History

The congress has been held for more than 50 years initially every four years and more recently every two.  The host society is selected to ensure opportunity to attend is provided to burns professionals in all parts of the world.  As a result the congress location has been rotating globally, to date being held in 13 different countries.

The very first International Congress on Research in Burns was held in Bethesda, Maryland USA in September 1960 which was followed by the second Congress in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1965 and now, 47 years on, we are back in Edinburgh for the 16th congress in 2012.

• Third 1970 Congress Prague, Czechoslovakia
• Fourth 1974 Congress Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Fifth 1978 Congress s Stockholm, Sweden
• Sixth 1982 Congress San Francisco, California, USA
• Seventh 1986 Congress Melbourne, Australia
• Eighth 1990 Congress New Delhi, India
• Ninth 1994 Congress Paris, France
• Tenth 1998 Congress Jerusalem, Israel
• Eleventh 2002 Congress Seattle, Washington, USA
• Twelfth 2004 Congress Yokohama, Japan
• Thirteenth 2006 Congress Fortaleza, Brazil
• Fourteenth 2008 Congress Montreal, Canada
• Fifteenth 2010 Congress Istanbul Turkey

Historic attendance at the International Society for Burn Injuries global congress

The attendees are a blend of physicians, PhD, nurses, rehabilitation specialists, and other specialties devoted to burn and wound care.  Attendance has historically been around the 750-mark but, with the inclusion of the British Burn Association Annual Meeting in 2012, it is hoped the audience potential will be closer to 1,000.

The geographic origin of delegates is shown below:

15th ISBI (Istanbul) Exhibitors:

Industry participation is a key part of the congress with a trade exhibition and a programme of industry-sponsored workshops.  Historically 30 or more companies have exhibited and, of these, up to four have been major sponsors.  Detailed participation below: