Convention Archive

year	time	date	venue	feature
2022	Autumn	September 04	Bradford Campanile	With guests David Mitchell, Peter Buchan-Symons and Rob Foord
2022	Spring	April 09	Online	Virtual Convention
2021	Autumn	September 12	Online	Virtual Convention
2021	Spring	April 10	Online	Virtual Convention
2020	Autumn	September 13	Online	First Virtual Convention
2019	Autumn	September 7-8	Milton Keynes, Kents Hill Park	With guests Eric Vigier and Paolo Bascetta
2019	Spring	April 6-7	Bradford Campanile Hotel	With guests João Charrua and Dáša Ševerová
2018	Autumn	September 8-9	St Anne’s College, Oxford	Following OSME event with guests Alessandra Lamio and Alessandro Beber (Italy)
2018	Spring	April 7-8	Firstsite, Colchester	Theme of The Past, the Present & the Future with guests Joan Sallas and Xiǎoxián Huáng
2017	Autumn	September 1-3	Crowne Plaza, Stratford-Upon-Avon	50th anniversary with Tomoko Fuse, Paul Jackson, Robert Lang and Giang Dinh
2017	Spring	April 7-9	Bradford Campanile Hotel	No guest, plenty of curry
2016	Autumn	September 2-4	University of Swansea	Maria Sinaskaya
2016	Spring	Apr 8-10	Birmingham Campanile Hotel	Giles Towning – theme of “sound”
2015	Autumn	Sep 5/6	University of Essex, Colchester	Sébastien Limet and Carmen Sprung
2015	Spring	Mar 13/14	Birmingham Campanile Hotel	Alternative Folding Materials
2014	Autumn	Sept 5/7	Bradford Campanile Hotel	Sipho Mabona
2014	Spring	Apr 12/13	Birmingham Campanile Hotel	Jonathan Korejko, papermaker
2013	Autumn	Aug 30/Sep 01	University of Edinburgh Pollock Halls	Toshikazu Kawasaki, Beth Johnson
2013	Spring	Apr 6/7	Birmingham Campanile Hotel	“There’s a fold in everyone”
2012	Autumn	Sep 8/9	Liverpool Hope Univ.	Tom Hull
2012	Spring	Apr 14/15	Birmingham Campanile Hotel	Founders celebration
2011	Autumn	Sep 3/4	Winchester Uni. West Downs	Joseph Wu
2011	Spring	Apr 9/10	Birmingham Campanile Hotel	Akira Yoshizawa celebration
2010	Autumn	Sep 11/12	York Univ. Ripon & St.John	Román Díaz
2010	Spring	Mar 27/28	Birmingham, Cadburys	Eric Kenneway celebration
2009	Autumn	Sep 5/6	Winchester Uni. West Downs	Yoshihide & Sumiko Momotani
2009	Spring	Mar 28/29	Nottingham (Nightingale)	Robert Harbin centenery
2008	Autumn	Sep 13/14	Liverpool Hope Univ.	Edwin Corrie
2008	Spring	Mar 29/30	Nottingham (Nightingale)	Max Hulme
2007	Autumn	Sep 9/10	Cambridge (Kaetsu Centre (40th)	Robert Lang, Eric Joisel, Miyuki Kawamura
2007	Spring	Apr 13/15	Barnsley, Wentworth Castle	Ted Norminton
2006	Autumn	Sep 9/10	Bristol Univ. (Badock Hall)	Paula Versnick
2006	Spring	Apr 8/9	Leicester University	Nicolas Terry
2005	Autumn	Sep 2/4	Lancaster (St Martins College)	no guest – origami in education
2005	Spring	Apr 8/10	Nottingham (Florence Boot)	Paulo Mulatinho and Silke Schröder
2004	Autumn	Sep 10/12	Bristol Univ. (Churchill Hall)	Tomoko Fuse
2004	Spring	Apr 2/4	Manchester (Luther King House)	Heinz Strobl
2003	Autumn	Sep 5/7	York Univ. Ripon & St.John	Halle
2003	Spring	Mar 28/30	Nottingham (Florence Boot)	Paul Jackson & Miri Golan
2002	Autumn	Sep 13/15	Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College)	Joan Sallas
2002	Spring	Apr 12/14	Bristol Univ. (Churchill Hall)	Thoki Yenn
2001	Autumn	Sep 7/9	London, Greenwich	David Derudas
2001	Spring	Mar 30/Apr 01	Nottingham (Florence Boot)	Vincent Floderer
2000	Autumn	Sept 16/17	York Univ. Ripon & St.John	Herman Van Goubergen
2000	Spring	Sept 16/17	Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College)	Eric Joisel
1999	Autumn	Sep 17/19	Bristol Univ. (Churchill Hall)	Kunihiko Kasahara
1999	Spring	Apr 17/18	York Univ. Ripon & St.John	Jeremy Schafer
1998	Autumn	Sep 19/20	Nottingham Univ.(Florence Boot)
1998	Spring	Apr 4/5	Birmingham, Beeches College
1997	Autumn	Sep 14/15	York Univ. Ripon & St.John	30th Anniversary – Akira Yoshizawa, Michael LaFosse, Alfredo Giunta
