| |
Year |
Town - Nation |
President |
n. of participants and nations |
printed report |
| 1 |
1887 |
London - England |
|
145 - 13 nations |
yes |
| 1888 - Gregg system was published in the United States |
| 2 |
1889 |
Paris - France |
|
188 - 15 nations |
yes |
| In 1889 for the first time a representative of Russia - S. Dlussky - attended the Congress in Paris. |
| 3 |
1890 |
Munich - Germany |
|
|
|
| 4 |
1891 |
Berlin - Germany |
|
|
|
| 5 |
1893 |
Chicago - USA |
|
500 (nearly all from USA) |
yes |
| 6 |
1897 |
Stockholm - Sweden |
|
|
|
| 7 |
1900 |
Paris - France |
|
260 - 18 nations |
|
| In 1900 Russia was represented by Mr. Bilbasov - an official of the Ministry of Home affairs. |
| 8 |
1905 |
Bruxelles - Belgique |
|
103 - ? |
|
| 9 |
1908 |
Darmstadt - Germany |
|
? - 13 nations |
|
| 10 |
1912 |
Madrid - Spain |
|
329 - 18 nations |
|
| In 1912 Russia was represented by N. Cherdantsev |
| 11 |
1913 |
Budapest - Hungary |
|
|
No report was made |
| In 1913 Russia was represented by B. Zigfrid |
| The first World War not only broke the continuity of Intersteno congresses but also influenced the activity of the following ones. After the war there were two rival streams - the German one and the French one. Each of them carried out their own congresses. There were two 12th Congresses in Strasburg and in Dresden - and two 13th Congresses in Lausanne and Brussels. The 'reconciliation' happened only in 1934 at the Amsterdam Congress. |
| 12 |
1920 |
Strasbourg - |
|
442 - 15 nations |
|
| 12 |
1922 |
Dresden - Germany |
|
|
|
| 13 |
1924 |
Lausanne - Switzerland |
|
333 - 17 nations represented - 10 attending the Congress |
|
| 15 |
1926 |
Milano - Italy |
Beno De Vecchis |
|
No report was made |
| At the Bruxelles Congress in 1927 an attempt to reconcile both streams was made. It succeeded after the long-term negotiations. It was decided not to give numbers to congresses at all starting from the post-war period. |
| 16 |
1927 |
Bruxelles - Belgique |
|
more than 1000 - 27 nations |
|
| Since 1926 the USSR regularly received invitations to congresses. But only in 1927 a member of Moscow scientific practical society A.M. Urkovsky was delegated to the Congress. |
| 17 |
1928 |
Budapest - Hungary |
M. Bela Schek - vice President |
588(259 coming from abroad) - 22 nations |
Reports made in 4 languages - 820 pages |
| 1929 Vladimir Sworykin invented the cathodic tube, which permitted Germany and England to do experiments of the first TV transmissions. |
| 18 |
1931 |
Paris - France |
|
|
|
| 1934 год - Sound recording on magnetic tapes began to be a practical use for broadcasting. |
| 19 |
1934 |
Amsterdam - Holland |
A.E. d'Oliveira. |
317 - 27 nations |
340 pages with texts of all speeches |
| 20 |
1937 |
London - England |
|
389 - 34 nations |
|
| In the autumn 1941 the congress was to be held in Nuremberg. |
| Second World War - Intersteno's activity stopped till 1954 when Marcel Racine invited national representatives to the Hotel Du Lac - in Mont Pelerin Vevey and at this meeting the decision to re-found Intersteno was taken. One year later, the new Intersteno Congress took place in Monaco - Monte-Carlo. |
| In 1955 at the 21st Congresses in Monte-Carlo the numbering was restored. All the congress which had taken place were countered. At the Congress a group of stenographers from different countries established the international federation "Intersteno". |
