|
|
Year |
Town
- Nation |
President |
n.
of participants and nations |
printed
report |
remarks |
|
1 |
1887 |
London - England |
|
145 - 13 nations |
yes |
|
|
By the courtesy of Helena Matouskowa,
the annexed document shows the names of the
'founders' of Intersteno attending this first meeting. |
|
1888 - Gregg system is
published in the United States |
|
2 |
1889 |
Paris - France |
|
188 - 15 nations |
yes |
|
|
3 |
1890 |
Munich - Germany |
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
1891 |
Berlin - Germany |
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
1893 |
Chicago - USA |
|
500 (nearly all from USA) |
yes |
|
|
1895 - Guglielmo Marconi
succeeds in sending radio signals without wires. |
|
6 |
1897 |
Stockolm - Sweden |
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
1900 |
Paris - France |
|
260 - 18 nations |
|
|
|
8 |
1905 |
Bruxelles - Belgique |
|
103 - ? |
|
|
|
9 |
1908 |
Darmstadt - Germany |
|
? - 13 nations |
|
|
|
10 |
1912 |
Madrid - Spain |
|
329 - 18 nations |
|
|
|
11 |
1913 |
Budapest - Hungary |
|
|
No report was made |
|
|
The first World War not only broke
the continuity of the Intersteno Congresses but also
influenced the activity of the following ones. As a matter of
fact there were different Congresses only attended by a part of the
nations, refusing to have the 'ennemies' to take part. The
'reconciliation' happened only in 1934 at the Amsterdam Congress. |
|
12 |
1920 |
Strasbourg - |
|
442 - 15 nations |
|
|
|
13 |
1922 |
Dresden - Germany |
|
|
|
Was attended by German stenographers
who were not accepted at the Strasbourg Congress |
|
13 |
1924 |
Lausanne - Switzerland |
|
333 - 17 nations represented - 10
attending theCongress |
|
|
|
15 |
1926 |
Milano - Italy |
Beno De Vecchis |
|
No report was made |
This congress is the second part of
the Congress in Dresden |
|
16 |
1927 |
Bruxelles - Belgique |
|
more than 1000 - 27 nations |
|
|
|
17 |
1928 |
Budapest - Hungary |
M. Béla Schck - vice
President |
588(259 coming from abroad) - 22
nations |
Reports made in 4 languages - 820
pages |
|
|
1929 Wladimir Sworykin
invents the cathodic tube, which permits to Germany and England to
experiments othe first TV transmissions. |
|
18 |
1931 |
Paris - France |
? |
? |
|
was a tentative to have a
reconciliation of the different countries after the 1st war world. The
tentative had no effect |
| 1934
- Sound recording on magnetic
tapes begins 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 |
all countries joined again all
together |
|
20 |
1937 |
London - England |
|
389 - 34 nations |
|
|
|
Second World War
- Intersteno activity stops till 1954 when Marcel Racine invited
national representatives at the Hotel Du Lac - in Mont Pelerin Vevey
and in this meeting the decision to re-found Intersteno was taken. One
year later, the new Intersteno Congress took place in Monaco-Montecarlo. |