Bonsai Conventions, Symposia, Demo/Workshops, & Exhibitions, Part II
THE  CONVENTIONS,  SYMPOSIA,  DEMOS,  WORKSHOPS,  &   EXHIBITIONS,   PART II


A typical convention might include demonstrations (identified below as "demo"), workshops (identified below as "work"), lectures (identified below as "lect"),
exhibition, banquet, awards, silent auction, vendor area and bazaar, business meeting, tours of local enthusiasts' collections, tours of local cultural interest.

Exhibitions of bonsai usually do not include any significant lectures or demonstrations.

This is by no means an exhaustive list.
There have been many other congregations, often held at the same location year after year.
Here we have what have been among the largest and most internationally attended gatherings
at differing sites.
If you are aware of missing information in this listing or feel that another group's conventions and exhibitions
should be included here, please e-mail rjb@phoenixbonsai.com with as many details as possible.

This list was compiled from material found in the assorted specialty magazines (advertisements and articles before and after the conventions),
convention brochures, books, and web sites.  Special thanks to Solita D. Tafur Rosade (FELAB), Arthur Joura (The North Carolina Arboretum),
Joy Williams and Kath Hughes (FoBBS), Delyse Upton (ABBA), and Cat Nelson (MABE)
for their valuable input and corrections.

Also, profound thanks go out to all the unnamed committee chairpersons and behind-the-scenes helpers
without whom none of these educating and entertaining functions would have been possible.

Last Updated: July 6, 2010


The following is a listing of known recurring conventions and exhibitions.

AFRICAN  BONSAI  CONVENTION   (ABC)

AMERICAN  BONSAI  SOCIETY   (ABS)

ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI  &  SUISEKI  EXHIBITION  and  CONVENTION  (ASPAC)

ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIAN BONSAI CLUBS LTD.   (AABC Ltd)

ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH BONSAI ARTISTS   (ABBA)

BEST  OF  BRITISH  BONSAI   (BoBB)

BONSAI  CLUBS  INTERNATIONAL   (BCI)

BONSAI  SLOVAKIA  INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI , SUISEKI  and  TEA  EXHIBITION   (BSIBSTCE)

BONSAI  SOCIETIES  OF  FLORIDA   (BSF)

BONSAIAUTUMN   (BA)

BRUSSELS  BONSAI  RENDEZVOUS   (BBR)

CAROLINA  BONSAI  EXPO   (CBE)

CHINESE  NATIONAL  PENJING  CONVENTION  and  EXHIBITION   (CNPCE)

EUROPEAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (EBA)

FEDERATION  of  BRITISH  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)

FEDERATION  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)

GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)

INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI  ARBORETUM   (IBA)

INTERNATIONAL  STONE  APPRECIATION  SYMPOSIUM   (ISAS)

INTERNATIONAL  STONE  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION   (ISCA)

KOREAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION
(Korean  Bonsai  Growers  Cooperative)   (KBA)


MALAYSIA  BONSAI  AND  SUISEKI  EXHIBITION  and  COMPETITION   (MBSEC)

MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  ALLIANCE   (MABA)

MID-AMERICA  BONSAI  EXHIBIT   (MABE)

MIDATLANTIC  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (MABS)

PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (PNBCA)

PHILIPPINE  BONSAI  SOCIETY  INC.  OPEN  EXHIBITION  and  COMPETITION   (PBSI)

SOUTH  AFRICAN  BONSAI  CONVENTION   (SABC)

TAIWAN  BONSAI  CREATOR  ASSOCIATION   (TBCA)

UNIONE  BONSAISTI  ITALIANI  CONGRESS   (UBI)

U.  S.  NATIONAL  BONSAI  EXHIBITION   (USNBA)

WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)


