Annual Conference 2023: Location Announcement

As we get ready to travel to Bulgaria for the ILGA-Europe annual conference in Sofia this week, we’re delighted to announce that the city for next year’s conference has been chosen.

The 24th Annual ILGA-Europe conference will take place in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia this week, from October 19-22, where 350 participants, alongside our staff and board members, will attend workshops, plenaries and activities all under the theme, ‘Shaping the World to Come’.

Excited as we are to be meeting with activists again in person, after a two-year hiatus, we’re also delighted to announce that the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, in the heart of Central Europe, has been chosen as the location for our Annual Conference in 2023.

We’re looking forward to beginning our work with LGBTI host organisations in Ljubljana to organise the 25th ILGA-Europe Annual Conference, and we’ll be announcing the exact dates as soon as they are tied down.

In the meantime, we look forward to being with our host organisations in Sofia – Bilitis, Deystvie and Glas Foundation – to share the energy, connection, learning and laughter of the ILGA-Europe annual conference once more!

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