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


Last Updated: October 20, 2011


The following is a partial 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  ASSOCIATION  OF  BELGIUM  NOELANDERS  TROPHY   (BABNT)
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  SHOW   (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)


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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
15 different bonsai organizations (clubs, societies, study groups) from a 6-state region, attracts around 4000 visitors; David Easterbrook (Canada); Randy Clark, John Dixon, Jim DOyle
2011 Oct. 8 - 9
Asheville, NC
16th Annual Expo
Walter Pall

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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).
2011 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2
Ratingen, Germany
Joint EBA/ESA; Othmar Auer (demo), Werner M. Busch (demo), Serge Clémence (demo), Aurelio De Capitani (demo), Dr. Thomas S. Elias (lect: Chrysanthemum Stones), Udo Fischer (demo: growing on a rock), François Jeker (demo), Peter Krebs (lect: bonsai pots), Hartmut Münchenbach, Hartmut (demo: growing on a rock), Walter Pall (key moderating and tree critiques - "tree-Inspiration"), Christian Przybylski (demo), Ralf Steiner (demo), Juergen Zaar (demo)

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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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