Past SOLWorld events

This is a listing of all the SOLWorld events so far.  All credit goes to the organising teams - without them, there would be no SOLWorld. There have been 55 events up to June 2023- well done everyone! 

SOLWorld 2023: 8-10 June 2023, Vienna 

Organising team Ralph Miarka, Veronika Jungwirth and the Sinvollfurthren team 

Fremtiden Live 4: Copenhagen, 29 November 2022

Organising team: Jespter Christiansen

SOLWorld Summer Retreat 2022: 8-12 August 2022

Organising team: Wendy Van den Bulck, Sarah Cudmore, Klaus Schenck 

SOLWorld DACH 2022: 12-14 May 2022

Organising team: Dominik Godat, Eflie Czerny, Joachim Welter, Michael Eisele and Ulrich Leser. See resources from the event here.

SOLWorld Summer Retreat 2021: 2-6 August 2021 (online)

Organising team: Wendy Van den Bulck, Sarah Cudmore

SOLWorld conference 2021:11 June 2021 (online) 

Organising team Ralph Miarka and Veronika Jungwirth 

SOLWorld Summer Retreat 2020: 3-8 August 2020 (online)

Organising team: Wendy Van den Bulck, Sarah Cudmore

Fremtiden Live 2020: 28 May 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark (online) Handling conflict in organisations

Organising team: Jesper Christiansen

SOLWorld DACH 2020: 16-18 January 2020, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Organising team: Kirsten Dierolf, Frank Gollas, Stefan Kreil and Joachim Norf

Fremtiden Live 2019: 7 November 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organising team: Jesper Christiansen

SOLWorld Summer retreat 2019: 5-10 August 2019, Grosshoechstetten, Switzerland 

Organising team: Julia Kalenberg, Christiane Kosub, Ruth Stoffel Kauflin, Tim Newton

SOLWorld International conference 2019: Budapest, Hungary

Organising team: Katalin Hankovszky, SF Association Hungary, Jonas Wells and others

SOLWorld CEE conference: 1-3 November 2018, Timisoara, Romania  

Organising team: Petra Muller-Demary 

SOLWorld summer retreat 2018: 5-10 August 2018, Szigetmonostor, Hungary

Organising team  Wendy Van den Bulck, Veerle Van Kets and Enikő Tegyi

SOLWorld DACH 2018: 31 May - 2 June 2018, Weggis, Switzerland 

Organising team: Solutionsurfers CH 

Fremtiden: Live, 19 April 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organising team: Jesper Christiansen 

SF World Conference (SOLWorld, EBTA, SFBTA and more): 22-24 September 2017, Bad Soden, Germany

Organising team: Kirsten Dierolf and many more

SOLWorld summer retreat 2017: 28 May - 2 June 2017, Ammoopi, Karpathos, Greece

Organising team: Irini Nikolaidou, Rita Klemmayer, Symelia Metridou

Danish Solution-Focused conference 2017 (SOLWorld and EBTA): 27-28 April 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark

Organising team: Jesper Christian, Anne-Marie Wulf 

SOLWorld research camp 2017: 6-7 February 2017, Rogla, Slovenia

Organising team: Kati Hankovszky, Biba Ribolj 

SOLWorld CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) conference 2016: Bucharest, Romania, 12-14 October 2016

Organising team: Petra Mueller-Demary 

SOLWorld DACH (German-language) conference 2016: Vienna, Austria, 9-10 September 2016 

Organising team: Susanne Burgstaller

SOLWorld annual conference 2016: 19 - 21 May 2016, Liverpool Adelphi Hotel. 

Organising team: Mark McKergow, Jenny Clarke

SOLworld/EBTA joint Danish Solution Focused Conference, 2nd: Difference that makes a Difference: 28/29 April 2016, Copenhagen, Danmark

Organising Team: Jesper H. Christiansen, Anne-Marie Wulf

Read a report by Kati Hankovszky

SOLWorld CEE conference 2015: Brief & Simple: 5-6 February 2015, Budapest, Hungary

Organising team: Mónika Göntér, Katalin Hankovszky, Áron Levendel, Tamás E. Náray, Zsana Somlai

SOLWorld 2014 Summer Retreat

SOLworld annual conference 2014: The Foture Perfect Of Solution Focus: 3-6 September 2014, Djurönäset/Stockholm, Sweden

Organising team: Björn Johansson, Niklas Tiger, Pernilla Forsberg Tiger, Agneta Castenberg, Eva Persson

