One of the ICA`s major activities is the ICA Annual Council Meeting held each fall preceding the annual ICA Conference of National Representatives. The practice is to rotate conferences among member countries and this year, the ICA is held its 47thannual conference in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2013.
The ICA Conferences have been held as follows:
- ICA 47th Conference: Future Ready Government – Navigating the Changes, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013.
- ICA 46th Conference: Connected Society – Bridging the Gap, Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
- ICA 45th Conference: Innovative Government – Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011.
- ICA 44th Conference: Open Government – Making It Work, Washington, DC, United States of America, 2010.
- ICA 43rd Conference: Leveraging ICT in Government to Address Economic Instability, Brussels, Belgium, 2009.
- ICA 42nd Conference: Anticipating the Challenges of Our Next Generations, Seoul, South Korea, 2008.
- ICA 41rst Conference: Building Trust Through Transformational Government, Dublin, Ireland, 2007.
- ICA 40th Conference: Whole Of Government - Filling The Holes, Guadalajara, Mexico, 2006.
- ICA 39th Conference: Anticipating the Citizen's Needs in the 21st Century, Salzburg, Austria, 2005.
- ICA 38th Conference, E-Gov FAQs: Searching for the Right Answers, Limassol, Cyprus, 2004.
- ICA 37th Conference, Real-time Government: Collaboration at the next level, Tallinn, Estonia, 2003.
- ICA 36th Conference: At the Gates of the Millennium: Taking Stock, Helsinki, Finland, 2002.
- ICA 35th Conference: Integrated Service Delivery: Changing the Role of Government, Sydney, Australia, 2001.
- ICA 34th Conference: Government Solutions for an Interconnected World, Ontario, Canada, 2000.
- ICA 33rd Conference: Opportunities for Government in the Information Society, Bratislava, Slovakia, 1999.
A list of ICA conferences and themes, prior to 1999, is available as part of the History of the ICA.
Each conference is organized around an overarching theme, one that is of strategic interest for ICA members. The conference format allows delegates, normally no more than five per jurisdiction, to share knowledge through formal presentations, panels, working groups, plenary sessions and round table discussions.