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50 Years of Experience ＆ Results
Introducing our story and track record in the 50 years since our establishment.
Path to creation
November 8th, 1957
Construction of Japan’s first international conference center was approved by the Cabinet, and the resolution included the following requirements.
- Proactively attract major international conferences to Japan.
- Major international conferences in Japan should be held mainly in Kyoto, as well as Tokyo.
- The scale of the international conference center should rival the UN Headquarters in New York City or the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
September 15th, 1959
The Cabinet decided to build the international conference center at Lake Takaragaike, Kyoto, for the following reasons.
1. Kyoto is the capital of Japan’s proud history and culture.
2. The city has an abundance of tourist resources, including famous temples and shrines, as well as traditional arts and crafts.
3. The Lake Takaragaike building candidate site has the classic beauty of a Japanese garden.
November 19th, 1962
A groundbreaking ceremony was held, and land leveling work began.
May 21st, 1966
The Kyoto International Conference Center opened.
Conference History
The Kyoto International Conference Center has held nearly 17,000 conferences and events since its opening, forming Japan’s international conference history and convention infrastructure.
8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties on CITES
45th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission and Scientific Committee Meeting
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
The Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(COP3)
*The Kyoto Protocol was adopted at COP3 on 11 December 1997 and entered into force on 16 February 2005.
22nd Session of the UNESCO Cultural and Natural World Heritage Committee
4th UN Conference on Disarmament Issues in Kyoto
63rd IEC General Meeting
Third World Water Forum
1st Science and Technology in Society Forum
7th ASEM Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
20th IUBMB (International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
40th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors Asian Development Bank
G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Kyoto, International Media Center and Joint Press Conference
Genji Millennium Commemorative Ceremony
36th International Congress of Physiological Sciences (IUPS 2009)
17th APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting
23rd Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting of the International Labour Organization
Closing Event of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
International Geographical Union Kyoto Regional Conference 2013
29th General Assembly of the Japan Medical Congress 2015 Kansai
8th Round of Negotiations for the East Asia Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
International College of Surgeons World Congress