International Bryozoology Association
The International Bryozoology Association is a professional association with international membership specialising in research of the phylum Bryozoa.History
The International Bryozoology Association was founded in May 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden. The first conference was held in August 1968 in Milan, Italy.
Since then the IBA's conferences have been held every three years in a different city:
- 1st Conference: 1968, Milan, Italy
- 2nd Conference: 1971, Durham, UK
- 3rd Conference: 1974, Lyon, France
- 4th Conference: 1977, Woods Hole, MA, USA
- 5th Conference: 1980, Durham, UK
- 6th Conference: 1983, Vienna, Austria
- 7th Conference: 1986, Bellingham, Washington, USA
- 8th Conference: 1989, Paris, France
- 9th Conference: 1992, Swansea, UK
- 10th Conference: 1995, Wellington, New Zealand
- 11th Conference: 1998, Panama
- 12th Conference: 2001, Dublin, Ireland
- 13th Conference: 2004, Concepción, Chile
- 14th Conference: 2007, Boone, NC, USA
- 15th Conference: 2010, Kiel, Germany
- 16th Conference: 2013, Catania, Italy
- 17th Conference: 2016, Melbourne, Australia
- 18th Conference: 2019, Liberec, Czech Republic
There are approximately 250 registered members of the IBA from across the world.
| Year | Name of President |
| 1965-1968 | Alan Cheetham |
| 1968-1971 | Nils Spjeldnaes |
| 1971-1974 | Frank J. S. Maturo |
| 1974-1977 | John S. Ryland |
| 1977-1980 | J. D. Soule |
| 1980-1983 | Gilbert P. Larwood |
| 1983-1986 | |
| 1986-1989 | Roger J. Cuffey |
| 1989-1992 | |
| 1995-1998 | Peter Hayward |
| 1998-2001 | Frank Kenneth McKinney |
| 2001-2004 | Dennis P. Gordon |
| 2004-2007 | Paul D. Taylor |
| 2007-2010 | Judith Winston |
| 2010-2013 | Eckart Håkansson |
| 2013-2016 | Patrick Wyse Jackson |
| 2016-2019 | Timothy Wood |
