Bonsai Conventions & Symposia, Part II
THE  CONVENTIONS  &  SYMPOSIA, 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.

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
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) and Joy Williams and Kath Hughes (FoBBS) 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: November 16, 2008

AMERICAN  BONSAI  SOCIETY   (ABS)

ASIA-PACIFIC BONSAI & SUISEKI   (APBS)

ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIAN BONSAI CLUBS LTD.  (AABC Ltd)

BONSAI  CLUBS  INTERNATIONAL   (BCI)

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  COLLECTION  ASSOCIATION   (ISCA)

WORLD  BONSAI  FRIENDSHIP  FEDERATION   (WBFF)
 
 


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, Walter Pall, Willi Benz, Adriano Bonini, Vaclav Novak
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 (I), Kevin Wilson (GB), Marc Noelanders (B), François Jeker (F), David Benavente (E), Pilar Gillen (E), Rafael Monje (E), Takeo Kawabe (Japan).

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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)
2001 none



2002 none



2003 none




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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; Kayuza Morita
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), Bill 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.

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GOLDEN  STATE  BONSAI  FEDERATION   (GSBF)
.

YEAR
DATE
CA CITY
THEME
NOTES
1978 November Berkeley     
1979   Newport Beach    
1980   Sacramento    
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
     (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 
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), Bill 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), Bill 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.

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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"
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

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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