That conference, convened by Michael Aris and Aung San Suu Kyi, marked the formal beginning of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS).
At the 11th meeting of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) in Germany in 2006, the idea was mooted of a separate, but related organisation with a specific focus on Tibetologists in the early stages of their careers.
The first International Seminar of Young Tibetologists was convened in London at the School of Oriental and African Studies, in August 2007 by Tim Myatt and Brandon Dotson.
The papers presented at this London conference were published in a peer-reviewed academic journal by Serindia Archived 5 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, entitled "Contemporary Visions in Tibetan Studies.
[4] The fourth International Seminar of Young Tibetologists was convened from September 7 to 12, 2015 at Leipzig University, Germany by Franz Xaver Erhard, Jeannine Bischoff, Lewis Doney, Jörg Heimbel and Emilia Roza Sulek.
[5][6] In 2017 the articles were collected into a printed volume,[7] published by Edition Tethys The fifth International Seminar of Young Tibetologists was convened by Natalia Moskaleva and Pavel Gorkhovsky at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia, from September 3 to 7, 2018.