Inter-Congress of the International Association of Physiological Anthropology
President
Prof. Alan Bittles and Prof. Wei Wang
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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