In the 1970s a series of conferences were held dealing with issues of meningococcal epidemiology and vaccination.
Some of these conferences were held in Milano, St. Paul de Vence, and Marseille.
But the first official conference was held in San Francisco, California, 1978.
[1] Please note that the meeting in South Africa was for the first time both in person and on line, and was delayed from 2020 to 2022.
Co-Conveners (After 2004) In memory of Igor Stojiljkovic a scholarship fund has been initiated through the Emory University School of Medicine, to be used exclusively to provide travel funds to young investigators so that they can attend bacterial pathogenesis meetings such as the IPNC.