Conferences
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The Association holds international conferences every three or four years.

ITRA is pleased to announce that the 10th ITRA World Conference will be held 5-7 August, 2026 at Augsburg University in Augsburg, Germany.

Further details will be issued as they become available.


Information on previous conferences can be found below:

- 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


 

 

 

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