World Conferences

2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013

Wonca conducts three yearly world conferences, which attract large participation. The next world conference will be the 2010 World Conference in Cancun, Mexico. The 2013 World Conference will be in Prague, Czech Republic.

These are major occasions for family doctors to present papers, discuss issues, and enhance their professional networks.

For the Wonca Conference Calendar for 2007 – 2013 click here

2008 Regional Conferences

2008 Wonca Asia Pacific Regional - Melbourne Australia.

1st - 5th October 2008 hosted by the Royal Australian College of General Pracititioners.

Conference theme: ‘A Celebration of Diversity' exploring the wide ranging, all encompassing nature of our profession in providing primary care to our patients, communities and nations, in the multicultural city of Melbourne.

www.wonca2008.com


The Network: Towards Unity for Health 2008 conference

Adapting Health Services and Health Professions Education to Local Needs: Partnerships, Priorities and Passions.

Conference: September 27 - October 2, 2008
Conference co-host: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Sabana
Venue: Bogotá, Colombia

To view the conference website, click here.


Wonca Europe 2008 14th Regional Conference

Overcoming the distance - Family Practice, bringing the art of medicine to the people

Istanbul Convention and Exhibition centre, Turkey, September 4-7, 2008

www.woncaeurope2008.org/index.php/



2009 Regional Conferences

African Regional Conference - Family Medicine in the African Context

This conference has been postponed until autumn 2009.
1st - 4th March 2009, Johannesburg, South Africa


Iberoamericana – CIMF Regional Conference

23rd – 26th April 2009, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme to be confirmed


Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference

The theme of the conference is "Building Bridges". It is pivotal that a family doctor is the coordinator of care for the patient. In real life, a family doctor has to create communication channels or bridges between different sectors of the health care team. The role of a family doctor is reflected in the theme of the conference.

5th - 8th June 2009, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong SAR
www.wonca2009.org/


Europe Regional Conference

The Fascination of Complexity - Dealing with Individuals in a Field of Uncertainty

16th – 19th Sept 2009, Basel, Switzerland
www.congress-info.ch/wonca2009/home.php



2010 Regional Conferences

19th Wonca World Conference Cancun Mexico

Millennium Development Goals: the Contribution of Family Medicine

The Colegio Mexicano de Medicina Familiar invites you to join more than 6,000 international colleagues in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico on May 2010.

For the first time in the story of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), a country of Latin America will be the headquarters for a world event of this kind, the 19th Wonca World Conference of Family Doctors. Come and enjoy our incredible culture and the best hospitality.

This conference will spread the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs in our discipline. It will draw the attention of the family doctors from different parts for the world and will lead to the reflection on the technical and social role that Family Medicine must have to achieve the international goals that were proposed in the 2000 Millennium Summit: the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

19th - 23rd May 2010, Cancun, Mexico
www.wonca2010cancun.com/


Europe Regional Conference

October 2010, Malaga, Spain
Theme to be confirmed



2011 Regional Conferences

2011 Asia Pacific Regional Conference

Paradigms of Family Medicine: Bridging Old Traditions with New Concepts

February 2011, Cebu, Philippines



2013 Regional Conferences

20th Wonca World Conference Prague

Proposed theme: Family Medicine: Care for Generations

June 2013, Czech, Republic