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PA Convention History

Year	PA President	Convention City	Location	Country	Dates	Program Chair	Invited (banquet) Speaker	Proceedings
1958	Robert A. McConnell	Durham, NC	Duke University	USA	Sep. 4-6	Margaret Anderson	Gardner Murphy
1959	Gertrude R. Schmeidler	New York NY	Henry Hudson Hotel	USA	Sep. 7-9	Karlis Osis	R. H. Thouless
1960	J. Gaither Pratt	New York NY	Henry Hudson Hotel	USA	Sep. 8-10	Gardner Murphy	J. G. Pratt
1961	Karlis Osis	New York NY	Henry Hudson Hotel	USA	Sep. 7-9	Gertrude Schmeidler/ Karlis Osis	Michael Scriven
1962	Margaret Anderson	Durham NC	Jack Tar Durham Hotel	USA	Sep. 6-8	R. A. McConnell	J.B. Rhine
1963	Carroll B. Nash	New York NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 5-7	W.G. Roll/R. Van de Castle	G. E. Hutchinson
1964	William G. Roll	Oxford	Christ Church, Oxford University	England	Sep. 4-6	J. G. Pratt/G. Zorab	John Beloff
1965	Ramakrishna Rao	New York NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 9-11	Gertrude Schmeidler	Louise E. Rhine
1966	Montague Ullman	New York NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 8-10	Rhea A. White	Jule Eisenbud
1967	E. Douglas Dean	New York NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 7-9	Stanley Krippner	Walter Houston Clark
1968	Ian Stevenson	Freiburg	University of Freiburg	Germany	Sep. 5-7	Hans Bender/Ian Stevenson	(Ian Stevenson, presidential address at banquet)
1969	Hans Bender	New York NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 4-6	Laura A. Dale	John C. Lilly
1970	Robert Van de Castle	New York NY	Barbizon-Plaza Hotel	USA	Sep. 10-12	Gertrude Schmeidler	Barbara Brown
1971	Gertrude Schmeidler	Durham NC	Durham Hotel and Motel	USA	Sep. 9-11	Robert L. Morris	Robert Rosenthal
1972	John Beloff	Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Sep. 2-5	John Beloff	Arthur Koestler
1973	Rex Stanford	Charlottesville, VA	University of Virginia	USA	Sep. 6-8	Rex Stanford	Charles T. Tart
1974	Robert L. Morris	Jamaica, NY	St. John's University	USA	Aug. 22-24	Edward F. Kelly	Gary E. Schwartz
1975	Charles Honorton	Santa Barbara	University of California	USA	Aug. 21-23	Helmut Schmidt	Willis W. Harman
1976	Martin Johnson	Utrecht	University of Utrecht	Holland	Aug. 18-21	Martin Johnson	Sir John Eccles
1977	Charles T. Tart	Washington DC	American University	USA	Aug. 10-13	William Braud	Roland Fischer
1978	Ramakrishna Rao	St. Louis	Washington University	USA	Aug. 8-12	Ramakrishna Rao	Theodore X. Barber
1979	John Palmer	Moraga, CA	St Mary's College	USA	Aug. 15-18	John Palmer	Karl H. Pribram
1980	Ian Stevenson	Reykjavik	University of Iceland	Iceland	Aug. 13-16	John Beloff	Brian Inglis
1981	Irvin Child	Syracuse, NY	Syracuse University	USA	Aug. 19-22	John Beloff/ R. Morris	Huston Smith
1982	John Beloff	Cambrige	Trinity College	England	Aug. 16-21	John Beloff	Hans J. Eysenck
1983	Stanley Krippner	Madison, NJ	Fairleigh Dickenson University	USA	Aug. 9-13	Richard Broughton	Thomas Budzynki
1984	Rhea A. White	Dallas, TX	Southern Methodist University	USA	Aug. 6-10	Jerry Solvin	Steve M. Rosen/Mark D. Jordan
1985	Robert L. Morris	Medford, Mass.	Tufts University	USA	Aug. 12-16	Dean Radin	Daryl Bem
1986	Debra H. Weiner	Rohnert Park, CA	Sonoma State University	USA	Aug. 5-9	Roger D. Nelson	Stephen LaBerge
1987	Richard S. Broughton	Edinburgh	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Aug. 4-8	Robert L. Morris	Norman Dixon
1988	Dean Radin	Montreal	Queen Elizabeth Hotel	Canada	Aug. 17-21	Rick E. Berger	Senator Claiborne Pell
1989	Hoyt Edge	San Diego	Town and Country Hotel	USA	Aug. 18-20	John Palmer	Michael Crichton
