Past Conferences

Annual conferences have historically been held in the even years with the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and in odd years with ESOMAR. In 2012 WAPOR’s first annual conference outside of North America or Europe was held in Hong Kong. WAPOR is happy to announce that our annual conferences will now be held in a three-year cycle: with AAPOR in North America, in connection with the ESOMAR Congress in Europe, and in the third year in a new location. Due to COVID-19 the conferences in 2020 and 2021 were held virtually. Below are the locations (and some themes) of the past WAPOR annual conferences.

Year Location Theme Program
2024 Seoul, Republic of Korea The Soul of Public Opinion Research: Liberty, Quality and Humanity Program
2023 Vienna, Austria Public Opinion Research in a Technology-Driven World Program
2022 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 75 Years of Worldwide Public Opinion Research Program
2021 Virtual Conference Speaking Truth to Power: Public Opinion in a Time of Crisis Program
2020 Virtual Conference Public Opinion and Survey Research in Changing Times Program
2019 Toronto, Canada Public Opinion and Democracy Program
2018 Marrakesh, Morocco Public Opinion Research in a Changing World Program
2017 Lisbon, Portugal Public Opinion and Policy-making Program
2016 Austin, Texas, USA Public Opinion in Transition Program
2015 Buenos Aires, Argentina The Networks of Public Opinion: New Theories, New Methods
2014 Nice, France Extensible Public Opinion Research Program
2013 Boston, MA, USA Revolutions in the Measurement of World Public Opinion Program
2012 Hong Kong The New World of Public Opinion Research Program
2011 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Public Opinion and the Internet Program
2010 Chicago, IL, USA Opportunity through Diversity Program
2009 Lausanne, Switzerland Public Opinion and Survey Research in a Changing World Program
2008 New Orleans, LA, USA Polls for the Public Good Program
2007 Berlin, Germany Public Opinion and the Challenges of the 21st Century Program
2006 Montreal, Canada Confronting Core Values and Cultural Conflict Program
2005 Cannes, France Search for a New World Order—the Role of Public Opinion Program
2004 Phoenix, AZ, USA The Image of Public Opinion Research Program
2003 Prague, Czech Republic WAPOR 56th Annual Conference Program
2002 St. Petersburg, FL, USA Strengthening Our Community Program
2001 Rome, Italy
2000 Portland, OR, USA Facing the Challenges of the New Millennium Program
1999 Paris, France
1998 St. Louis, MO, USA Linking Us Together — Professionally, Personally, Intellectually, and Socially Program
1997 Edinburgh, Scotland 52th anual Conference Program
1996 Salt Lake City, UT, USA
1995 The Hague, The Netherlands
1994 Danvers, MA, USA Linking Us Together — Professionally, Personally, Intellectually, and Socially Program
1993 Copenhagen, Denmark
1992 St. Pete Beach, FL, USA Program
1991 Luxembourg Program
1990 Lancaster, PA, USA Program
1989 Stockholm, Sweden
1988 Toronto, Canada Program
1987 Montreux, Switzerland
1986 St. Pete Beach, FL, USA
1985 Wiesbaden, Germany
1984 Delavan, WI, USA
1983 Barcelona, Spain
1982 Hunt Valley, MD, USA
1981 Amsterdam
1980 King’s Island, OH, USA
1979 Brussels, Belgium
1978 Roanoake, VA, USA
1977 Oslo, Norway
1976 Asheville, NC, USA
1975 Montreux, Switzerland
1974 Lake George, NY, USA Program
1973 Budapest, Hungary
1972 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Program
1971 Helsinki, Finland
1970 Lake George, NY, USA Program
1969 Amsterdam
1968 Santa Barbara, CA, USA Program
1967 Vienna, Austria
1966 Swampscott, MA, USA Program
1965 Dublin, Ireland
1964 Excelsior Springs, MO, USA Program
1963 Lucerne, Switzerland
1962 Lake George, NY, USA
1961 Baden-Baden, Germany
1960 Atlantic City, NJ, USA Program
1959 Brighton, England
1958 Chicago, IL, USA)
1957 Goteborg, Sweden
1956 Buck Hills Falls, PA, USA Program
1955 Konstanz, Germany
1954 Asbury Park, NJ, USA Program
1953 Lausanne, Switzerland
1952 Buck Hills Falls, PA, USA
1951 London, UK
1950 Lake Forest, Illinois, USA Program
1949 Paris, France
1948 Eagle’s Mere, PA, USA