| 13th | 20-23 May 2025 | Rome, Italy (hybrid) | Ms Burcu Bilgin Topçu (Türkiye) | Fiji, Indonesia, Mexico, Oman, Senegal, United States of America | Mr Belemane Semoli (South Africa) | Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 12th | 16-19 May 2023 | Hermosillo, Mexico | Mr Edgar Edmundo Lanz Sánchez (Mexico) | Türkiye, Indonesia, Belgium, Canada, Fiji, Oman, South Africa | Dawood Alyahyai (Oman) | Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Philippines, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America |
| 11th | 24-27 May 2022 | Rome, Italy (virtual) | Mr Belemane Semoli (South Africa) | Mexico, Türkiye, Indonesia, South Africa, Fiji, Belgium, Canada, Oman | Patrick Sorgeloos (Belgium) | Belgium, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Chile, China, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Oman, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 10th | 23-27 August 2019 | Trondheim, Norway | Mr Yngve Torgersen (Norway) | Mexico, Türkiye, Indonesia, South Africa, Fiji, Belgium | Balaji Jujjavarapu (India) | Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, South Africa |
| 9th | 24-27 October 2017 | FAO HQ, Rome, Italy | Mr. H.A. Abdolhay (Iran (Islamic Republic of)) | Norway, Cameroon, United States of America | Mr Yngve Torgersen (Norway) | Belgium, Comoros, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Peru, Uganda |
| 8th | 5-9 October 2015 | Brasilia, Brazil | Mr Rodrigo Roubach (Brazil) | Iran (Islamic Republic of), Norway, United States of America | Mr Alistair Struthers (Canada) | Brazil, Cameroon, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Germany, Kenya, Norway, Republic of Korea |
| 7th | 7-11 October 2013 | St Petersburg, Russian Federation | Mr Mikhail Glubokovsky (Russian Federation) | Brazil, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Canada | Mr S. Subasinghe (Sri Lanka) | Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Norway, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America |
| 6th | 26-30 March 2012 | Cape Town, South Africa | Ms Susan Clare Middleton (South Africa) | Russian Federation, Oman, United States of America | Mr Yngve Torgersen (Norway) | Argentina, Canada, Chile, France, India, Namibia, South Africa, Thailand, United States of America |
| 5th | 27 September-1 October 2010 | Phuket, Thailand | Ms Supranee Chinabut (Thailand) | South Africa, Chile, France | Mr Yngve Torgersen (Norway) | Canada, Germany, India, Norway, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Thailand, United States of America |
| 4th | 6-10 October 2008 | Puerto Varas, Chile | Ms Marisol Álvarez (Chile) | Thailand, Russian Federation, Australia | Ms Linda Chaves (United States of America) | Belgium, Canada, China, Ecuador, India, Mexico, Norway, Thailand, Uganda, United States of America |
| 3rd | 4-8 September 2006 | New Delhi, India | Mr Ajay Bhattacharya (India) | Chile, Canada, Belgium | Ms Linda Chaves (United States of America) | Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, Japan, Kenya, Oman, Thailand, United States of America |
| 2nd | 7-11 August 2003 | Trondheim, Norway | Mr Jerónimo Ramos Saenz Pardo (Mexico) | Poland, Egypt, United States of America, Mauritania, India | Mr François Gauthiez (France) | Angola, Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, European Union, France, Guatemala, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa, United States of America |
| 1st | 18-22 April 2002 | Beijing, China | Mr Glenn Hurry (Australia) | Norway, United Republic of Tanzania, China | Mr Alfredo Herrera Mesina (Mexico) | Canada, Chile, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Fiji, Hungary, India, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Oman, Senegal, Uganda, United States of America |