BCI  CALENDAR  OF  EVENTS


ELEVEN  BEST  JAPANESE  BONSAI  EXHIBITS

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CAROLINA  BONSAI  EXPO   (CBE)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1996 Oct. 19 - 20 Asheville, NC
Dan Chiplis
1997 Oct. 11 - 12 Asheville, NC
2nd Annual Expo
Peter Adams
1998 Oct. 10 - 11 Asheville, NC
3rd Annual Expo
Susumu Nakamura
1999 Oct. 9 - 10 Asheville, NC
4th Annual Expo
David DeGroot
2000 Oct. 14 - 15 Asheville, NC
5th Annual Expo
Chase and Solita Rosade
2001 Oct. 13 - 14 Asheville, NC
6th Annual Expo
Walter Pall, Jim Doyle
2002 Oct. 12 - 13 Asheville, NC
7th Annual Expo
Harry Tomlinson
2003 Oct. 11 - 12 Asheville, NC
8th Annual Expo
Rodney Clemons
2004 Oct. 9 - 10 Asheville, NC
9th Annual Expo
Qingquan Zhao
2005 Oct. 8 - 9 Asheville, NC
10th Annual Expo
Dan Robinson
2006 Oct. 14 - 15 Asheville, NC
11th Annual Expo
13 clubs from 6 states now participating; William N. Valavanis, Terri Ellis Todd, Jim Doyle,
2007 Oct. 13 - 14 Asheville, NC
12th Annual Expo
Brussel Martin
2008 Oct. 11 - 12 Asheville, NC
13th Annual Expo
Peter Adams
2009 Oct. 10 - 11 Asheville, NC
14th Annual Expo
Kathy Shaner, Sibbie Wilson, Terri Todd, Harold Johnson, Jim Doyle, John Geanangel and Ken Duncan,
2010 Oct. 9 - 10 Asheville, NC
15th Annual Expo

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CHINESE  NATIONAL  PENJING  CONVENTION  and  EXHIBITION   (CNPCE)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1985 Sept. Shanghai
1st Exhibition

1986
none



1987
none



1988
none



1989

2nd Exhibition

1990
none



1991
none



1992
none



1993

3rd Exhibition

1994
none



1995
none



1996
none



1997

4th Exhibition

1998
none



1999
none



2000
none



2001

5th Exhibition

2002
none



2003
none



2004
none



2005



2006



2007



2008



2009



2010



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EUROPEAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION   (EBA)

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1984 April 28 - 29 Mannheim, Germany
19 countries represented; John Naka (California, USA), Paul Lesniewicz (Germany) headlined; Peter Brown (UK) elected president, Marc de Beule (Belgium) secretary, and Cees Doppenderg (Germany) treasurer.
1985
Appeldorn, Holland

1986
Valencia, Spain

1987
Birmingham, England
Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands)
1988
Heidelberg, Germany

1989
Nantes, France

1990
Turin, Italy
Masahiko Kimura (Japan)
1991
Lensburg, Switzerland
Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands, demo)
1992 May 22 - 24 Luxembourg
Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Dorothy and Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), Satoru Hanya, Marc Noelanders, Chye Hock Tan, Hotsumi Terekawa (Netherlands); the European Suiseki Association was born at this convention
1993
Zoetermeer, Holland
Deborah Koreshoff (Australia, demo)
1994 Oct. 21 - 23 Valencia, Spain
Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato, Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane (Japan), Dan Barton, Horst Krekeler (Germany), Massimo Bandera, Pep Ferrer, Felipe Recio, Luis Vallejo, Jose Villaescusa, Jorge Penalba, Peter Adams, Jesus Revuelta, Sebastian Fernandez
1995 June 9 - 11 Monaco
Noboru Keneko, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Ben Oki (California, USA), Gilbert Labrid, Ramsey Kinany, Shinji Suzuki, Giovanni Genotti, Marc Noelanders, Phillippe Schultz
1996 May 23 - 27 München, Germany
Hideo Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Dan Barton, Lorenzo Agnioletti, Gijs Meboer, Walter Pall, Gerhard Voderwuelbecke, Michael Wilhelm
1997 May 1 - 4 Bruges, Belgium
Demonstrators from 10 countries.
1998 June 18 - 21 Fermo, Italy
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Hideo Suzuki, Arishige Matsuura
1999 July 30 - August 1 Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Marc Noelanders, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Luis Vallejo, Kevin Wilson, Martin Bradder, Wendy Carpenter, Gill Duxbury Taylor, Terry Foster, John Hanby, Dave Prescott, Mike Sullivan, Tony Tickle, Hans Van Meer
2000 Apr. 28 - May 1 Arco, Trentino, Italy
Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands); Lorenzo Agnoletti, Michele Andolfo, Adriano Bonini, Patrizia Capellaro (Italy), Aldo Cipollini Carlo, Cetorelli, Donato Danisi, Michele Invernizzi, Salvatore  Liporace (Italy), Andrea Parolari Emilio Melloni, Sandro Segneri, Gaetano Settembrini, Alfiero Suardi, Ken Ziliani; Prof. Augusto Marchesini, C. Padrini, Danilo Bonacchi, Prof. Ferruccio Poli
2001 May 31 - June 4 München, Germany
In conjunction w/WBFF
2002 May 25 - 26 Trévarez, France
Philippe Manquant (France), Willi Benz (Germany), Georges Pons (France), Gilbert Labrid (France), Michele Andolfo (Italy), Mrs. Gill Taylor-Duxburry (UK), François Jeker (France), Oscar Roncari, Alain Arnaud (France), Alexander Kennedy (UK), Thierry Font (France), JM. Guillaumond (France), Raymond Claerr, Jürgen Zaar (Germany), Patrice Bongrand (France), Serge Clemence, Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Dirk Mellemans (Belgium), Martin Nielsen (Denmark), Vaclav Novak (Czech), Teunis Jan Klein (Netherlands), Tony Tickle (UK), A. Torres Vazquez
2003 May 29 - June 1 Jihlava, Czech Republic
Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Sae Won Kim (Korea)
2004 May 28 - 30 San Marino
In conjunction w/Unione Bonsaisti Italiani & European Suiseki Association; Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Thierry Quinchon, Enrico Savini, Willy Benz, Lorenzo Agnoletti, Valerio Gianotti, Sandro Segneri, Marco Invernizzi., Terry Foster, Carlos Van der Vaart, Roberto Colombini, Mirko Tedeschi
2005 May 6 - 8 Arco, Italy

