• 2013. 23-27 June. San José, Costa Rica
  Joined meeting with the Organization for Tropical Studies to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of OTS-ATBC (1963-2013)
  
  

  New Frontiers in Tropical Biology: The Next 50 Years
  
  

  Venue is the Ramada Plaza Herradura

  Chair: Kaoru Kitajima (University of Florida, USA)
  Co-Chair : Carlos Garcia-Robledo (Smithsonian Institution, USA)
  Co-Chair : Rakan (Zak) Zahawi (Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica)

• 2014 - 20-25 July, Cairns, Australia
  
  Joined meeting with ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter
  
  

  Long Term Resilience of Tropical Ecosystems & Livelihoods

  
  Venue: Cairns Convention Centre
  
  Chair : Steve Turton (James Cook University, Australia)
  Co-Chair : Susan Laurance (James Cook University, Australia)

Southern Cassowary 
(Casuarius casuarius)
in Queensland, Australia.
© Pierre-Michel Forget)

• Call is open for proposal to host ATBC meetings in 2015-2020. 

• 2012. 19-22 June, Bonito, MS, Brazil
  
  

  Ecology, Evolution and Sustainable Use of Tropical Biodiversity

  
  Chair: Lucia Lohmann (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil)
  Co-Chair : Pierre-Michel Forget (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France)
  Erich Fischer (Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso de Sul, Brazil)
  
  Venue: Bonito Convention Center
• Program (zip) - Errata (docx)

• 2011. 12-16 June, Arusha, Tanzania
  
  

  Adaptability to Climate Change and Attaining the Millennium Development Goals for Tropical Ecosystems

  
  Joined meeting with the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Africa Section
  
  Venue: Naura Spring Hotel
  
  Chairs: Hassan Mshinda & Flora Ismail
  
  Program
  
  

• 2010. 19-23 July, Sanur-Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
  
  

  Tropical Biodiversity: Surviving the Food, Energy and Climate Crisis

  
  Venue: Wantilan Convention Center
  
  Chairs: Dedy Darnaedi & Cam Webb
  
  Program

• 2009. 27-30 July 2009, Marburg, Germany
  
  

  Impacts of Global Change on Tropical Ecosystems Cross-cutting the Abiotic, Biotic and Human Spheres

  
  Joined meeting with the Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö).
  
  Venue: Philipps-Universitaët
  
  Chairs: Gerhard Kost & Jörg Bendix
  
  Program

• 2008. 13-18 June, Paramaribo, Suriname
  
  

  Past and Recent History of Tropical Ecosystems : Cross-Continental Comparisons and Lessons for the Future

  
  Venue: Torarica Conference Hall
  
  Chairs: Pierre-Michel Forget, Rudi van Kanten & Paul Ouboter
  
  Program

• 2007. 15-19 July.  Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico.
  
  

  Linking Tropical Biology with Human Dimensions

  
  Venue: Colegio de San Nicolás de Hidalgo y Centro Cultural Universitario
  
  Chairs: Mauricio Quesada Avendaño & Miguel Martinez Ramos
  
  Program
  
  

• 2006. 18-21 July, Kunming, Yunnan, China
  
  

  Tropical Biology: Meeting the Needs of Changing Tropical Ecosystems

  Venue: Harbour Plaza
  
  Chair: Jin Chen
  
  Program

• 2005 - Uberlandia, Brazil.
• 2004 - Miami, Florida, United States.
• 2003 - Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom - joined meeting with BES.
• 2002 - Panama city, Republic of Panama.
• 2001 - Bangalore, India - joined meeting with ATREE.