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