2006
Apr. 28 - May 1
Castle Ksiaz, Walbrzych, Poland

Marc Moelanders, Salvatore Liporace, Vaclav Novak, Marco Invernizzi, Jurgen Zaar, Serge Clemence
2007
May 17-20
Thermae Palace, Oostende, Belgium

Patrizia Capellaro (Italy, art), Dirk Mellemans (B, demo), Carlos van der Vaart (NL, demo), Jean-Bernard Gallais (FR, demo), Klaus Buddig (DK, demo), Sarka Jasenska (CZ, demo), Walter Pall (D, moderator, demo), Thierry Quinchon (B, demo), Marc De Beule (B, demo), Xec Fernandez (E, demo), Takeo Kawabe (demo) with moderator Hotsumi Terakawa; Marianne Vervaet (calligraphy), Anita Sevenoo (ikebana); Mr. Su (Taiwan, lect: pottery), W. Benz (Germany, lect: suiseki), M. Remeggio (Italy, lect: display), Takeo Kawabe and European Students from the Belgian Kawabe School with moderator Danny Use.
2008
Apr. 25-27
Vienna, Austria

Adriano Bonini (Italy), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Walter Pall (Germany), Willi Benz (Germany), Adriano Bonini (Italy), Vaclav Novak (Czech Rep.).
2009
March 6 - 8
Lorca/Murcia, Spain

Luis Vallejo (E), Philip Recio (E), David Benavente (E), Gabriel Romero (E), Antoni Payeras (E), Jaime Canals (E), Erasmo García (E), Santi Galan (E), Kevin Wilson (GB), Sebastián Fernandez (E), Jorge Campos (E), Jesus Quintas (E), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Kevin Wilson (GB), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), François Jeker (France), David Benavente (E), Pilar Gillen (E), Rafael Monje (E), Takeo Kawabe (Japan).
2010 June 11 - 13
Zürich, Switzerland
Michele Andolfo (Italy), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Enrico Savini (Italy), Won Dong Cho (Korea), John Armitage (UK).

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FEDERATION  OF  BRITISH  BONSAI  SOCIETIES   (FoBBS)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1981 Sept. 26 - 27 Keele University, Straffordshire (near Manchester), England
Over 250 attendees; Humphrey Welch (lect: seeds and cuttings), Dr. Peter Brown (slide lect: "Cultural Origin and Horticultural Background of Bonsai"), Dan Barton (demo-lect: pines & lect: Scots pine), Peter Adams (demo: Scots pine), Victor Woodward (lect: suiseki), Lucille Lee Roberts (lect: "Digs, Demonstrations and Shows")  [See Also: "The Start of a New British Tradition" by Lucille Lee Roberts, Bonsai, BCI, Vol. XXI, No. 3, April 1982, pp. 86-87, with 1 b&w photo by Robert Burgess]
1982
none



1983 Apr. 16 - 17 Staffordshire, England
Harry Tomlinson, Dan Barton, Peter Adams
1984
none



1985 Sept. Nottingham University

1986 July


1987



1988



1989 August Brighton
Over 300 delegates; over 1500 members of the public attended the Bonsai Exhibition; Mitsuo Masui, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, Peter Adams, Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Marian Borchers
1990



1991 July 26 - 28 Birmingham, England
Over 600 attendees; joint BCI/FoBBS; Hideo and Shigeo Kato, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Peter Adams, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, John Naka (California, USA), Dan Robinson (Washington, USA), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Colin Lewis, Craig Coussins (Scotland), Jim McCorragh, Mike Street, Bill Jordan, Suchin-Ee, Charlotte Dalamira, George Davis
1992