1997	Spring	Apr 5/6	Bristol Univ. (Churchill Hall)
1996	Autumn	Sep 14/15	Sheffield Univ.(Stephenson Hall)
1996	Spring	Mar 30/31	Nottingham Univ.(Florence Boot)
1995	Autumn	Sept 16/17	York Univ. Ripon & St.John	Sergei Afonkin
1995	Spring	Apr 8/9	Birmingham, Beeches Conf. Centre	50th Convention & 29th AGM
1994	Autumn	Sep 24/25	Essex Univ. (Colchester)	49th Convention Robert Neale
1994	Spring	Apr 16/17	Bristol Univ. (Churchill Hall)
1993	Autumn	Sep 11/12	Nottingham Univ. (Nightingale)
1993	Spring	Apr 3/4	Birmingham, Beeches Conf. Centre
1992	Autumn	Sep 10/13	London, Westminster College	25th Anniversary
1992	Spring	Apr 11/12	Nottingham Univ. (Nightingale)
1991	Autumn	Oct 5/6	Birmingham, Beeches Conf. Centre
1991	Spring	Apr 6/7	Egham (Holloway & Bedford)
1990	Autumn	Sep 22/23	Bristol Univ. (Churchill Hall)
1990	Spring	Apr 7/8	Nottingham Univ. (Nightingale)
1989	Autumn	Sep 16/17	Sheffield Univ.(Stephenson Hall)	Tomoko Fuse
1989	Spring	Apr 15/16	B’ham Univ. (Wyddrington Hall)
1988	Autumn	Sep 24/25	Keble College, Oxford	Thelma Randlett
1988	Spring	Apr 16/17	Nottingham Univ. (Nightingale)
1987	Autumn	Oct 10/11	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1987	Spring	Apr 10/12	London (Lambeth)	20th Anniversary
1986	Autumn	Oct 11/12	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1986	Spring	Apr 12/13	Chester College	Yoshihide & Sumiko Momotani
1985	Autumn	Oct 12/13	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1985	Spring	Apr 7/8	Downing College, Cambridge
1984	Autumn		Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1984	Spring	Mar 30/Apr 1	Downing College, Cambridge
1983	Autumn	Oct 2/3	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham	Akira Yoshizawa
1983	Spring	Apr 15/17	Keble College Oxford
1982	Autumn	Oct 2/3	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham	15th Anniversary
1982	Spring	Apr 2/4	Lancaster University
1981	Autumn	Oct 3/4	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1981	Spring	Apr 4/5	Keble College, Oxford
1980	Autumn	Oct 4/5	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1980	Spring	Apr 12/13	Nottingham Univ (Cripps Hall)
1979	Autumn	Oct 6/7	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1979	Spring	Apr 7/8	Bristol Univ (Badock Hall)
1978	Autumn	Oct 7/8	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1978	Spring	Apr 1/2	Manchester Univ. (Hulme Hall)
1977	Autumn	Oct 8/9	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1977	Spring	Mar 26/27	Churchill College, Cambridge
1976	Autumn	Oct 9/10	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1976	Spring	Apr 10/11	Sussex University (Brighton)	Roberto Morassi – 1st university venue
1975	Autumn	Oct 10/11	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1975	Spring	Apr 5/6	Kenilworth Hotel, London	Roberto Morassi
1974	Autumn	Oct 5/6	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1974	Spring	Apr 6/7	Ivanhoe Hotel, London
1973	Autumn	Sep 29/30	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham
1973	Spring	Apr 14/15	Kingsley Hotel, London
1972	Autumn	Oct 14/15	Cobden Hotel, Birmingham	Akira Yoshizawa
1972	Spring	Jun 3	Vienna Café, London	Milton Halpert
1971	Autumn	Oct 2/3	Arden Hotel, Birmingham
1971	Spring	May 8	Vienna Café, London
1970	Autumn	Oct 31	Vienna Café, London
1970	Spring	May 23	Vienna Café, London	Alice Gray and Lillian Oppenheimer
1969	Autumn	Oct 4	Vienna Café, London
1969	Spring	May 24	120 Oakwood Court, London
1968	Autumn	Nov 2	Russell Hotel, London	Philip Shen and Florence Temko
1968	Spring	May 18	120 Oakwood Court, London
1967	Autumn	Oct 28	Russell Hotel, London	Inaugural and Ist AGM of the BOS
1967	Spring	Apr 22	120 Oakwood Court, London	Lillian Oppenheimer  – 2nd Meeting of Portfolio Society
1966	Spring	Apr 30	120 Oakwood Court, London	Lillian Oppenheimer  – 1st Meeting of Portfolio Society