A general meeting of the society members is held every two years at the biennial meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology.

These minutes are published in the society's newsletter in the fall following the meeting. An archive of the Newsletters can be found on the newsletter's webpage. Minutes from past meetings are posted below.

1986 - Albany, USA (Planning Meeting; Jerram Brown, Thomas Caraco, Christopher Barkam, David Steadman; 367 participants) - Meeting minutes
1988 - Vancouver, Canada (Mart Gross, Ron Ydenberg; 460 participants) - Meeting minutes
1990 - Uppsala, Sweden (Staffan Ulfstrand; 468 participants) - Meeting minutes
1992 - Princeton, USA (Dan Rubenstein, Peter Grant; 766 participants) - Meeting minutes
1994 - Nottingham, UK (Chris Barnard; 521 participants) - Meeting minutes
1996 - Canberra, Australia (Andrew Cockburn, Mark Elgar; 565 participants) - Meeting minutes
1998 - Asilomar, USA (Walt Koenig, Janis Dickinson; 588 participants) - Meeting minutes
2000 - Zurich, Switzerland (Paul Ward, Barbara Konig, Wolf Blanckenhorn, Paul Schmid-Hempel; 676 participants) - Meeting minutes
2002 - Montreal, Canada (Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Donald Kramer; 701 participants) - Meeting minutes
2004 - Jyväskylä, Finland (Rauno Alatalo, Taru-Maija Heilala, Janne Kotiaho, Johanna Mappes and Hannu Ylönen; 910 participants) - Meeting minutes
2006 - Tours, France (Marc Thery and Jerome Casas; 929 participants) - Meeting minutes
2008 - Cornell, USA (Sandra Vehrencamp, Jack Bradbury; 1095 participants) - Meeting minutes
2010 - Perth, Australia (Leigh Simmons; 736 participants) - Meeting minutes
2012 - Lund, Sweden (Anders Brodin; 876 participants) - Meeting minutes
2014 - New York, USA (Mark Hauber; 1065 participants) - Meeting minutes
2016 - Exeter, UK (Sasha Dall; 1205 participants) - Meeting minutes
2018 - Minneapolis, USA (Marlene Zuk; 569 participants) - Meeting minutes
2022 - Stockholm, Sweden (John Fitzpatrick; 714 in person and 61 online only participants) - Meeting minutes (see Newsletter Vol 34, issue 2, page 5)

ISBE conferences are held every two years and attract a lively mix of behavioral ecologists at all career stages from around the globe, offering excellent networking opportunities.

There is an exciting mixture of top-notch plenaries, topical symposia and great poster sessions presenting the latest research. An important event is the WD Hamilton Memorial Lecture, established by ISBE in 2000, and given by a particularly influential figure in the field of behavioural ecology. Blind (with respect to authorship!) reviewing of talk abstracts and help with travel for those in need - especially students - ensure the widest participation in the conference program. And as a break from the science there are mid-conference excursions and a well established football tournament - the hottest fixture in international football!

The 19th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress will be held 29 September – 4 October August 2024, in Melbourne, Australia.

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For information about available travel awards, view here.