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A record of the Council’s meetings

Each meeting is recorded as a PDF, available to members below. The chronology runs from the most recent meeting backwards.

2026
Latest on record

Virtual

Virtual · 20 April 2026

PDFIAB Minutes 2026
Agenda · 6 items
  1. 01Janice Glime Award
  2. 02Awards committees organisation
  3. 03A new Editor and new horizons for the BDE
  4. 04Council member engagement
  5. 05Elections in 2027
  6. 06IAB Virtual meeting or lecture in 2026
2025
Agenda · 10 items
  1. 01Election Results
  2. 02Achievements since last Council Meeting
  3. 03Winners of the Awards for 2025
  4. 04Next IAB Conference in 2027
  5. 05Treasurers Report
  6. 06Website Update
  7. 07Update on BDE - New editor proposal
  8. 08BT Newsletter
  9. 09.Virtual Membership Card
  10. 10.IAB T-Shirt
2025
Agenda · 5 items
  1. 01Taiwan Conference Update
  2. 02Elections
  3. 03Bryological Times
  4. 04Conservation and Endangered Species Grants
  5. 05Future of BDE
2025
Agenda · 6 items
  1. 01Update for Taiwan meeting
  2. 02Updates for IAB elections
  3. 03Review of Awards Committees and Nominations
  4. 04Bryological Times Editor
  5. 05Project “prominent bryologist"
  6. 06Student membership forms
2024
Agenda · 5 items
  1. 012025 IAB Taïwan meeting
  2. 02Election process update
  3. 03Non-profit status update
  4. 04Bryological Times update
  5. 05BDE (Bryophyte diversity and Evolution) update
2024
Agenda · 5 items
  1. 01Election preparation
  2. 02Council organization
  3. 03IAB 2025 meeting in Taiwan planning
  4. 04Award Committee organization
  5. 05Report from treasurer
2024
Agenda · 5 items
  1. 01Project IBN (gathering regional and national lists)
  2. 02Bryological Times developme,y
  3. 03Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution
  4. 04Webmaster
  5. 05Divers
2021

[Meeting location]

Quebec, Canada (virtual) · 1 January 2021

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2019
Agenda · 12 items
  1. 01IAB council officer election
  2. 02IUCN red-listing workshop
  3. 03IAB 2019 awards
  4. 04IAB 2021 award committees
  5. 05IAB membership
  6. 06IAB revenue and budget
  7. 07IAB 2021 meeting
  8. 08Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution
  9. 09IAPT Names Registration Committee
  10. 10IAB website
  11. 11Bryological Times
  12. 12IAB social media strategy
Officers present
  • Bernard GoffinetPresident
  • David LongVice President
  • Matt von KonratSecretary-Treasurer
  • Dietmar QuandtCouncil Member
Council members
  • Isabel Draper
  • Juan Larraín
  • Rafael Medina
  • Michelle PriceMinutes
  • Catherine Reeb
  • Lars Söderström
  • Michael Stech
  • Juan Carlos Villarreal
Ad hoc
  • Irene BisangIUCN SSC Bryophyte Specialist Group
2017

[Meeting location]

Shenzhen, China · 1 January 2017

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2015

[Meeting location]

Puerto Williams, Chile · 1 January 2015

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2013

Natural History Museum

London, United Kingdom · 1 January 2013

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2011
Officers present
  • Dietmar Quandt
  • Matt von Konrat
  • Li Zhang
2009

[Meeting location]

South Africa · 1 January 2009

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2007

[Meeting location]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · 1 January 2007

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2005

[Meeting location]

Vienna, Austria · 1 January 2005

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2004

[Meeting location]

Mérida, Venezuela · 1 January 2004

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2001

[Meeting location]

Lucknow, India · 1 January 2001

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1995

[Meeting location]

Mexico City, Mexico · 1 January 1995

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1993

[Meeting location]

Yokohama, Japan · 1 January 1993

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1991

[Meeting location]

Exeter, United Kingdom · 1 January 1991

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1989

[Meeting location]

St. Louis, USA · 1 January 1989

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1989

[Meeting location]

Mont Rigi, Belgium · 1 January 1989

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1987

[Meeting location]

Berlin / Mainz, Germany · 1 January 1987

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1985

[Meeting location]

Vácrátót, Hungary · 1 January 1985

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1983

[Meeting location]

Tokyo, Japan · 1 January 1983

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1981

[Meeting location]

Sydney, Australia · 1 January 1981

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1980

[Meeting location]

Vancouver, Canada · 1 January 1980

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1979

[Meeting location]

Geneva, Switzerland · 1 January 1979

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1975

[Meeting location]

St. Petersburg · 1 January 1975

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1973

[Meeting location]

Boulder, USA · 1 January 1973

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Older meetings will appear here as their minutes are digitised.