Since the first Meeting in 1971 attendance has grown from 200 people to over 1,300 participants. The importance and influence of the Biennial Meetings is evident through various factors, such as increased investigator interest in cross-cultural and cross-national studies of behavioral development and through the numerous international research efforts originating from them, by the increase in ISSBD membership in countries organizing Biennial Meetings, and by the Society's enhanced visibility to philanthropic foundations and research organizations.
The Society prefers to rotate the location of its Biennial Meetings across continents.
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