All about the ASCE Annual General Meeting and an overview of past meetings,
their location and topics.
AGM 2026
This year’s AGM and Conference was held earlier than usual, from 18 to 20 June 2026 in Turin, Italy. The conference, themed “Life Lessons: Cemeteries as Educational Heritage”, explored how cemeteries serve as vital heritage sites for education, encouraging reflection on how we preserve, interpret, and transmit knowledge across generations. All details and highlights about the event can be found at this LINK.
About the AGM and Conference
Each year, the Annual General Meeting attracts over 100 cemetery academics, artists and professionals from all over Europe. It generates a lot of public attention and through the conference helps expose important topics on cemetery's history, art, architecture, cultural heritage, sustainability, management, and future trends. This main ASCE event is held at the end of September and consist of three segments:- Annual General Meeting of members, where most important projects and activities of ASCE are presented, along with financial and administrative reports.
- Conference which consists of presentations over themed subjects arranged by the editorial board.
- Cultural program and guided tour of a significant cemetery where participants can discover the particulary important monuments, events or stories that shaped the cultural heritage of town, city and Europe.
AGM history
Every time, AGM takes place in a different European city and addresses a
different topic. Below you can find
an overview of all the past Annual General Meetings from 2001 to
today.
Annual General Meeting 2026
Turin, Italy (18–20 June 2026)
Conference theme: Life Lessons: Cemeteries as Educational Heritage
Annual General Meeting 2025
Dresden, Germany (4–6 September 2025)
Conference theme: Future Through Remembrance
Annual General Meeting 2024
Budapest, Hungary (19–21 September 2024)
Conference theme: Cemeteries as Cultural Spaces of European Remembrance
Annual General Meeting 2023
Mantua, Italy (21–23 September 2023)
Conference theme: Cemeteries of the Future
Annual General Meeting 2022
Belgrade, Serbia (15–17 September 2022)
Conference theme: Cemeteries for Everybody
Annual General Meeting 2021
Budapest, Hungary (16–18 September 2021)
Conference theme: Cemetourism: Cemeteries with Stories to Tell (held online on 11–12 November 2021)
Annual General Meeting 2020
Vienna, Austria (7 October 2020)
Online meeting with live broadcasting
Annual General Meeting 2019
Ghent, Belgium (3–5 October 2019)
Conference theme: Shared Use and Reuse of Cemeteries
Annual General Meeting 2018
Innsbruck, Austria (20–22 September 2018)
Conference theme: European Cemeteries in the European Year of
Cultural Heritage
Annual General Meeting 2017
Athens, Greece (5–7 October 2017)
Conference theme: Ancient Greek Art and European Funerary Art
Annual General Meeting 2016
Dublin, Ireland (6–8 October 2016)
Conference theme: Conflict, Memorialization = Reconciliation
Annual General Meeting 2015
Bucharest, Romania (24–26 September 2015)
Conference theme: Foreigners in Significant Cemeteries
Annual General Meeting 2014
Barcelona, Spain (2–4 October 2014)
Conference theme: Beyond the Death: Remembrance, Memory and
Heritage
Annual General Meeting 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands (19–21 September 2013)
Conference theme: Gardens, Forests, Cities. European Cemeteries as Cultural Landscape
Annual General Meeting 2012
Maribor, Slovenia (13–15 September 2012)
Conference theme: Promotion of Cemeteries and Their Surrounding Territories
Annual General Meeting 2011
Vienna, Austria (22–24 September 2011)
Conference theme: Modern Influences on Significant
Cemeteries
Annual General Meeting 2010
Cagliari, Italy (16–18 September 2010)
Conference theme: Cataloguing, Preservation, Maintenance and Restoration of Cemeteries
Annual General Meeting 2009
Granada, Spain (1–3 October 2009)
Conference theme: Cemetery, Tourism and Culture
Annual General Meeting 2008
Birkenhead, United Kingdom (18–20 September 2008)
Conference theme: The Role of Volunteers in Cemetery Care and Management
Annual General Meeting 2007
Stavanger and Sandnes, Norway (20–22 September 2007)
Conference theme: The Significance of Cemeteries
in Society
Annual General Meeting 2006
Verona, Italy (28–30 September 2006)
Conference theme: The Importance of the History
of 19th and 20th Century European Funerary Sculpture
Annual General Meeting 2005
Berlin, Germany (22–24 September 2005)
Conference theme: The Future of the Cemetery
in Cities
Annual General Meeting 2004
Genoa, Italy (23–25 September 2004)
Conference theme: Memory and Future in
the Architecture of European Cemeteries
Annual General Meeting 2003
Barcelona, Spain (16–19 October 2003)
Conference theme: not documented
Annual General Meeting 2002
Vilnius, Lithuania (17–19 October 2002)
Conference theme: European Cemeteries, History, Research and Restoration
Annual General Meeting 2001
Bologna, Italy
(10 November 2001)
The first AGM: formal
establishment of ASCE and
election of ASCE
first president