1993 Sept. 24 - 26 Guernsey, Channel Islands

1994



1995



1996 June 22 - 23 Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon, Wilts, England
Harry Tomlinson
1997 April 25 - 27 Bournemouth, UK
Peter Adams, Gerhard Voderwulbecke, Rodney Clemons, Nobuyuki Kajiwara
1998 May 29 - June 1 Plymouth, UK
Icio Ishi, Toshikane Kondo, Joe Harris III, Corin Tomlinson
1999



2000 June 10 - 11 Margam Park, South Wales, UK
Kevin Wilson, Craig Coussins (Scotland)

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FEDERATIÓN  LATINO  AMERICANA  de  BONSAI   (FELAB)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1994 April San Juan, PR
First Latin American Bonsai Encounter
Eight countries represented; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA)
1995
none



1996
none



1997 March 12 - 14 Cali, Columbia
Second Encounter
Hatsuji Kato (Japan), Kayuza Morita (Japan)
1998
none



1999 June 17 - 20 Castries, St. Lucia, W.I
Third Encounter
Ben Oki (California, USA), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico)
2000
none



2001 June 22 - 23 Panama City, Panama
Fourth Encounter
Luis Vallejo, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Guy Guidry (Louisiana, USA), Beatriz Botero; Edgar Castrellon, Migdalia de Endara, Amalia Membreño, Gloria de Mollah, Dicky Bennett, Juan Monterrey
2002
none



2003 Oct. 29 - Nov. 2 Caracas, Venezuela
Fifth Encounter
Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Qingquan Zhao (China)
2004
none



2005 July 6-10 Martinique
Sixth Congress
The first Contest "New Talent FELAB" and workshops by international bonsai artists Salvatore Liporace (Italie), Milagros Rauber & Luis-Ricardo Garcia-Gomez (Venezuela), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), François Jeker & Alain Arnaud (France), Yasushi Oonuma (Japan), Renée-Paule Yung-Hing, Charles Bastol & Xénio Baron (Martinica)
2006
none



2007 July 11-15 San Juan, Puerto Rico
Seventh Congress
In conjunction w/BCI; Shinji Suzuki (Japan), Marco Innervezzi (Italy), David Benavente (Spain), William N. Valavanis (USA), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand/USA), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Milagros Rauber (Venezuela), Yrene Vásquez (Venezuela/Puerto Rico), Sean Smith (USA), Xénio Baron (Martinique), Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Robert Martínez (Puerto Rico), Tammy Kovar (USA)
2008 November 5-9 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Eighth Congress
Kunio Kobayashi, D. Pedro Morales, Walter Pall, Damián Carlini, Martín Erculiani, Alejandro Sartori, Omar Dominguez, Wan Siao Fen
2009 July 7-13 Puerto Rico
In conjunction w/WBFF
2010 November 24-28 Merida Yucatan, Mexico
Solita T.D. Rosade (Chairman World Bonsai Friendship Federation), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Alejandro Bedini (Chile), Robert Stevens (Indonesia), Robert Kempinski (USA), Guillermo Castaño (Mexico), Václav Novák (Czech Republic), Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Nelson Hernández (Puerto Rico), Erik Wigert (USA), Luká Sirotný (Czech Republic), Enrique Castano (Mexico), Pauline Muth (USA)

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GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1978 November Berkeley

1979 Nov. 16 - 18 Newport Beach

1980 Nov. 7 - 9 Sacramento
"Follow the Footsteps to Sacramento"
Toshio Saburomaru, Ben Oki and Harry Hirao, Dan Robinson, Bob Kato
1981 Nov. 13 - 15 San Diego
John Naka, Khan Komai, David Andrews, Warren Hill, Jim Barrett, Mas Takanashi, Roy Nagatoshi, Ko Tsushima
1982 Nov. 5 - 7 San José
Tom Yamamoto; Susanne Barrymore, Warren Hill, Khan Komai, Melba Tucker, Mitsuo Umehara, Terry Ward
1983 Nov. 4 - 6 Long Beach

1984 Nov. 2 - 4 Oakland
"Bonsai by the Bay"
Yasuji Matsuda (Japan, demo), Katsumi Kinoshita (demo), Toshio Saburomaro (demo & work); Khan Komai (work), Jim Barrett (work), Melba Tucker (work), Roy Nagatoshi (work), Harry Hirao (work), Terry Ward (work), Ben Oki (work), Mas Imazumi (work), Sandy Planting (work)
1985 Nov. 8 - 10 Palm Springs
Dan Barton and John Naka
1986 Nov. 21 - 23 Monterey
Yasuo Mitsuya, William N. Valavanis
1987 Nov. 5 - 8 Anaheim
Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Susumu Sudo, John Naka
1988 Oct. 27 - 30 Santa Rosa
Masamitsu Kubota, Kihachiro Kamiya, John Naka
1989


