2024

• 51st General Assembly, Alcobaça & Caldas da Rainha, Portugal: “Ceramics in the Medterranean: from Antiquity to Contemporaneity”
• Election of one Member of Honour: Cecília de Sousa (Portugal)
• Election of new president: Oriol Calvo Vergés (Spain)

2023

• 12 Council meetings held online
• Admission of 128 new members

2022

• 50th General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland: “Melting Pot”
• Election of 3 Members of Honour: Jean Girel from France, Pieter Stockmans from Belgium, and Tatiana Valovaya, the United Nations Director General
• 14 Council Meetings held online

2021

• 49th General Assembly, held online from Rovaniemi, Finland: “On the Edge”
• Two council meetings held online
• Election of 1 Member of Honour: Anu Pentik from Finland
• Admission of 151 new members

2020

• Council meeting held online in July owing to global pandemic

2019

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 6th IAC Day
• Admission of 224 new members
• Election of 1 Member of Honour : Barbara Brown from the United States

2018

• 48th General Assembly, New Taipei City, Taiwan: “New Orientalia: Functionality, Spirituality, Diversity”
• IAC Awards for the Thematic Members’ Exhibition
• Election of new President: Torbjørn Kvasbø
• Election of 3 Members of Honour: Yasuo Hayashi from Japan, and Yang Hsu Hsu and Yuan Taï Yang from Chinese Taipei

2017

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 5th IAC Day
• Admission of 152 new members

2016

• 47th General Assembly, Barcelona, Spain: “Ceramics in Architecture and Public Spaces”
• Election of 1 Member of Honour : Toni Cumella from Spain

2015

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 4th IAC Day: “Connections”, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• Election of 2 Members of Honour : Peter Rushford and Milton Moon from Australia
• Admission of 101 new members

2014

• 46th General Assembly, Dublin, Ireland: “Moving Objects – from Geographic Pasts to Virtual Presence”
• Election of 1 Member of Honour : Helena Brennan from Ireland

2013

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 3rd IAC Day: “Emergence, Permanence and Breaks”, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• Admission of 51 new members

2012

• 45th General Assembly, Santa Fe, United States: “New World, Timeless Visions”
• Election of new President: Jacques Kaufmann

2011

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 2nd IAC Day, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• Admission of 49 new members

2010 

• 44th General Assembly, UNESCO Paris, France: “Territories in Movement”

2009

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 1st IAC Day, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• Admission of 63 new members

2008

• 43rd General Assembly, Shaanxi Guest Hotel,  Xi’an, China: “Harmony and Advancement”

2007

• Council Meeting, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• Admission of 66 new members

2006

• 42nd General Assembly, Reval Hotel, Riga, Latvia: “Eternal Education”
• Election of new President: Janet Mansfield

2004

• 41st General Assembly, World Ceramic Centre, Icheon, Republic of Korea: “The Hidden Legacy”
• Georgette Strobino re-elected Secretary-General

2002

• 40th General Assembly, Hotel Miravani, Athens, Greece: “Recollections of the Past, Visions of the Future”
• 50th Anniversary of the IAC
• Creation of the Mathe Coullery development fund

2001

• Official UNESCO partner status accorded

2000

• 39th General Assembly, Frechen, Germany
• Death of Marie-Thérèse Coullery, Secretary-General

1998

• 38th General Assembly, Waterloo, Canada
• Election of new president: Tony Franks

1996

• 37th General Assembly, Nagoya & Saga, Japan

1994

• 36th General Assembly, St. Agnès Convent, Prague, Czech Republic

1992

• 35th General Assembly, Hotel Divan, Istanbul, Turkey
• 19 countries, 89 participants
• Admission of 12 new members

1990

• 34th General Assembly, Fine Art School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• 24 countries, 124 participants
• Admission of 20 new members

1988

• 33rd General Assembly, Sydney, Australia
• 15 countries, 48 participants
• Admission of 29 new members

1986

• 32nd General Assembly, Valencia, Spain
• 20 countries, 62 participants
• Admission of 28 new members

1984

• 31st General Assembly, Museum of Fine Art, Boston, United States
• 13 countries, 45 participants.
• Admission of 14 new members

1983

• 30th General Assembly, National Museum, Zurich and Ittigen, Switzerland
• 19 countries, 60 participants
• Admission of 30 new members

1982

• 29th General Assembly, Siklós Castle, Hungary
• 22 countries
• Admission of 28 new members

1981

• 28th General Assembly, Decorative Arts Museum, Paris, France
• Admission of 25 new members
• Download 1981 programme

1980

• 27th General Assembly, International Conference Hall, Kyoto, Japan
• 12 countries
• Admission of 27 new members

1979

•  26th General Assembly, Fondation Miró, Barcelona, Spain
• 10 countries
• Election of Marie-Thérèse Coullery as Secretary-General
• Admission of 67 new members

1978

• 25th General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
• 9 countries, 28 participants

1977

• 24th General Assembly, Faenza, Italy
• 13 countries
• Admission of 9 new members

1976

• 23rd General Assembly, Vallauris, France
• 11 countries, 23 participants

1975

• 22nd General Assembly, Brussels, Belgium
• 10 countries,18 participants
• Admission of 3 new members

1974

• 21st General Assembly, Zurich, Switzerland
• Election of new President: Professor Rudolph Schnyder
• Admission of 15 new members

1973

• 20th General Assembly, Banff, Canada
• 20 participants
• Admission of 4 new members

1972

• 19th General Assembly, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
• Admission of 33 new members

1971

• 18th General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
• Admission of 11 new members

1970

• 17th General Assembly, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1969

• 16th General Assembly, Landesgewerbemuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
• Admission of 8 new members
• July 1969: Publication of the first Bulletin

1968

• 15th General Assembly, Faenza, Italy
• Admission of 14 new members
• Download 1968 Programme

1967

• 14th General Assembly, Palace des Beaux Arts, Istanbul, Turkey
• 13 countries, 40 participants

1966

• 13th General Assembly, Hotel Metropole, Geneva, Switzerland
• 12 countries, 25 participants

1965

• Extraordinary General Assembly, Hotel Metropole, Geneva, Switzerland
• 9 countries, 12 participants
• Election of Dr. Edgar Pélichet as interim President
• 12th General Assembly, Auberge Vieux Bois, Geneva, Switzerland
• Election of Dr. Edgard Pélichet as President
• Admission of 20 new members.

1964

• 11th General Assembly, Hotel Richemont, Geneva, Switzerland
• 40 countries, 33 participants
• Death of Henri Reynaud

1963

• 10th General Assembly, Hôtel Richemont, Geneva, Switzerland
• 29 countries, 33 participants

1962

• 9th General Assembly, Geneva,
  Switzerland
• 27 countries, 32 participants

1961

• 8th General Assembly, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 23 countries, 29 participants

1960

• 7th General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 26 countries, 41 participants

1959

• 6th General Assembly, Oostende, Belgium
• 19 countries, 23 participants

1958

• 5th General Assembly, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 27 countries, 30 participants
• December 1958: Consultative status of UNESCO

1957

• 4th General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 26 countries, 31 participants

1956

• 3rd General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 19 countries, 23 participants

1955

• 2nd General Assembly, Art & History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 15 countries, 15 participants
• 1st Congress in Cannes, France
• Guest of honour: Pablo Picasso

1954

• 1st General Assembly, Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland
• 14 countries, 14 participants

1953

• Opening ceremony of the IAC
• Election of Henri Reynaud as President

1952

• Founding of the International Academy of Ceramics at the Ariana Museum, Geneva, Switzerland