Ressources

J-SOL 7 - seventh Japanese conference: 21-22 June 2014

Organising team: Solution Focus Inc. staff team

SOLWorld „WeitergeDACHT“: First German-language conference: 29-30 May 2014

Organising team: Kirsten Dierolf, Susanne Burgstaller, Dominik Godat, Peter Roehrig

SOLWorld CEE conference 2013: 12-14 September 2013, Visegrad, Hungary

Organising team: Eszter Császár, Mónika Göntér, Kati Hankovszky, Áron Levendel, Alida Mezei, Dóra Pekár, Natália Polgár, Zsófia Varga

SOLWorld 2013 Summer Retreat: 14-19 August 2013, Moieciu, Romania  

Organising team: Petra Mueller-Demary, Liselotte Baeijaert, Veerle Van Kets, Dominik Godat and Tomy Kanics

J-SOL 6 - sixth Japanese conference: 22-23 June 2013, Tokyo, Japan

Organising team: Satsuki Fujisawa, Teruko Watanabe, Kikue Saeki, Katsuya Nakano, Ruiko Aoki, Yasuteru Aoki Read the report on Mark McKergow's blog.

SOLWorld 2013 International Business Event: 15-17 May 2013, Bad Pyrmont, Germany 

Organising team:  Annie Bordeleau, John Brooker, Anton Stellamans, Christoph Papst & Penny West. http://www.sol2013.com. Resources page.

SOLWorld 2012 International Conference: 6-8 September 2012, Keble College, Oxford, UK 

Organising team:  Bruce Woodings, Colin Coombs, Janine Waldman, Jeff Matthews, John Brooker, John Sproson, Loraine Kennedy, Paul Z Jackson, Penny West, Sue Lickorish  http://www.sol2012.co.uk

Summer retreat 2012: 17-21 May 2012, Hydra, Greece

Organising team: Olympia Mitsopoulou, Rita Klemmayer, Dominik Godat, Christina Kapeni, (Ilias Moschos), Regina Reinhardt

J_SOL 5 - fifth Japanese conference: 23-24 June 2012, Kyoto, Japan 

Organising team: Yasuteru Aoki, Ruiko Aoki, Satsuki Fujisawa, Katsuya Nakano, Kikue Saeki, Kiyoji Ito, Tomoyuki Ono, Yuki Kondo, Yuzuru Yoshida, Miyuki Tobe, Katsuhiro Honda (Ponta) http://www.j-sol.org/index.html,  http://www.sfwork.com/pdf/J-SOL5report.pdf

Summer retreat 2011: 15-20 August 2011, Fontana Passugg, Switzerland

Organising team: Sue Lickorish, Petra Mueller-Demary, Manuela Schaefer, Julia Kalenberg

J-SOL 4 - fourth Japanese conference:

Organising team: Yasuteru Aoki, Ruiko Aoki, Satsuki Fujisawa, Kikue Saeki, Katsuya Nakano, Kiyoji Ito, Masahi Masa Ishikawa, Tomoyuki Ono, Koichiro Kaya, Katsuhiro Ponta Honda, Yuzuru Yoshida, Miyuki Tobe, Yoko Yamane, Teruko Watanabe, Emi Nishiura.   http://www.j-sol.org/four.html

SOLWorld 2011 International Conference: 19-21 May 2010, Balatonfured, Hungary

Organising team: Enikő Tegyi, Kati Hankovszky, Peter Szabó, Bíró Csaba, Andrea Szentörgyi, Éva Kovács, Eszter Nagy, Kitti Szoboszlai, Eva Porpáczy, Tamás Schieszler, Orsolya Dabasi

Summer retreat 2010: 16 - 21 August 2010, Fontana Passugg, Switzerland

Organising team: Anton Stellamans, Liselotte Baiejeart, Björn Johansson, Eva Persson, Jesper Christiansen, Kati Hankosvzky

J-SOL 3 - third Japanese conference: 26-27 June 2010, Ryogoku Daichi Hotel, Tokyo

Organising team: Yasuteru Aoki, Ruiko Aoki, Masaya Abe, Masashi Ishikawa, Kiyoji Ito, Tomoyuki Ono, Yuji Kojima, Akiko Saito, Hideki Shimizu, Takeshi Suzuki, Mariko Suda, Miyuki Tobe, Emi Nishiura, Kenji Hayakawa, Satsuki Fujisawa, Katsuhiro Honda (Ponta), Yoko Yamane, Teruko Watanabe

SOLWorld 2010 International Conference: 8-10 May 2010, Ramada Parc Hotel, Bucharest, Romania

Organising team: Petra Muller-Demary, Rita Klemmayer, Clementina Anghelache, Octavian Niculescu, Sorina Negoita