(none in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya)
1990 Nov. 1 - 4 Burlingame
"Soaring with Bonsai"
Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Mas Imazumi
1991 Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 San Diego
"Bonsai Fiesta"
Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), John Naka, Ben Oki, Harry Hirao, John Naka
1992 Nov. 5 - 8 Sacramento
"Bonsai, A Capital Celebration"
Chase Rosade, Hiroshi Suzuki, Kathy Shaner
1993 Nov. 4 - 7 Irvine
"A Bonsai Jamboree"
John Naka, Joe Harris, Hiroshi Suzuki, Warren Hill; Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Susanne Barrymore, Roy Nagatoshi, John Uchida, Dave DeGroot, Dennis Makashima, Pat Brodie, Ted Matson, Larry Ragle, Lindsay Shiba, Ed Murakami
1994 Nov. 3 - 6 San José
Joint BCI/GSBF; delegates from 9 countries; John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Yuji Yoshimura, Kihachiro Kamiya, Masamitsu Kubota; Melba Tucker, Mas Imazumi, Mike Page, Sandy Planting, Roy Nagatoshi, Dennis Makishima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Cheryl Manning, Mel Ikeda, Harry Hirao
1995 Nov. 2 - 5 Pasadena
"Bonsai: The Art of Dedication"

1996 Nov. 7 - 10 Sacramento
"Sacramento With a Difference"
Suisho Nakayama (Japan), William N. Valavanis (New York, USA)
1997 Nov. 6 - 9 San Diego
"Bonsai Making Waves"
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), David DeGroot (Washington, USA)
1998 Nov. 5 - 8 San José
"The Evolution of Bonsai"
Headliners: Tohru Suzuki and Shinji Suzuki; Kathy Shaner, Roy Nagatoshi, Boon Manakitivipart, Sandy Planting, John Thompson, Jim Gremel
1999 Nov. 11 - 14 Anaheim
"Bonsai Art thru Millennia"
Headliners: Marc Noelanders, Gary Marchal, John Naka; Harry Hirao, Mas Imazumi, Mas Ishii, Boon Manakitivipart, Dennis Makishima, Ben Oki, Lindsay Shiba
2000 Nov. 3 - 6 Oakland
"Bonsai -- Bearing Fruit"
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan); John Boyce, Pat Brodie, Fred & Dolly Fassio, George Fujita, Jim Gremel, Ruben Guzman, Harry Hirao, Mas Imazumi, Dennis Makishima, Boon Manakitivipart, Ted Matson, Sandy Planting, Kathy Shaner, Johnny Uchida, Thin Vu
2001 Nov. 2 - 5 Woodland Hills
"Bonsai Odyssey"
John Naka, Harry Hirao, Ben Oki, Kathy Shaner, Ted Matson, Kenji Miyata (Japan)
2002 Oct. 17 - 20 Sacramento
"Look at us -- Now"
300 registrants from 70 California clubs and societies and visitors from out of state; Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan, demo: reworked some of his long-ago previously designed trees plus new material ); Mary Miller (work: tropical), Mel Ikeda (lect-demo: collecting), Kathy Shaner, Dennis Makishima, Cheryl Manning, Boon Manakitivipart, John Thompson (work: cork oak), Doug Philips (work: olive), Steven Faulk (work: styrax), Valerie Monroe (work: flowering quince)
2003 Oct. 30 - Nov. 2 Fresno
"Bonsai California Style"
Shinji Suzuki, Walter Pall, Ben Oki, Hideko Metaxas
2004 Nov. 3-4 Santa Rosa
Harunobu Tokita (Japan), Yousuki Omizo (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Mel Ikeda, William Valavanis, Boon Manikitivipart, Hideko Metaxas, Sean Smith
2005 Nov. 3-6 Anaheim
"The Magic of Bonsai"
John Thompson, Doug Phillips and Joel Pasco (work: grape dig); Kathy Benson (work), Jim Gremel (work), Doug Phillips (work), Ted Matson (work, tree critique, demo: group planting), Greg Brenden (work), Paul De Rose (work); Marco Invernizzi (tree critique; demo: prostrata juniper), Cheng Kung Cheng (tree critique, demo: carving on a San Jose juniper; work), Larry Ragle (suiseki critique); Dolly/Fred Fassio (work), John Thompson (work, demo: oak), Cindy Reed (work), Dennis Makishima (work; seminar: deciduous pruning & care); Ben Oki (tree critique; demo: old prostrata juniper; work), Tak Shimazu (demo: California juniper), Suthin Sukosolvisit (demo: Hinoki cypress & shohin; work), Kenji Miyata (demo: black pine; work), Cheryl Manning (demo: twisted pomegranate with Japanese technique), Min Hsuan Lo (demo: ficus; tree critique; work),  Ed Nakanishi (demo: large rock planting from Hawaii; work), Mary Madison (demo: bald cypress; work), William N. Valavanis (lecture & slide show)
2006 Nov. 2-5 Sacramento
"Bonsai by the River"
Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Kathy Shaner, Lindsay Shiba
2007 Oct. 31 - Nov. 4 Anaheim
"Bonsai Buccaneers"
Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Warren Hill, Kathy Shaner, Pedro Morales; Harry Hirao, Ted Matson, Cary Sullivan-Valentine, Mel Ikeda, Bill Castellon, Steve Valentine, Bob Hilvers, Lindsay Shiba, Phil Tacktill, Janet Wanerka, Susanne Barrymore, Larry and Nina Ragle, Cindy Read
2008 Oct. 29 - Nov. 2 Modesto
"Trees of Dreams"
Boon Manakitivipart, Martin Schmalenberg, Takashi Shimazu, Ted Matson, Steve Valentine, Scott Chadd, Peter Adams, Mel Ikeda, John Thompson, Johnny Uchida, Steve Vallentine, Al Keppler, Cary Sullivan Vallentine, Sam Adina, Al Nelson, Bob Shimon, and Richard McKinstry
2009 Nov. 5 - 8 Riverside
"A Southwest Bonsai Journey"
Roy Nagatoshi (work: shohin twisted pomegranate amd critique and demo), Fred Miyahara (work: Japanese black pine), Kathy Shaner (seminar and demo and work: Foemina juniper and critique), Al Nelson (seminar), Dan Robinson (works: bougainvillea carving and Japanese black pine and critique), Mel Ikeda (work: cork bark elm), Lindsay Shiba (work: shohin Japanese boxwood), Larry Ragle (seminar), Mas Ishii (work: kishu shimpaku), John Thompson (work: Chinese quince), Tak Shimazu (work: Itoigawa shimpaku), Bob Hilvers (work: Kingsville boxwood), Peter Adams (seminar and critique), Kathy Benson (work: Mexican lime), Jim Gremel (work: Chinese quince), Peter Tea (work: Hokkaido elm), Ann Erb (work: trident maple)
2010 Oct. 28 - 31 Santa Clara
"New Face of Bonsai"
Harry Hirao, Kats Kinoshita, Kathy Shaner, John Thompson, Peter Tea, Boon Manakitivipart, Ted Matson, Gordon Deeg, Jim Gremel, Valerie Monroe

