Past Symposia

The 10th International Symposium for Fish Parasitology was integrated in fish parasitology sessions at ICOPA XV Copenhagen 21-26 August 2022

The 10th ISFP was going to be held in July 2020 in Cairns, Australia, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak it has been cancelled

The 9th ISFP was organized in 2015 in Valencia (Spain) by Toni Raga with the University of Valencia and the Spanish Research Council. In this event, 300 scientists and students participated from 54 countries worldwide. This was the most ‘‘international” ISFP and had the greatest participation so far. The scientific program included a large number of disciplines and research fields associated with fish parasitology and focused particularly on ‘‘New Challenges in Fish Parasitology”.

The 8th International Symposium was the second outside Europe and the first in South America. It was organised by a consortium of South American parasitologists from Brazil, Argentina and Chile, with Marcelo E Oliva (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile) as the President of the Committee. Distance turned out not to be a problem as the conference was attended by more than 200 participants representing 30 countries. The meeting took place in the beautiful Viña del Mar.

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The 7th ISFP in 2007 was organised by Simonetta Mattiucci in the beautiful Domus La Quercia, built in 1468 as a monastery near Viterbo in Italy. This was another large and successful meeting, and involved 320 people from 46 countries. The symposium’s opening ceremony was held in the ‘Pope’s Palace’, where the Bishop of Viterbo, in his welcome, famously referred to ‘fish paradise’ rather than ‘fish parasites’.

The first meeting outside Europe was ISFP6 in 2003. This meeting, organised by Jo Van As and Linda Basson in Bloemfontein, South Africa, was the smallest of recent meetings, but nevertheless very successful and enjoyable. Many delegates enjoyed the spectacular scenery and wildlife for which South Africa is famous.

The fifth meeting, in 1999, was back at České Budějovice and organised by Frank Moravec, Iva Dyková and Tomáš Scholz. This was another well-attended and productive meeting.

The fourth meeting in 1995 was organised by Rudolf Hoffman in Munich. This was a huge and very successful meeting, perhaps the first that could really be termed truly international, with 250 people from 26 countries.

The third meeting was in the Soviet Union and was organised by Eugeny Ieshko and colleagues at Petrozavodsk in Karelia.

The second meeting took place in 1987 at Tihany in the beautiful surroundings of Lake Balaton in Hungary, and was organised by Kalman Molnár.

The 1st Symposium of the ISFP was organised by Jiří Lom and Frank Moravec at České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia in 1983.
Jiří Lom and Frank Moravec showed a lot of foresight and perseverance in organising this conference and bringing together researchers from both sides of the Iron Curtain. At that time, fish parasitology was more developed in Eastern Europe and this conference allowed the exchange of information through translation of the presentations into English or Russian. This meeting was such a success that it was decided to organise this symposium every 4 years.