Past Conferences

1993

The Democratic School of Hadera, Israel
Austria, Israel, UK, USA

1994

Sands School, England
Austria, Israel, UK

1995

The WUK, Vienna, Austria
Austria, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Norway, UK, USA

1996

The Democratic School of Hadera, Israel
Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Palestine, Ukraine, UK, USA

1997

Sands School, England
Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Palestine, Turkey, New Zealand, Ukraine, UK, USA

1998

The Stork Family School, Vinnitsa, Ukraine
Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA

1999

Summerhill School, England
Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, UK, USA

2000

Tokyo Shure, Japan
Australia, China, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Palestine, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, US

2001

The conference was to be held jointly in Israel and Palestine, but the international situation reduced it to a comparatively small event, attended mainly by Israelis, Palestinians and Germans.

2002

Tamariki, New Zealand
Australia, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, the UK and the USA

2003

AERO and Albany Free School, Troy, USA
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA

2004

Schoolscape, Bhubaneshwar, India
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, UK, USA

2005

KRÄTZÄ, Berlin, Germany
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lesotho, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, Ukraine, USA.

2006

AAPAE, Sydney, Australia
Australia, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Nepal, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA.

2007

World Education Forum, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Ukraine, USA.

2008

SANE, Vancouver, Canada
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Palestine, Peru, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, UK, USA

2009

People’s Solidarity for Alternative Education, Korean Parents’s Association for Alternative Education, Seoul Alternative Learning Community Network, Seoul, Korea
The official conference was cancelled because of a swine flu scare, but the organizers set up an unofficial conference which was attended by people from Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the USA.

2010

Institute of Democratic Education, Tel Aviv, Israel
Australia, Austria, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Poland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA

2011

Sands School, England
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the UK and the USA

2012

Nuestra Escuela, Puerto Rico. Around 800 participants from over thirty different countries.

2013

The Patchwork School, Colorado, USA

2014

Byeopssi School, Gwangmyeong, South Korea

2015

Aotearoa, New Zealand

2016

Kalevankangas Elementary School & Conference House

Mikkeli, Finland