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The 17th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology 2025
| President | Dr. Can Ozan Tan, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands |
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| Date | September 10-12, 2025 |
| Place | University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands |
| Main Theme | Planetary Health and Human Adaptation |
| Website | https://www.icpa2025.org |
| Flyer | First Announcement |
| Important Deadline | June 1, 2025: Early registration June 1, 2025: Abstract submission deadline Aug 1, 2025: Late registration |
The 16th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology 2023
| President | Prof. Dr. Kamruddin Ahmed, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia |
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| Date | September 7-8, 2023 |
| Place | Gallery Azman Hashim, Universiti Malaysia Sabah |
| Main Theme | Environment and Human Health |
| Website | https://www.16thicpa.com/ |
| Flyer | First Announcement / Second Announcement / Pre-Congress on Sept. 5–6 |
The 15th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology 2022
| President | Prof. Josh Snodgrass, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon USA |
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| Date | September 15-17, 2022 |
| Place | University of Oregon Erb Memorial Union (EMU) & Online |
| Main Theme | Global Health |
| Website | https://blogs.uoregon.edu/icpa2022/ |
| Flyer | ICPA2022 Flyer |
The 14th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology 2019
| President | Dr. Fook Tim Chew, National University of Singapore |
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| Date | September 24-27, 2019 |
| Place | The National University of Singapore campus |
| Main Theme | Human Physiology and Urban Living |
The 13th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Barry Bogin, Loughborough University |
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| Date | September 12-15, 2017 |
| Place | Ramada Loughborough Hotel, Loughborough, UK |
| Main Theme | Human Biology of Climate Change |
The 12th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Tetsuo Katsuura, Chiba University |
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| Date | October 27-30, 2015 (27th: Registration & Welcome Reception, Younger Researchers Colloquium) |
| Place | Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall, Chiba, Japan |
| Main Theme | Opening doors for the future of physiological anthropology |
The 19th congress of The Europian Anthropological Association
| President | Prof. Alexandra Buzhilova |
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| Head of the Organizing Committee | Prof. Elena Godinaa |
| Date | August 25-29, 2014 |
| Place | Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow-Russia |
| Main Theme | Anthropology: Unity in Diversity |
The 11th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Douglas E. Crews, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University |
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| Date | August 7-10, 2013 (7th: Registration & Welcome Reception, Younger Researchers Colloquium) |
| Place | Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada |
| Main Theme | Human Variation and Built Environments> |
Inter-Congress of the International Association of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Alan Bittles and Prof. Wei Wang |
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| Date | September 3-5, 2012 (2nd: registration and welcome reception) |
| Place | Beijing Convention Center, Beijing China |
| Main Theme | Adapting to life in Asian Mega-cities |
The 10th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Alan Bittles |
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| Date | September 9-12, 2010 (9th: registration and welcome reception) |
| Place | Esplanade Hotel Fremantle, Fremantle, Australia |
| Main Theme | Peoples and Places |
The 9th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Johan F.M. Molenbroek |
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| Date | August 22-26 , 2008 |
| Place | Delft, Netherlands |
| Main Theme | Human Diversity: Design for life |
The 8th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Masahiko Sato |
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| Date | October 9-14, 2006 |
| Place | Kenchoji, Kamakura, Japan (October 9-12) Kamakura Prince Hotel, Kamakura, Japan (October 13-14) |
| Main Theme | Exploratory Voyages on Humans as Biological, Social, and Cultural Beings |
The 7th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Dr. D. E. Crews |
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| Date | September 1-5, 2004 |
| Place | Hyatt on Capital Square, Columbus Ohio, USA |
| Topics | Physiological Adaptation, Variation and Environmental Interactions Over the Life Span Methodologies in the study of human physiological variation Physiological variation and adaptability over the life span Physiological adaptation and adaptability to industrial products Physiological variation in human made and natural environments |
The 6th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Dr. C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor |
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| Date | August 23-27, 2002 |
| Place | University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
| Topics | New methodologies in Physiological Anthropology Methods in the study of adaptability to physical and culturalenvironments Methods in the study of adaptability to industrial products Synthetic approaches to Physiological Anthropology |
The 5th International Congress on Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Dr. Jang Yeul Sohn |
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| Date | October 1-5, 2000 |
| Place | Academic Information Center (Main Library) of Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea |
| Topics | Interfacing physiological anthropology with environmental technology Man-made systems for building environmental controls Clothing for environmental adaptation Human health and comfort in living environment Toward healthy aging Physiological ergonomics |
The 4th International Congress on Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Dr. Pavao Rudan |
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| Date | September 6-10, 1998 |
| Place | Old Town City Hall, Zagreb, Croatia |
| Topics | Physiological anthropology Applied physiological anthropology in the 21st century Physio-anthropological evaluation of living environment Anthropology and oral medicine Physiological ergonomy Human chronobiology and physiological anthropology Alimentary anthropology Psychotherapy and psychophysiological parameters of self-regulation |
The 3rd International Congress on Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Dr. Hiromi Tokura |
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| Date | September 23-27, 1996 |
| Place | Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan |
| Topics | Thermal environment Physiological anthropology and living environment Exercise physiology and sports medicine Physiology and psychology Environmental physiology |
The 2nd International Congress on Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. Dr. Hans W. Jurgens |
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| Date | September 12-16, 1994 |
| Place | University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany |
| Topics | Physiological aspects of industrial design (Ergonomics and Methods) Thermal environment (Physiology, Activity and rest, and Methods) Clothing comfort Human factors (Physiology, Regional and Occupational Differences,Methods and Sociological aspects) Thermal manikins |
The 1st International Congress of Physiological Anthropology
| President | Prof. MD. Masaro Kaji |
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| Date | December 3-7, 1991 |
| Place | Nihondaigaku-Kaikan, Tokyo, Japan |
| Topics | Thermal environment (Physiological responses, Ethnic and age differences, Behavior and disease, comfort, Evaluations, Survey and Architecture) Morphological studies, Clothing, materials, manikins Human responses to exercises |