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The 16th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology 2023

President Prof. Dr. Kamruddin Ahmed, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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