Regional Congresses
Upcoming Regional Congresses
14th ILERA European Congress, Durham, UK, 10–12 September 2025
We are pleased to announce that the 14th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) Conference will be held on 10-12 September 2025 at Durham University Business School, UK. This event will bring together leading researchers, practitioners, and professionals from around the world to share their latest research.
Past Regional Congresses
Africa
10th ILERA Africa Congress
Victoria Falls, Zambia, 2024
8th ILERA African Regional Congress, Balaclava, Mauritius, 7-9 May 2018
Balaclava, Mauritius, 7-9 May 2018
7th ILERA African Regional Congress, Gaborone, Botswana, 15-16 September 2014
Americas
11TH Regional Congress of the Americas ILERA, Bogota, Colombia, 25-27 July 2023
The 11th Regional Congress of the Americas Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) will take place in Bogota on 25-27 July 2023.
10th ILERA Regional Congress for the Americas, Online Conference, 24-27 June 2020
Post-conference video reference guide
9th ILERA Regional Congress for the Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11-13 October 2017
https://youtu.be/RWQ7n6LGRHI
Asia
Asian Regional Congress 2026, 3-5 September 2026
The conference is being organized by the Japan Industrial Relations Research Association (JIRRA), the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT), and the Organizing Committee.
10th ILERA Asian Regional Congress, Quezon City, Philippines, December 2020
In view of the global public health emergency due to the Novel Coronavirus, the Organizing Committee announces the postponement of the 10th Asian Regional Congress of the International Labor and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) to a later date.
9th ILERA Asian Regional Congress, Beijing, China, 1-3 November 2016
Europe
13TH ILERA EUROPEAN CONGRESS, Barcelona, 8-10 September 2022
The XIII European Regional Congress of the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) will take place in Barcelona on 8-10 September 2022 and will explore the contribution of industrial relations to the Green Transition towards a low carbon economy.
12th ILERA European Regional Congress, Dusseldorf, Germany, 5-7 September 2019
The 12th ILERA European Congress comes at a time when changes of institutions, actors and practices of labour relations are widespread.
11th ILERA European Regional Congress, Milano, Italy, 8-10 September 2016
Welcome to the website of the 11th ILERA European Congress, which was held in Milan, Italy, from Thursday 8 September 2016 to Saturday 10 September 2016. The Congress was hosted in the Faculty of Political, Economic and Social Sciences of the Università degli...