All about the ASCE Annual General Meeting and an overview of past meetings, their location and topics.
AGM 2019, Ghent
To find out more about AGM 2019, please follow this link.About AGM
Each year Annual General Meeting and conference 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 from modern cemeteries management. This main ASCE event is held at the end of September or beginning of October 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.
- Guided tour of the 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 2019
Het Zuid', Ghent (3.10 - 5.10.2019)
Title: Shared use and reuse of cemeteries.
Annual General Meeting 2018
Innsbruck, Austria (20. - 22.9.2018)
Title: European Cemeteries in the European year of Cultural Heritage
Annual General Meeting 2017
Athens, Greece (5. - 7.10.2017)
Title: Ancient Greek Art and European Funerary Art 
Annual General Meeting 2016
Dublin, Ireland (6. - 8.10.2016)
Title: Conflict, Memorialization = Reconciliation 
Annual General Meeting 2015
Bucharest, Romania (24. - 26.9.2015)
Title: Foreigners in Significant Cemeteries 
Annual General Meeting 2014
Barcelona, Spain (2. - 4.10.2014)
Title: Beyond the death: Remembrance, Memory and Heritage 
Annual General Meeting 2013
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (19. - 21.9.2013)
Title: Gardens, forests, cities. European cemeteries as cultural landscape 
Annual General Meeting 2012
Maribor, Slovenia (13. - 15.9.2012)
Title: Promotion of cemeteries and their surrounding territories 
Annual General Meeting 2011
Vienna, Austria (22. - 24.9.2011)
Title: Modern Influences on Significant Cemeteries 
Annual General Meeting 2010
Cagliari, Italy (16. - 18.9.2010)
Title: Cataloguing, preservation, maintenance and restoration of cemeteries 
Annual General Meeting 2009
Granada, Spain (1. - 3.10.2009)
Title: Cemetery, tourism and culture 
Annual General Meeting 2008
Birkenhead, England (18. - 20.9.2008)
Title: The role of volunteers in cemetery care and management 
Annual General Meeting 2007
Stavanger and Sandnes, Norway (20. - 22.9.2007)
Title: The significance of cemeteries in society 
Annual General Meeting 2006
Verona, Italy (28. - 30.9.2006)
Title: The importance of the history of 19th and 20th century European funerary sculpture 
Annual General Meeting 2005
Berlin, Germany (22. - 24.9.2005)
Title: The future of the cemetery in cities 
Annual General Meeting 2004
Genoa, Italy (23. - 25.9.2004)
Title: Memory and future in the architecture of European cemeteries 
Annual General Meeting 2003
Barcelona, Spain (16. - 19.10.2003)
Title: 
Annual General Meeting 2002
Vilnius, Lithuania (17. - 19.10.2002)
Title: European cemeteries, history, research and restoration 
Annual General Meeting 2001
Bologna, Italy (10.11.2001)
The first AGM: formal establishment of ASCE and election of ASCE first president