Although there is no formal tardigradological society that would be responsible for organising periodical meetings, international conferences dedicated entirely to tardigrades are held regularly. So far, there have been eleven tardigrade Symposia - each organised by different volunteering tardigradologists; however some countries are more active than others: there were three Symposia in Italy and USA, two in Germany and only one in Denmark, Poland and the UK. On average Symposia are held  each three years. The first Symposium was held in Italy in 1974, the last in Germany in 2009, and the next one will take place in Portugal in 2012.

Each congress is an extremely important event in our little tardigrade world. The Symposia are rare occasions to meet in one place almost all tardigradologists who are normally scattered all over the globe.

Below you will find the full list of all International Symposia on Tardigrada as well as a clickable map with the Symposia locations and dates. In order to view detailed information on a particular Symposium, please use the list below, the map or the left side menu.

Currently, full information is available only for  the II, IX, X and the XI Symposium, but we'll be adding more Symposia subsequently.

Photo albums for all Symposia can be viewed here (if you'd like to share photos from any of the Symposia, please email us).

We are grateful to the organisers and participants of tardigrade Symposia for their help in providing the information and materials required for this section of the Tardigrada Newsletter.
 

The Symposia List

The Symposia Map

The World Map from Wikipedia.