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IGDF Conferences<\/h3>

The IGDF Conference is the biennial international conference for guide dog professionals. It features a range of speakers, workshops, and plenary sessions on all aspects of the guide dog sector. It also includes a gala dinner and the awards ceremony for the Derek Freeman Scholarship, Ken Lord Award, and IGDF Dorothy Award. See the individual IGDF Awards page for further information about these awards, the nominations process, and lists of previous winners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Next Conference<\/h3>

IGDF is please to announce it’s next face-to-face conference will be held Thursday 19th<\/sup> \u2013 Sunday 22nd<\/sup> June 2025 at Warwick University Conference Centre, United Kingdom in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>

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Presentation Library<\/h3>

IGDF is in the process of developing a library of presentations including those delivered at previous Seminars. This resource is available to all IGDF Members, Affiliates, Applicant Organisations and Enquiring Organisations and can be found here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Previous Conferences<\/h3>

1973<\/strong>: Cannes, France (IMC Conference)<\/em>
1976<\/strong>: London, UK (IMC Conference)<\/em>
1983<\/strong>: Vienna, Austria (IMC Conference)<\/em>
1986<\/strong>: Wokingham, UK (Working Group to establish International Guide Dog Federation)<\/em>
1988<\/strong>: Wokingham, UK (Working Group to establish International Guide Dog Federation)<\/em>
1990<\/strong>: Royal Leamington Spa, UK
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind Association<\/em>
1992<\/strong>: Reading, UK
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind Association<\/em>
1994<\/strong>: Reading, UK
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind Association<\/em>
1995<\/strong>: Reading, UK
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind Association<\/em>
1996<\/strong>: Clermont-Ferrand, France
Hosted by French Federation of Guide Dog Associations (FFAC)<\/em>
1998<\/strong>: San Rafael, USA
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind, USA<\/em>
2000<\/strong>: Warwick, UK
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
2002:<\/strong> Seoul, South Korea
Hosted by\u00a0Samsung Guide Dog School
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2004<\/strong>: Lenk, Switzerland
Hosted by VBM Blindenhundeschule<\/em>
2006:<\/strong> New York, USA\u00a0
Hosted by Guide Dog Foundation, Guiding Eyes, and The Seeing Eye, USA<\/em>
2008<\/strong>: London, UK
Hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind Association<\/em>
2010<\/strong>: Ottawa, Canada
Hosted by Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind<\/em>
2012<\/strong>: Paris, France
Hosted by The French Federation of Guide Dog Associations<\/em>
2014<\/strong>: Tokyo, Japan
Hosted by Japan Guide Dog Association<\/em>
2016<\/strong>: Hvar, Croatia
Hosted by Croatian Guide Dog and Mobility Association
<\/em>2018<\/strong>: Sydney, Australia
Hosted by Guide Dogs Australia
<\/em>2020: <\/strong>Prague, Czech Republic*
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