1972

EVIAN (France)

New materials, new processes.

1975

ALICANTE (Spain)

Development and technical prospects in the footwear industry.

1977

MAYENCE (Germany)

Future prospects and development trends in the footwear industry in the European area. The use of computers in the footwear industry. Automation and flexibility.

1979

BRISTOL (Great Britain)

Successful footwear manufacturing in developed countries.

1981

BELGRADE (Yugoslavia)

Footwear production in the microelectronics age.

1983

MILAN (Italy)

Automation of processes that enhance productivity and avoid handling times.

1985

BUDAPEST (Hungary)

Advances in CAD/CAM systems.

1987

ALICANTE (Spain)

The footwear industry of the future.

1989

NANTES (France)

"Just-in-time" or how to meet market needs reducing lead times.

1991

MUNICH (Germany)

Successful footwear companies of tomorrow.

1993

ATHENS (Greece)

Industrial organisation, new materials, quality management, training and automatisms.

1996

PORTO (Portugal)

Materials with better performance, new production and commercialisation tools, quality assurance systems and environmental management.

1999

FERMO (Italy)

Evolution of the shoe technology in the last 3 years and prospects for the near future.

2002

BUDAPEST (Hungary)

Transnational production of footwear and its components as a result of the growing globalisation of the economy.

2005

TUNIS (Tunisia)

Changes driven by footwear production globalisation and delocalisation.

2008

ELCHE (Spain)

The advantages of technology for footwear trading and production processes.

2010

LEON (Guanajuato, Mexico)

Powerful ideas in the footwear market.

2013

GUANGZHOU (Dongguan, China)

Social Responsibility: a challenge for the Footwear Industry.

2016

CHENNAI (India)

The Future Footwear Factory

2018

PORTO (Portugal)

From Fashion to Factory : A New Technological Age