Past Events

Past Forums

1st – Barcelona 2014 – 1st Pan European meeting for trainees and junior Family Doctors, the EYFDM (then VdGM) Forum, 7th-8th February 2014 – Design Thinking for Primary Care – photos 1; 2; featured speakers interview;

2nd – Dublin 2015 -20 and 21st February 2015 – “Family Medicine 2.0: Innovation and Awareness” – opening message; welcome message; Health Systems World Café

3rd – Jerusalem 2016 – 14 to 16th September 2016 – “Reaching out to diverse populations: Medicine for the vulnerable” – photos; video

4rd – Strasbourg 2017 – 21 and 22nd April 2017 – “No borders, no limits! Let’s push the GP world forward” – photos

5th – Porto 2018 – 26 and 27th January 2018 – “Stronger Together: Charting the Course to Navigate the Future”- report; Abstract book

6th – Torino 2019 – 27 to 29th September 2019 – “Raising our sails towards a new world: empowering Family Medicine” – photos

7th – Edinburgh 2022 – 28 and 29th January 2022 – “Perspectives on primary care”

8th – Vienna 2024 – 12 and 13th April 2024 – “Together we grow, building a healthy future”

9th – Grand Region 2025 – 25 to 27th April 2025 – “Good practice with our European Neighbours”

10th – Tallinn 2026 – 30 and 31st January 2026 – “Fishing for facts: navigating the sea of information in family medicine”

Past Pre-Conferences

WONCA World 2025 – Lisbon, Paris 2025 – 16 September to 17 September 2025 – theme: “Future-proofing family medicine”

29th WONCA Europe 2023 Dublin, Ireland – 24 and 25 September 2024 – theme: “The Changing Nature Of Family Medicine – Cultivating The Future”

28th WONCA Europe 2023 Brussels, Belgium – 6 and 7 June 2023 – theme: “You can’t always get what you want”

27th WONCA Europe 2022 London, UK – 27 and 28 June 2022 – theme: “Primary Care in a Global Community’”

26th WONCA Europe 2021 Amsterdam, Netherlands – 5 and 6 June 2021 – theme: “Do you dare to look in the mirror?”

25th WONCA Europe 2020 Berlin, Germany 23 and 24 June 2020 – theme: “Wind of Change in Family Medicine”

24th WONCA Europe 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia – 25 and 26 June 2019

23rd WONCA Europe 2018 Krakow, Poland – 24 and 25 May 2018 – theme: “GP – more than a specialist”
22nd WONCA Europe 2017 Prague, Czech Republic – photos
21st WONCA Europe 2016 Copenhagen, Denmark – photos

20th WONCA Europe 2015 İstanbul, Türkiye – 1st meeting with fellow WONCA YDM (Young Doctor Movement) from all over the world


19th WONCA Europe 2014 Lisbon, Portugal – Preconference 1st and 2nd of July 2014 – 10th EYFDM/VdGM Anniversary Preconference – photos

WONCA World 2013 Prague, Czech Republic – Preconference 24th-25th June 2013 – photos

Jointly organised by the EYFDM (then VdGM), the Rajakumar Movement, the Waynakay Movement, the Spice Route and the First Five Years in Family Practice in Canada, open to trainees and junior General Practitioners / Family Physicians (GPs/FPs), up to five years after their qualification.

Vienna 2012 – photos 1; 2; 3; 4

Warsaw 2011 – photos

Malaga 2010 – photos

Basel 2009

Istanbul 2008

Paris 2007

Florence 2006

See information on past conferences on Wonca Europe website.