Rotary International Conventions

Rotary International Conventions

The following dates / cities are the historical list of previous Rotary International Conventions as well as the most current information we have available for future Rotary International Conventions. Several worldwide cities try to secure a future Rotary international Conference as it is viewed as a boon to their local economy. As future dates and locations are confirmed they will be posted.

With the COVID Pandemic, many things changed the future. Unfortunately, the 2020 Rotary International Convention in Hawaii was cancelled for in person conference due to the Pandemic, however, it was held virtually. Please note conventions prior to 2001 counted total registrants paid or not. From 2001 on the totals are paid attendees only.

Rotary International Conferences Past-Future

Year City Dates Official Attendance
2027 Honolulu, Hawaii June 21-25  
2026 Taipei, Taiwan June 13-17  
2025 Calgary, Canada June 21-25  
2024 Singapore, Singapore June 8-12  
2023 Melbourne, Australia May 27-31  
2022 Houston, Texas June 4-8 11,181
2021 Virtual June 12-16 11,003
2020 Virtual June 6-10 60,528
2019 Hamburg, Germany June 1-5 26,859
2018 Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 24-27 25,188
2017 Atlanta, GA (USA) June 10-14 33.390
2016 Seoul (South Korea) May 29-June 1 44,607
2015 Sao Paulo (Brazil) June 1-4 14,838
2014 Sydney (Australia) June 1-4 18,603
2013 Lisbon (Portugal) June 23-26 19,717
2012 Bangkok (Thailand) May 6-9 33,104
2011 New Orleans, LA (USA) May 22-25 17,487
2010 Montreal, Canada June 20, 23 17,909
2009 Birmingham, England (UK) June 21-24 16,062
2008 Los Angeles, CA (USA) June 22-25 18,702
2007 Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) June 17-20 15,439
2006 Malmo, Sweden & Copenhagen, Denmark June 11-14 14,441
2005 Chicago, IL (USA) June 19-22 39,460
2004 Osaka, Japan May 23-26 43,381
2003 Brisbane, Australia June 1-4 14,147
2002 Barcelona, Spain June 23-26 19,059
2001 San Antonio, Texas (USA) June 24-27 24,092
2000 Buenos Aires, Argentina June 4-7 14,201
1999 Singapore, Singapore June 13-16 17,903
1998 Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) June 14-17 19,002
1997 Glasgow, Scotland June 15-18 23,506
1996 Calgary, Canada June 23-26 24,963
1995 Nice, France June 11-14 34,077
1994 Taipei, Taiwan June 12-15 31,161
1993 Melbourne, Australia May 23-26 22,083
1992 Orlando, Florida (USA) June 14-17 19,111
1991 Mexico City, Mexico June 2-5 15,638
1990 Portland, OR (USA) June 24-27 21,053
1989 Seoul, Korea May 21-24 38,878
1988 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA) May 22-25 16,316
1987 Munich, Germany June 7-10 26,909
1986 Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) June 1-4 18,426
1985 Kansas City, Missouri (USA) May 26-30 12,920
1984 Birmingham, England June 3-7 22,452
1983 Toronto, Canada June 508 16,250
1982 Dallas, Texas (USA) June 6-9 13,222
1981 Sao Paulo, Brazil May 31 - June 4 15,222
1980 Chicago, Illinois (USA) June 1-5 18,309
1979 Rome, Italy June 10-13 14,429
1978 Tokyo, Japan May 14-18 39,834
1977 San Francisco, CA (USA) June 5-9 14,168
1976 New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) June 13-17 13,935
1975 Montreal, Canada June 8-12 12,975
1974 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (USA) June 9-13 10,015
1973 Lausanne, Switzerland May 13-17 17,187
1972 Houston, Texas (USA) June 11-15 13,287
1971 Sydney, Australia May 16-20 16,646
1970 Atlanta, Georgia (USA) May 31 - June 4 10,803
1969 Honolulu, Hawaii (USA) May 25-29 14,453
1968 Mexico City, Mexico May 12-16 11,840
1967 Nice, France May 21-25 19,362
1966 Denver, Colorado (USA June 12-16 12,929
1965 Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA) May 30 - June 3 9,368
1964 Toronto, Canada June 7-11 14,661
1963 St. Louis, Missouri (USA) June 9-13 10,779
1962 Los Angeles, CA (USA) June 3-7 22,302
1961 Tokyo, Japan May 28 - June 1 23,366
1960 Miami-Miami Beach, FL (USA) May 29-June 2 11,354
1959 New York, NY (USA) June 1-5 15,475
1958 Dallas, Texas (USA) June 1-5 14,035
1957 Lucerne, Switzerland June 1-5 9,072
1956 Philadelphia, PA (USA) June 3-6 10,003
1955 Chicago, Illinois (USA) May 29 - June 2 14,312
1954 Seattle, WA (USA) June 6-10 8,015
1953 Paris, France May 24-28 10,106
1952 Mexico City, Mexico May 25-29 6,804
1951 Atlantic City, NJ (USA) May 27-31 8,453
1950 Detroit, Michigan (USA) June 18-22 6,949
1949 New York, New York (USA) June 12-16 15,961
1948 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 16-20 7,511
1947 San Francisco, CA (USA) June 8-12 14,678
1946 Atlantic City, NH (USA) June 2-6 10,958
1945 Chicago, Illinois (USA) May 31, June 5, 12, 19 141
1944 Chicago, Illinois (USA) May 18-22 403
1943 St. Louis, Missouri (USA) May 17-20 3,851
1942 Toronto, Canada June 21-25 6,599
1941 Denver, Colorado (USA) Jund 15-20 8,942
1940 Havana, Cuba June 9-14 3,713
1939 Cleveland, Ohio (USA) June 19-23 9,241
1938 San Francisco, CA (USA) June 19-24 10,432
1937 Nice, France June 6-11 5,790
1936 Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA) June 22-26 9,907
1935 Mexico City, Mexico June 17-21 5,330
1934 Detroit, Michigan (USA) June 25-29 7,377
1933 Boston, Massachusetts (USA) June 26-30 8,430
1932 Seattle, WA (USA) June 20-24 5,182
1931 Vienna, Austria June 22-26 4,296
1930 Chicago, Illinois (USA) June 23-27 11,008
1929 Dallas, Texas (USA) May 27-31 9,508
1928 Minneapolis, MN (USA) June 18-22 9,428
1927 Ostend, Belgium June 5-10 6,412
1926 Denver, Colorado (USA) June 14-18 8,886
1925 Cleveland, Ohio (USA) June 15-19 10,212
1924 Toronto, Canada June 16-20 9,173
1923 St. Louis, Missouri (USA) June 18-22 6,779
1922 Los Angeles, CA (USA) June 5-9 6,096
1921 Edinburgh, Scotland June 13-16 2,523
1920 Atlantic City, New Jersey (USA) June 21-25 7,213
1919 Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) June 21-25 7,213
1918 Kansas City, Missouri (USA) June 24-28 4,415
1917 Atlanta, Georgia (USA) June 17-21 2,588
1916 Cincinnati, Ohio (USA) July 16-20 3,591
1915 San Francisco, DA (USA) July 18-23 1,988
1914 Houston, Texas (USA) June 22-26 1,288
1913 Buffalo, New York (USA) August 18-21 930
1912 Duluth, Minnesota (USA) August 6-9 598
1911 Portland, OR (USA) August 21-23 149
1910 Chicago, Illinois (USA) August 15-17 60

The smallest convention was the first, 1910, with 60 attendees.
The largest registration number, to date, was 44,607 at the 2016 convention in Seoul, South Korea