1990	Ramakrishna Rao	Chevy Chase, Maryland	National 4-H Center	USA	Aug. 16-20	Gertrude Schmeidler	R.A. McConnell/ Gertrude Schmeidler
1991	Steven E. Braude	Heidelberg	Stadthalle	Germany	Aug. 8-11	Deborah L. Delanoy	Jerome Frank
1992	John Palmer	Las Vegas	Hacienda Hotel	USA	Aug. 9-13	Emily Williams Cook	Jeanne Achterberg
1993	Dean Radin	Toronto	Westbury Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotle	Canada	Aug. 15-19	Marilyn Schlitz	Bruce Pomerantz
1994	Deborah L. Delanoy	Amsterdam	University of Amsterdam	Holland	Aug. 7-10	Adrian Parker	Ervin Laszlo
1995	Carlos Alvarado	Durham NC	Omni Durham Hotel	USA	Aug. 5-8	Nancy L. Zingrone	Sally Goerner/ Sally R. Feather
1996	Richard S. Broughton	San Diego CA	Handlery Hotel and Resort	USA	Aug. 17-20	Edwin C. May	Colin Ross
1997	Edwin C. May	Brighton	The Old Ship Hotel	England	Aug. 7-10	Richard Wiseman	Eva Banyai
1998	Dean Radin	Halifax	Holiday Inn Select	Canada	Aug. 6-9	Chris A. Roe	Sherry Sub Cohen
1999	Dean Radin	Palo Alto CA	Stanford University	USA	Aug. 4-8	Kathy S. Dalton	Jean Bolen
2000	Marilyn Schlitz	Freiburg	Kolpinghaus	Germany	Aug. 17-20	Fiona Steinkamp	Dick Bierman/ James Spottiswood
2001	Nancy L. Zingrone	New York	Metropolitan Hotel	USA	Aug. 2-4	Stuart Wilson	Antoina Mills
2002	Mario Varvoglis	Paris	Terrass Hotel	France	Aug. 5-8	Caroline Watt	Isabelle Stengers
2003	Carlos Alvarado	Vancouver	Metropolitan Hotel	Canada	Aug. 2-4	Stuart Wilson	Antonia Mills
2004	Nancy Zingrone	Vienna	University of Vienna	Austria	Aug. 5-8	Stefan Schmidt	Lynne McTaggart	Proceedings
2005	Caroline Watt	Petaluma, CA	Institute of Noetic Sciences	USA	Aug. 11-15	Louie Savva	Loyd Auerbach	Proceedings
2006	Dean Radin	Stockholm	Hasselbacken Hotel	Sweden	Aug. 4-6	Christine Simmonds	Fredrik Praesto	Proceedings
2007	Rex Stanford	Halifax	Holiday Inn Select	Canada	Aug. 2-5	John Palmer	Daryl Bem	Proceedings
2008	Roger Nelson	Winchester	University of Winchester	England	Aug. 13-17	Simon Sherwood	Max Velmans	Proceedings
2009	Etzel Cardeña	Seattle, WA	University of Washington	USA	Aug. 6-9	John Palmer	Donald Hoffman	Abstracts
2010	David Luke	Paris	Enclos Rey	France	July. 22-25	Nicola J. Holt	Paul Devereux	Abstracts
2011	David Luke	Curtiba , Paraná	Facinter Centre	Brazil	Aug. 18-21	Marios Kittenis	Michael Winkelman	Abstracts
2012	Alejandro Parra	Durham NC	Millennium Hotel	USA	Aug. 9-12	Carlos S. Alvarado	Thomas Robisheaux	Abstracts
2013	Alejandro Parra	Viterbo	Ora Domus La Quercia	Italy	Aug. 8-11	Massimo Biondi/ Patrizio Tressoldi	Simon Thorpe	Abstracts
2014	James C. Carpenter	Concord CA	Hilton Hotel	USA	Aug. 14-17	Dean Radin	Jeffrey Kripal	Abstracts
2015	James C. Carpenter	London	University of Greenwich	England	July. 16-19	Renaud Evrard	Les Lancaster	Abstracts
2016	Chris A. Roe	Boulder CO	Millenium Hotel	USA	June 19-24	Roger Nelson	Ian E. Wickramasekera	Abstracts
2017	Chris A. Roe	Athens	Titania Hotel	Greece	July 20-23	Callum E. Cooper	Efstratios Theodosiou	Abstracts
2018	Dean I. Radin	Petaluma, CA	Institute of Noetic Sciences	USA	August 2-5	Everton Maraldi	Jacques F. Vallee	Abstracts
2019	Dean I. Radin	Paris	FIAP Jean Monnet	France	July 4-6	Ramsés D'León	Antoine Suarez	Abstracts
2021	Renaud Evrard	Online	Healthy Seminars	Online	July 23–31	John G. Kruth		Abstracts
2022	Helané Wahbeh	Online	Healthy Seminars	Online	June 23–26	John G. Kruth	Steven Taylor	Abstracts
2023	Helané Wahbeh	Oslo	Fanehallen	Norway	August 3-6	Jacob W. Glazier	Terje Toftenes	Abstracts
2024	Everton de Oliveira Maraldi	Merida	NH Collection	Mexico	August 22-25	Erika A. Pratte	Nuria Ciofalo	Abstracts

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