41 Regional Conferences of the Five Year Plan

More than 3,200 Baha’is met in London for the Regional Conference taking place between 3–4 January 2009.

The 41 Regional Conferences of the Five Year Plan (or simply "41 conferences") were a series of conferences called for by the Universal House of Justice in its letter dated 20 October 2008. The series of conferences were to be held around the globe beginning on the 1st of November 2008 and ending on the 1st of March 2009. In total 41 conferences were to take place: 9 in Africa, 13 in the Americas, 6 in Europe, 10 in Asia and 3 in the Australasia region with the total number of particpants close to eighty-thousand.

Most of the conferences were defined by unexpectedly high attendance, sacrifice of the participants in reaching the conference, and a re-dedication and commitment to the goals of the Five Year Plan by to be carried out by the participants upon returning home.

Locations

The first conference was held in Lusaka, Zambia beginning on the 1st of November 2008.

Location	Date	Est. Attendance	Communities Invited
Lusaka, Zambia	2008-11-01/02	750	Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
Nakuru, Kenya	2008-11-08/09	1000	Kenya, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Johannesburg, South Africa	2008-11-08/09	1150	South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Reunion, Seychelles, Swaziland
Bangui, Central African Republic	2008-11-15/16	831	Central African Republic
Bangalore, India	2008-11-15/16	1500	India, Andaman and Nicobar, Sri Lanka
Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo	2008-11-15/16	776	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Rwanda
Quito, Ecuador	2008-11-22/23	1150	Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
New Delhi, India	2008-11-22/23	2800	India, Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan
Kolkata, India	2008-11-22/23	1500	India, Bangladesh
Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo	2008-11-22/23	1000	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
Antofagasta, Chile	2008-11-29/30	600	Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru
Manila, Philippines	2008-11-29/30	1000	Philippines, Caroline Islands, Japan, Macau, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Taiwan
Yaoundé, Cameroon	2008-11-29/30	1200	Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
Portland, United States	2008-12-06/07	2600	United States, Alaska
Chicago, United States	2008-12-06/07	2340	United States
Atlanta, United States	2008-12-06/07	3500	United States
Almaty, Kazakhstan	2008-12-06/07	650	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Western Siberia (Russia)
Stamford, United States	2008-12-13/14	2000	United States
Dallas, United States	2008-12-13/14	2200	United States
Los Angeles, United States	2008-12-13/14	5700	United States
Kuching, Malaysia	2008-12-20/21	1320	Malaysia, Sarawak, Sabah
São Paulo, Brazil	2008-12-20/21	1700	Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2008-12-27/28	3300	Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, South Korea
London, United Kingdom	2009-01-03/04	3200	United Kingdom, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	2009-01-03/04	1200	Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Toronto, Canada	2009-01-10/11	4000	Canada, Bermuda
Guadalajara, Mexico	2009-01-10/11	600	Mexico
Lae, Papua New Guinea	2009-01-17/18	1500	Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Vancouver, Canada	2009-01-17/18	2500	Canada
Managua, Nicaragua	2009-01-17/18	1500	Nicaragua, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Martinique, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Virgin Islands
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	2009-01-24/25	1800	Mongolia, Russia
Sydney, Australia	2009-01-24/25	5500	Australia
Madrid, Spain	2009-01-24/25	1400	Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands
Auckland, New Zealand	2009-01-31/02-01	1700	New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Battambang, Cambodia	2009-01-31/02-01	2100	Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
Frankfurt, Germany	2009-02-07/08	4600	Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland.
Padua, Italy	2009-02-07/08	1700	Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Malta, Romania, San Marino, Sicily, Slovenia
Istanbul, Turkey	2009-02-14/15	925	Turkey, Albania, Cyprus
Baku, Azerbaijan	2009-02-21/22	360	Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan
Accra, Ghana	2009-02-21/22	1700	Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Nigeria, Togo
Kiev, Ukraine	2009-02-28/03-01	730	Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia

See also

• Arising to Serve, a documentary about the 41 Regional Conferences
• 114 youth conferences

Notes

Bahai.works has a related page: 20 October 2008 letter

External links

Bahai.media has a related page: 41 Conferences

• Regional Conferences of the Five Year Plan - news.bahai.org
• Video documentary of the 41 Regional Conferences produced by the Bahá’í World Centre