Important Summits & Conferences and Venues 2019! It is an integral part of the Current Affairs section. Questions on Summits & Conferences is common in Government exams like State PSC, SSC, Banking and more. Downloadable PDF available in the end of the article.
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit
- 10th BRICS Summit 2018 – Johannesburg, South Africa
- 11th BRICS Summit 2019 – Brasília, Brazil
- Theme: Economic Growth for an Innovative Future’
- 12th BRICS Summit 2020 – Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 5th BRICS Minister of Environment Meeting 2019 – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 28th session of BASIC Ministerial meeting 2019 on Climate Change – Sao Paulo, Brazil
G 20 (Group of Twenty) Meeting
- 13th G 20 Meeting 2018 – Argentina, Buenos Aires
- 14th G 20 Meeting 2019 – Osaka, Japan
- 15th G 20 Meeting 2020 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 17th G 20 Meeting 2022 – India
- G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meet 2019 – Fukuoka, Japan
- G20 Ministerial meeting on Trade and Digital Economy 2019 – Tsukuba city, Japan
G 7 (Group of Seven) Summit
- 44th G 7 Summit 2018 – Canada
- 45th G 7 Summit 2019 – Biarritz, France
- 46th G 7 Summit 2020 – United States
Annual Meetings of the Asian Development Bank(ADB)
- 51st ADB Annual Meeting 2018 – ADB Headquarters, Manila
- 52nd ADB Annual Meeting 2019 – Nadi, Fiji
- 53rd ADB Annual Meeting 2020 – Incheon, South Korea
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit
- 30th APEC Summit 2018 – Papua, New Guinea Port Mores
- 31st APEC Summit 2019 – Chile (Cancelled)
- The Chile Government cancelled the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and the COP25 conference due to the ongoing protests in the country.
- 32nd APEC Summit 2020 – Malaysia
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit
- NATO Summit 2018 – Brussels, Belgium (NATO HQ)
- NATO Summit 2019 – London
- NATO Leaders to mark 70 years of the NATO Alliance.
CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting)
- CHOGM 2018 – London, United Kingdom
- CHOGM 2020 – Rwanda
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- 4th BIMSTEC Summit 2018 – Kathmandu, Nepal
- 5th BIMSTEC Summit – Colombo, Sri Lanka
Arab League Summit
- 35th Arab League Summit 2018 – Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- 36th Arab League Summit 2019 – Tunis, Tunisia
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit
- 34th ASEAN Summit 2019 (April) – Thailand
- 35th ASEAN Summit 2019 (November) – Thailand
- 36th ASEAN Summit 2020 (April) – Vietnam
- 37th ASEAN Summit 2020 (November) – Vietnam
East Asia Summit
- 13th East Asia Summit 2018 – Singapore
- 14th East Asia Summit 2019 – Thailand
- 15th East Asia Summit 2020 – Vietnam
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summits
- 17th SCO Summit with Heads of States 2018 – China
- 18th SCO Summit with Heads of States 2019 – Kyrgyzstan
- 19th SCO Summit with Heads of States 2020 – Russia
- 17th SCO Summit with heads of governments 2018 – Tajikistan
- 18th SCO Summit with heads of governments 2019 – Uzbekistan
- 19th SCO Summit with heads of governments 2020 – India
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit
- 18th NAM Summit 2019 – Azerbaijan
VENUES OF OTHERS IMPORTANT SUMMITS AND CONFERENCES
- Indian Science Congress (ISC)-2019 – Lovely Professional University Jalandhar, Punjab
- Theme: Future India: Science and Technology.
- 1st ‘No money for terror conference 2018′ – France
- 2nd ‘No money for terror conference 2019’ – Melbourne, Australia
- 3rd ‘No money for terror conference 2020′ – India
- South India MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises ) Summit-2019 – Bengaluru, Karnataka
- 16th Global SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Business Summit for 2019
- 9th International Micro irrigation conference – Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Global Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019 – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Gandhian Resurgence Summit – Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
- Global Skill Summit 2019 – Ranchi, Jharkhand
- Theme: Skilling Youth, Enabling Youth
- 4th International Conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device – Bengaluru, Karnataka
- 5th International Dam Safety Conference 2019 – Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
- 4th International Spice Conference – Hyderabad, Telangana
- 8th World Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Congress – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- 2nd ASEAN – India Youth Summit 2019 – Guwahati, Assam
- Theme – “Connectivity : Pathway to Shared Prosperity”
- National Conference on Unani Medicine – New Delhi
- World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS) 2019 – New Delhi
- Theme-“Attaining the 2030 Agenda: delivering on our promise”.
- 14th Agricultural Science Congress – New Delhi
- India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting – Cochin, Kerala
- Ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – New Delhi
- Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) – New Delhi
- 14th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) – Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Women Start-up Summit 2019 – Kochi, Kerala
- Theme: Developing an Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
- Regional Conference on Good Governance – Jaipur, Rajasthan
- India Economic Summit 2019 – New Delhi
- Global Investors Summit 2019 – Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
- 3rd International Sunflower Seed and Oil Conference (ISSOC) 2019 – Mumbai
- 4th Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress 2019 – Bengaluru, Karnataka
- First helicopter summit 2019 – Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- National Youth Summit 2019 – New Delhi
- 1st National Hindi science writers conference 2019 – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
- Conference on ‘One Nation One Tag – FASTag’ – New Delhi, India
- Global Business Summit – New Delhi
- 5th International Conference on Yoga 2019 – Mysuru, Karnataka
- Theme : Yoga for Heart Care
- World Economic Forum Annual Meeting-2019 – Davos-Klosters, Switzerland
- 7th ASEAN-India Tourism Ministers meeting – Ha Long City, Vietnam
- World Government Summit 2019 – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) meeting – Abu Dhabi, UAE
- 9th round of the U.S.-India Strategic Security Dialogue – Washington DC, United States
- The second edition of Belt and Road Forum (BRF) – Beijing, China
- Theme – Belt and Road Cooperation: Shaping a Brighter Shared Future
- Global Water Summit – London
- 2nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Mass Media Forum – Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan
- Ocean Conference 2020 – Lisbon, Portugal
- Second Urban 20 (U20) Mayors summit – Tokyo, Japan
- 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue – Doha, Qatar
- 14th Islamic Summit – Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- First Global Conference for Media Freedom 2019 – London
- 8th Ministerial Meeting of Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) 2019 – Beijing, China
- SAARC(South Asian Association for Regional Corporation) foreign ministers informal meeting 2019 – Nepal
- 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) for 2019 – Kampala, Uganda
- 74th United Nations (UN) Climate Action Summit 2019 – New York, United States
- 24th World Energy Congress (WEC) for 2019 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
- C40 world mayors Summit 2019 – Copenhagen, Denmark
- 6th parliamentary speakers’ summit of G20 countries – Tokyo, Japan
- 2019 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (also known as Conference of the Parties (COP) 25 climate summit 2019) – Madrid, Spain
- Fifth Dialogue of NITI Aayog and Development Research Centre (DRC) – Wuhan, China
- 27th National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) 2019 – Mar Ivanios College in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- 20th GeoSmart India conference 2019 – Hyderabad, Telangana
- 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) – New Delhi
- 1st ‘two-plus-two’ dialogue between India & Japan held in New Delhi.