The association is regularly organising the world congresses in semiotics: •
Milan, Italy, June 2–6, 1974 (
A Semiotic Landscape) •
Vienna, Austria, July 2–6, 1979 (
Semiotics Unfolding) •
Palermo, Italy, June 24–29, 1984 (
Semiotic Theory and Practice) •
Barcelona, Spain, and
Perpignan, France, March 31 – April 4, 1989 (
Signs of Humanity/L’homme et ses signes) •
Berkeley, USA, June 12–18, 1994 (
Signs of the World. Synthesis in Diversity) •
Guadalajara, Mexico, July 13–18, 1997 (
Semiotics Bridging Nature and Culture/La sémiotique: carrefour de la nature et de la culture/La semiotica. Intersección de la naturaleza y de la cultura) •
Dresden, Germany, October 6–11, 1999 (
Sign Processes in Complex Systems/Zeichenprozesse in komplexen Systemen) •
Lyon, France, July 7–12, 2004 (
Signes du monde. Interculturalité et globalisation / Signs of the World. Interculturality and Globalization / Zeichen der Welt: Interkulturalität und Globalisierung / Los signos del mundo: Interculturalidad y Globalización) •
Helsinki and
Imatra, Finland, June 11–17, 2007 (
Understanding/Misunderstanding) •
A Coruña, Spain, September 22–26, 2009 (
Culture of Communication/Communication of Culture) See •
Nanjing, China, October 5–9, 2012 (
Global Semiotics: Bridging Different Civilizations) See •
Sofia, Bulgaria, September 16–20, 2014 (
New Semiotics: Between Tradition and Innovation) See •
Kaunas, Lithuania, June 26–30, 2017 (
Cross-Inter-Multi-Trans) See •
Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 9–13, 2019 (
Trajectories) •
Thessaloniki, Greece, August 30 – September 3, 2022 (
Semiotics in the Lifeworld) See •
Warsaw, Poland, September 2–6, 2024 (
Signs and Realities) See ==Presidents==