IFPA supports and promotes excellence in the field of placental and pregnancy research via its annual 3-4 day meeting. This meeting brings together clinicians and scientists of all career levels from our member societies across the globe to provide a melting pot of ideas, tools and knowledge. People are central to the success of IFPA, which strives to create an interactive atmosphere conducive to frank yet amicable exchange and network development. Importance is also placed on providing inclusive opportunities to enable the development of early career researchers – the future of pregnancy research. 

These meetings rotate between the groups to allow regular access to an international meeting in each of these areas. Our meetings over the last few years have been:

• 2023 Rotorua, New Zealand (ANZPRA) 
• 2021 Amsterdam, Netherlands (EPG – virtual)
• 2019 Buenos Aires, Argentina (PAA)
• 2018 Tokyo, Japan (JPG)
• 2017 Manchester, England (EPG)
• 2016 Portland, Oregon, USA (PAA)
• 2015 Brisbane, Australia (ANZPRA)
• 2014 Paris, France (EPG)
• 2013 Whistler, British Columbia, Canada (PAA)
• 2012 Hiroshima, Japan (JPG)
• 2011 Geilo, Norway (EPG)
• 2010 Santiago, Chile (PAA)

The abstracts of our meetings are published in the Elsevier journal PLACENTA, while the major proceedings are published in the annual issue of TROPHOBLAST RESEARCH which is jointly owned by IFPA and Elsevier.

We have a cooperative arrangement with the Elsevier journal PLACENTA, allowing our membership, through the IFPA Executive, to select the editors of PLACENTA.

We also select the editor of TROPHOBLAST RESEARCH.