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INTERNATIONAL  BONSAI  ARBORETUM   (IBA)


YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1981 Sept. 12 - 13 Rochester, NY
"Fruiting Bonsai"
Over 160 fanciers from 15 states and 2 Canadian provinces attended; William N. Valavanis, William Breiten, Doris W. Froning, Marion Gyllenswan, F. Chase Rosade, Lynn K. Porter, Keith B. Scott, Jerald P. Stowell, David Andrews
1982 Sept. 11 - 12 Rochester, NY
"Elm Bonsai"
F. Chase Rosade, Lynn Porter, Lynn Perry Alstadt, Keith B. Scott, William Breiten, Marion Gyllenswan, Marian Borchers, William N. Valavanis
1983 Sept. 10 - 11 Rochester, NY
"Pine Bonsai"
Lynn Perry Alstadt, David L. Andrews, Harriet A. Henderson, Kenneth W. Mudge, Richard K. Ota, Keith B. Scott, Donald P. Torppa, William N. Valavanis
1984 Sept. 8 - 9 Rochester, NY
"Juniper Bonsai"
150 registrants; William N. Valavanis, Keith B. Scott, Donald P. Torppa, George L. Good, John Y. Naka, Lynn K. Porter, Lynn Perry Alstadt, F. Chase Rosade
1985 Sept. 7 - 8 Rochester, NY
"Maple Bonsai"
Nearly 200 registrants from Canada, Trinidad, and throughout the U.S.; Louis D. Albright, Robert F. Drechsler, Marion Gyllenswan, Tony Mihalic, F. Chase Rosade, J. D. Vertrees, William N. Valavanis
1986 Sept. 6 - 7 Rochester, NY
"Bonsai Design"
Over 200 registrants; William N. Valavanis, Arnold J. Copeland, Mikio Oshima, John Y. Naka, Harvey B. Carapella, Jack Billet, F. Chase Rosade
1987 Sept. 12 - 13 Rochester, NY
"Forest Bonsai"
Over 200 registrants; Tony and Frank Mihalic, Harry Tomlinson (UK), Marion Gyllenswan, William N. Valavanis, Harvey B. Carapella, Jack Billet
1988
Rochester, NY
"Unusual Bonsai"

