On July 7–10, 2015, the association held its first International Conference under the global theme "The human being: cultures, origins, and destiny," with over 800 delegates in Madrid, Spain.

The meeting was presented by anthropologist Didier Fassin (Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton), and closed with a lecture by Aurora González Echevarria (Autonomous University of Barcelona).

The Second AIBR International Conference took place in Barcelona (http://2016.aibr.org) in September 2016, under the global theme "Identity: Bridges, Thresholds, and Barriers".

The global theme was "Travels, crossings, displacements", and began with an inaugural lecture by Marc Augé (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, EHESS).

The Fourth AIBR International Conference of Anthropology took place in Granada (http://2018.aibr.org), under the general theme "Dialogues, Encounters, and Stories from the Souths.".