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 70 events up to June 2026- well done everyone!

• SF Trainers Unconference: 4-7 June 2026, Porvoo, Finland. Organising team Bodil Mickels, Marika Tammeaid, Liisa Virolainen and Lari Karreinen. 
• Chilling In Good Company – Post-conference retreat: 17-19 May 2025, Land An Zee, Netherlands. Organising team Annie Bordeleau, John Brooker and Eva Rampini. 
• SOLWorld 2025 – In Good Company: 15-17 May, Mechelen, Belgium. Organising team Anton Stellamans and Il Faro
• SF World Day 2024 – Feest van de meerstemmigheid: 3 May 2024, Ghent, Belgium. Organising team VVDO, SOLWorld, SFiO Chapter of the Lowlands and Ilfaro 
• SOLWorld Unconference 2024: 14-16 April 2024, Land An Zee, Netherlands. Organising team Annie Bordeleau, John Brooker and Bodil Mickels
• 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, Resources
• 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
• SOLWorld Conference 2007: 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
• SOLWorld Conference 2005: 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. SOL 2003 Conference Photos.
• SOL Conference 2002 – 1st 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. Photos available here: SOL 2002 Conference Reflections.