1989
Rochester, NY
"Magic Bonsai"

1990
Rochester, NY
"Rock Planting"

1991
Rochester, NY
"Collected Bonsai"
John Biel, Reiner Goebel, Nick Lenz, Dan Robinson, Harold Sasaki, Yuji Yoshimura, William N. Valavanis
1992
Rochester, NY
"Maple Bonsai"

1993
Rochester, NY
"Conifer Bonsai"

1994
Rochester, NY
"Deciduous Bonsai"

1995
Rochester, NY
"Pine Bonsai"

1996
Rochester, NY
"Literati & Cascade Bonsai"

1997 Sept. 5 - 7 Rochester, NY
"Blossoming Bonsai"
People representing 20 states, Germany, Columbia, the Netherlands, and Canada were in attendance; Arthur Skolnik, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), William N. Valavanis, Chase Rosade, Jane Nelson, Bruce Baker, Joe Harris
1998 Sept. 11 - 13 Rochester, NY
"Landscape Bonsai"
135 people attended; Qingquan Zhao (China), Karen Albert, William N. Valavanis, Masahiro Furukawa, Rodney Clemon, Brussel Martin
1999 Sept. 10 - 12 Rochester, NY
"Pine Bonsai"
Julian R. Adams, Joe Harris, Dennis Makishima, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosolvisit, William N. Valavanis
2000
Rochester, NY
"Millennium Bonsai"

2001
Rochester, NY
"Contemporary Bonsai"

2002
Rochester, NY
"Deciduous Bonsai II"

2003 Sept. 5 - 7 Rochester, NY
"Collected Bonsai II"
Shinji Suzuki (Japan, demo: shaping collected juniper & work: Rocky Mountain juniper, critique), John Biel (Canada, demo: refining collected slippery elm & work), Andrew Smith (South Dakota, demo: creating Phoenix graft spruce on Rocky Mountain juniper driftwood & work), Boon Manikitivipart (California, demos: shaping collected pine & works: Black Hills spruce & Ponderosa pine, critique), William N. Valavanis (New York, demo: enhancing collected bonsai), Hideo Metaxas (California, demo: the art of bonsai display, critique).  BCI Board and annual meetings on Sept. 4 at this alternative program to the cancelled Taipei, Taiwan BCI Convention.
2004 Sept. 10 - 12 Rochester, NY
"Cultivated Bonsai"
Kenji Miyata, Colin Lewis, Fred Miyahara, Pedro J. Morales, Doug Philips, Donald P. Torppa, Wm. N. Valavanis
2005 Sept. 9 - 11 Rochester, NY
"'Unyewsual' Bonsai"
Dale Cochoy, Yasuo Mitsuya, Martin Schmalenberg, Kathy Shaner, Arthur Skolnik, William N. Valavanis
2006 Sept. 8 - 10 Rochester, NY
"Blossoming Bonsai"
Harvey Carapella, Kora Dalager, David Kreutz, Colin Lewis, Kathy Shaner, Sean Smith, Wm. N. Valavanis
2007 Sept. 6 - 9 Rochester, NY
"Shohin Bonsai"
Paul Goff (England), Kenji Miyata (Japan), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Arthur Skolnik (Canada); Suthin Sukolosvisit, Michael Hagedorn, Doris Froning, Julian Adams, Harvey Carapella, Dale Cochoy, Jim Doyle, David Kreutz, Robert Mahler, Sean Smith, and William N. Valavanis
2008 Sept. 4 - 7 Rochester, NY
"Deciduous Bonsai featuring Maples"
Peter D. Adams, David Easterbrook, Arthur Joura, Brussel Martin, Matt Ouwinga, Suthin Sukolosvist, Wm. N. Valavanis
2009 Sept. 10 - 13 Rochester, NY
"Shohin II Bonsai"
Nobuichi Urushibata (Japan), Peter Warren (England), Julian Adams, Harvey Carapella, Sean Smith, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Erik Wigert, Jack Wickle, Wm. N. Valavanis
2010 Sept. 9 - 12 Rochester, NY
"North American Bonsai"
David Easterbrook, Mary Madison, Ryan Neil, Martin Schmalenberg, Wm. N. Valavanis

