Past editions

Past editions of the META conference

Since its first edition in Marrakesh in 2008, META has held sixteen conferences. META 2027 in Niagara Falls will be the seventeenth edition. This page lists the previous editions with their cities, dates, conference websites and proceedings.

16
Completed editions since 2008
15
Published proceedings volumes
12
Host countries
2429-1390
Proceedings ISSN, Scopus-indexed

In numbers

META in numbers, 2008 to 2026

The plenary hall during the opening of META 2026 at Trinity College Dublin
The plenary hall at the opening META 2026, Dublin

META has been held across four continents since its first edition in Marrakesh in 2008. The 2020 edition was cancelled, the conference resumed online in 2021 and returned to an in-person format in 2022. META 2027 in Niagara Falls is the seventeenth edition.

Bar chart of participants at each META conference from 2008 to 2026: about 220 in Marrakesh 2008, 955 in Malaga 2016, 341 online in 2021, then 932 to 964 from 2023 to 2026
Participants per edition, 2008 to 2026 Source: META registration and badge records; values before 2019 rounded

Archive

Every edition, 2026 back to 2008

Each conference website is kept online as an archive. Proceedings from 2010 onwards are published under ISSN 2429-1390 and indexed in Scopus; the complete record is on the Proceedings Archive.

META 2026 · 16th edition

Dublin, Ireland
July 14–17, 2026

Conference website Proceedings (PDF, 226 MB)

META 2025 · 15th edition

Torremolinos, Spain
July 22–25, 2025

Conference website Proceedings (PDF, 88 MB)

META 2024 · 14th edition

Toyama, Japan
July 16–19, 2024

Conference website Proceedings (PDF, 109 MB)

META 2023 · 13th edition

Paris, France
July 18–21, 2023

Conference website Proceedings (PDF, 134 MB)

META 2022 · 12th edition

Torremolinos, Spain
July 19–22, 2022

Conference website Proceedings (PDF, 252 MB)

META 2021 · 11th edition

Warsaw, Poland: online
July 20–23, 2021

Proceedings (PDF, 73 MB)

META 2019 · 10th edition

Lisbon, Portugal
July 23–26, 2019

Proceedings (PDF, 96 MB)

META 2018 · 9th edition

Mediterranean cruise, from Marseille, France
June 24 – July 1, 2018

Proceedings (PDF, 52 MB)

META 2017 · 8th edition

Incheon, Korea
July 25–28, 2017

Proceedings (PDF, 78 MB)

META 2016 · 7th edition

Málaga, Spain
July 25–28, 2016

Proceedings (PDF, 126 MB)

META 2015 · 6th edition

New York, USA
August 4–7, 2015

Proceedings (PDF, 320 MB)

META 2014 · 5th edition

Singapore
May 20–23, 2014

Proceedings (PDF, 50 MB)

META 2013 · 4th edition

Sharjah–Dubai, United Arab Emirates
March 18–22, 2013

Proceedings (PDF, 47 MB)

META 2012 · 3rd edition

Paris, France
April 19–22, 2012

Proceedings (PDF, 1 MB)

META 2010 · 2nd edition

Cairo, Egypt
February 22–25, 2010

Proceedings (PDF, 29 MB)

META 2008 · 1st edition

Marrakesh, Morocco
May 7–10, 2008

Springer volume, ISBN 978-1-4020-9407-1