J-SOL 2 - second Japanese conference: 27 - 28 June 2009, UDX Conference, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan
Organising team: Yasuteru Aoki, Masaya Abe, Masa Ishikawa, Kiyoji Ito, Tomoyuki Ono, Koichiro Kaya, Yuji Kojima, Shinichiro Kobayashi, Hikaru Goto, Akiko Saito, Hideki Shimizu, Takeshi Suzuki, Koto Chang, Yasutaka Tsuji, Kaz Tsuboi, Miyuki Tobe, Hiromi Toyota, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Kiyoshi Nagata, Emi Nishiura, Hiroaki Nishida, Misuzu Ninomiya, Kenji Hayakawa, Satsuki Fujisawa, Ponta Honda, Hideo Miyake, Teruko Watanabe, Max Watanabe

SOLWorld 2009 International Conference: 14 - 17 May 2009, Texel, The Netherlands

Organising team:  Bert Garssen, Hans Schreurs, Bart van Loon, Bouke de Boer, Maaike Garssen, Jan Brinkman, José de Ruyter, Marc van Os

SOLWorld 2008 International Conference: 9 - 11 May 2008, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany

Organising team:  Peter Röhrig, Kirsten Dierolf, Max Dorando, Christine Kuch, Petra Nickels-Lauterbach, Gesa Niggemann, Barbara Schumann, Klaus Schenck, Annie Bordeleau, Veronica Hughes-Friederichs, Judith Tausendfreund

J-SOL ONE - first Japanese conference: 27 April 2008, UDX conference centre, Tokyo, Japan

Organising team: Yasuteru Aoki, Ito-san, Ponta-san, Yuji Kojima, Teruko Watanabe, Masa Ishikawa and others. Read the English language report by clicking here.

SOL 2007 Summer University: 2 - 8 September 2007, Hotel Tiliana, Budapest, Hungary

Organising faculty: Jenny Clarke, Björn Johansson, Mark McKergow, Peter Röhrig, Günter Lueger

SOL 2007 International Conference: 11 - 13 May 2007, Bruges, Belgium. See photos here.

Organising team: Liselotte Baeijaert, Louis Cauffman, Saskia Holvoet, Magda Ral, Anton Stellamans, Christophe Van Coppenolle, Marc Van Houtte, Chris Verheyde

SOL North America Salon 2007: 2 - 4 February 2007, Toronto, Canada

Organising team: Alan Kay, Mike Goran, Minna Graham, Suzanne Aldous-Routh, Tim Hammond

SOL 2006 Summer University: 3 - 9 September 2006, Hotel Konopiste, Prague, Czech Republic

Organising faculty: Jenny Clarke, Björn Johansson, Mark McKergow, Peter Röhrig, Peter Szabo

SOL 2006 International Conference: 18 - 20 May 2006, University for Music and Dramatic Arts, Vienna, Austria

Organising team:  Günter Lueger, Hans-Peter Korn, Kathrin Bauer, Elisabeth Kemenicky, Erika Krenn, Thomas Lenz, Doris Regele, Wolfgang Regele, Martine Scheinecker

SOL 2005 Summer University: 24 - 30 July 2005, Hotel La Meridiana, Venice, Italy

Organising faculty: Günter Lueger, Björn Johansson, Mark McKergow, Peter Röhrig, Peter Szabo in association with PEF University, Vienna

SOL 2005 International Conference: 20 - 22 May 2005, Hotel Beau Rivage, Interlaken, Switzerland

Organising team: Peter Szabó, Daniel Meier, Kirsten Dierolf, Katalin Hankovszky, Urs Limacher Koechlin, Felix Hirschburger, Dorothea Schneuwly, Romi Staub, Christoph Ziegler 

SOL 2004 International Conference: 14 - 16 May 2004, Opera Terrace, Stockholm, Sweden

Organising team: Michael Hjerth, Anders Claesson, Kerstin Måhlberg, Ulf Mårberg, Björn Johansson, Agneta Castenberg, Caroline Klingenstierna, Eva Persson

SOL 2003 International Conference: 14 - 16 February 2003, @-Bristol Centre, Harbourside, Bristol, UK

Organising team: Jenny Clarke, Mark McKergow, Harry Norman. See photos of the event.

SOL 2002 International Conference: 8 - 10 February 2002, Jury's Hotel, Bristol, UK

Organising team: Bristol Solutions Group - Jenny Clarke, Kate Hart, John Henden, Paul Z Jackson, Mark McKergow, Harry Norman. See photos of the event.