, Greece
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1985
London, United Kingdom
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1984
Moscow, USSR
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1982
Paris, France
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1981
Copenhagen, Denmark
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1980
London, United Kingdom
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1979
Budapest, Hungary
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1978
Reykjavik, Iceland
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1977
Moscow, USSR
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1976
Dublin, Ireland
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1976
Vienna, Austria
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1975
Berlin, Democratic Republic of Germany
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1974
Toronto, Canada
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1973
Paris, France
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1973
Stockholm, Sweden
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1972
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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1972
Moscow - Tashkent, USSR
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1971
Budapest, Hungary
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1970
Montreal, Canada
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1970
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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1969
Vienna, Austria
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1969
Dublin, Ireland
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1968
Paris, France
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1967
London, UK
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1967
Prague, Czechoslovakia
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1967
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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1966
Stockholm, Sweden
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1965
Cannes, France
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1964
Paris, France
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1964
Mexico City, Mexico
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1963
Paris, France
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1962
Paris, France
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1961
Paris, France
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1960
Paris, France
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1960
Copenhagen, Denmark
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1959
Paris, France
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1958
London, UK
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1958
Paris, France
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1958
Paris, France
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1957
London, UK
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1956
Brussels, Belgium
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1956
Paris, France
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1955
Berne, Switzerland
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1954
Paris, France
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1954
Venice, Italy
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1954
Paris, France
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1953
Vienna, Austria
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1952
Paris, France
From time to time, FIA holds special conferences and symposia on specific subjects of importance for the Federation and its members.
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2015
World Live Performance Conference, Dublin
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2003
Celebrations for FIA's 50th Anniversary and Conference on Freedoms of the Artists, Paris
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2002
Celebrations for FIA's 50th Anniversary, London
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2001
Conference on Small-scale Theatre, Stockholm
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1999
World Live Performance Conference, Lisbon
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1998
Conference on Performers' Priorities for Cultural Policy-making, Stockholm
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1998
Conference on Dubbing, Arezzo
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1994
Conference on New Technologies, Los Angeles
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1993
FIA / FIM / IFPI Conference on the rights of performers and phonogram producers, Vienna
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1991
Seminar on Trade Union Activity for Performing Artists, Malmö
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1980
Conference on the Challenges of Professional Dancers, London
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1979
Symposium on "The International Protection of Performers' Rights", Geneva
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1977
Conference on the Challenges of Variety and Circus artists, Moscow
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1972
Symposium on "The Actors and National Culture", Moscow
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1971
Conference on Audio Tapes, London
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1969
Symposium on "The Theatre and the Actors in Modern Society", Dublin
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1962
Conference on Performers' Rights, Geneva
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1954
Conference on Television, Paris