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Conferences‍ ‍

ITRA holds international conferences every 3-4 years.

We are pleased to announce that the 11th ITRA World Conference will be held 7-9 August, 2029 at Kolding School of Design in Kolding, Denmark. The Call for Papers will be available in 2028.

Past conferences:

  • 2026 10th World Conference - The Zeitgeist in Toys & Games - Augsburg, Germany.

  • 2023 9th World Conference – Toys Matter: The Power of Playthings – Rochester, USA.

  • 2018 8th World Conference – Toys and Material Culture: Hybridisation, Design and Consumption – Paris, France.

  • 2014 7th World Conference – Toys as Language and Communication – Braga, Portugal.

  • 2011 6th World Conference – Toys and Learning in Different Cultures – Bursa, Turkey.

  • 2008 5th World Conference – Toys and Culture – Nafplion, Greece.

  • 2005 4th World Conference – Play, toys and innovation – Alicante, Spain.

  • 2002 3rd World Conference – Toys, Games and Media – London, United Kingdom.

  • 1999 2nd World Conference – Toys as Communication – Halmstad, Sweden.

  • 1996 1st World Conference – Toys in Educational and Sociocultural Contexts – Halmstad, Sweden.

  • 1993 Founding meeting of ITRA – Netherlands