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INTERNATIONAL  STONE  APPRECIATION  SYMPOSIUM  (ISAS)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
2002 Oct. 4 - 6 Harrisburg/Hershey, PA
Arishige Matsuura (Chairman of the Japanese Suiseki Association), Martin Pauli (Switzerland), Felix Rivera, Hideko Metaxas, Kemin Hu, William Valavanis. In addition, 6 other talented artists and collectors shared openly of their knowledge and experience: Pat Coen, Jim Doyle, Jim Hayes, Howard McNeal, Marty Schmallenberg, Sean Smith, and Arthur Skolnik (Canada).
2003
none



2004 Oct. 1 - 3 Harrisburg, PA
2nd Bienniel
Seiji Morimae (Chairman of the Japanese Suiseki Association), Willie Benz (Germany, President of the European Suiseki Association), Chiara Padrini (Italy), Arthur Skolnik (Canada), Hideko Metaxas, Larry Ragel, Pat Coen, Sean Smith, William Valavanis, Martin Schmalenberg, Jim Doyle.
2005
none



2006 Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 Grantville/Harrisburg, PA
3rd Bienniel
Uhaku Sudo (Japan, headmaster of the Keido School of display, replaced originally-scheduled Seiji Morimae, Mr. Sudo is Mr. Morimae's sensei); also, Aiseki Kai members Jim Greaves (lect: West Coast Suiseki), Hideko Metaxas (lect: Ikebana), Mas Nakajima (lect: Suiseki Display), and Dr. Tom Elias (lect: the Mystery of Chrysanthemum Stones).
2007
none



2008 Oct. 2 - 5 Grantville, PA
4th Bienniel
Seiji Morimae (Japan), I. C. Su (Taiwan), Peter Warren (England), Kemin Hu (MA, USA), and Xiaoshan Yang (IN, USA).
2009
none



2010 Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 Harrisburg/Hershey/Grantville, PA
5th Bienniel
Seiji Morimae (Japan, "Japanese Suiseki Display I and II," "Japanese Suiseki Philosophy," and "Japanese Aesthetics" and critique); Kemin Hu ("Chinese Stone Appreciation I and II"); Larry Ragle ("Stone Collecting In California" and "Keido Study In Japan" and critique), Rafael Monje Garcia ("Collecting Spanish Suiseki" and critique); Peter Warren ("Japanese Suiseki Aesthetics"); James F. Doyle (work: "Collecting Suiseki," limited to 8 persons); Arthur Skolnik (Canada, work: "Japanese Table Top Dry Garden," limited to 10 persons); Sean Smith (lect: Kiri Bako (Wooden Box Making)); William N. Valavanis (lect: "Stone Placement in Suiban").
2011
none



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INTERNATIONAL  STONE  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION  (ISCA)
.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1991 May Taipei, Taiwan

1992
none



1993
South Korea

1994
Japan

1995 April 14 - 16 Taipei, Taiwan
About 300 suiseki on display, 150 from Taiwan and the rest from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and Malaysia
1996 May Seoul, Korea
Over 550 stones on display
1997
Japan

1998 Sept. 5 - 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
About 280 stones on display from 8 countries
1999 March Taipei, Taiwan

2000
none



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KOREAN  BONSAI  ASSOCIATION
(Korean  Bonsai  Growers  Cooperative)   (KBA)

.

YEAR
DATE
LOCATION
THEME
NOTES
1986 April 22 - May 17
1st Korean Exhibition

1987
none



1988 Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 Seoul
2nd Korean Exhibition

1989
none



1990 Mar. 5 - 9 Seoul
3rd Korean Exhibition

1991
none



1992 Oct. 9 - 13 Seoul
4th Korean Exhibition

1993 Aug. 6 - 15 Seoul
5th Korean Exhibition

1994 Oct. 28 - Nov. 1 Seongnam
6th Korean Exhibition

1995 Oct. 27 - 31 Seoul
7th Korean Exhibition

1996 May 31 - June 9 Seoul
8th Korean Exhibition

1997 May 3 - 18 Ulsan
9th Korean Exhibition

1998 Oct. 12 - 18 Gwacheon
10th Korean Exhibition

1999 Oct. 14 - 18 Seongnam
11th Korean Exhibition

2000
none



2001 June 1 - 5
12th Korean Exhibition

2002 Oct. 17 - 20
13th Korean Exhibition

2003 Oct. 22 - 26
14th Korean Exhibition

2004 May 19 - 22
15th Korean Exhibition

2005 May 9 - 12
16th Korean Exhibition

2006 May 19 - 25
17th Korean Exhibition

2007 Oct. 3 - 7 Incheon
18th Korean Exhibition

2008 May 6 - 9 Daejeon
19th Korean Exhibition

2009 Oct. 28 - 31 Pocheon
20th Korean Exhibition

2010



2011




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