The first U.S. Boglehead Conference took place in Miami Florida on March 10-11, 2000. The Conference has since become an annual affair. In Taiwan, the Taiwan Bogleheads have held two conferences, the first in 2013; the second in 2015.
The U.S. conferences
The conferences include a social reception, a keynote address, panel discussions, presentations, question and answer sessions, and a book signing session. The book signing session is usually accompanied by breakout sessions. The conferences also include a visit to the Vanguard campus, where Vanguard officials provide conference attendees with workshops, panel discussions and a question and answer segment.
The conferences are currently held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upcoming conference dates are announced in the Bogleheads forum and here on the Financial Page blog. Recent conferences have proven to be extremely popular and are usually sold out within hours of the subscription announcement.
The map below indicates the site history of the conferences.
Historic conference sites
John Bogle
During his life, John Bogle (1929 – 2019) was front and center at Bogleheads conferences. He presented keynote addresses for many conferences and participated in book signing sessions. His fireside chats with William Bernstein and question and answer sessions were favorites for conference attendees.
Bogle gallery picture credits (in order of appearance): Gail Cox, Greg Jones, Paul Douglas Boyer, Dr. Rich Guerra.
The 2019 conference
William Bernstein 
Bill McNabb
The 2019 Bogleheads Conference (October 16 – October 18), held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, was the first conference that took place after John Bogle’s death. Mr. Bogle was of profound importance to the conferences, and of course, to the company he founded.
Fireside chat
Vanguard 
Gus Sauter
The theme of the conference was a memoriam to Mr. Bogle. In honor of the fireside chats that Mr. Bogle and William Bernstein always enjoyed, former Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb sat down with William Bernstein for a chat (photos courtesy of Gene Lechmanicks).
Presentations
The conference theme was present in both the Vanguard presentation at the Vanguard campus on the evening of October 17 and Gus Sauter’s early morning presentation, Growing Vanguard with Jack Bogle, on October 18.
These photos are courtesy of Greg Jones, who publishes a gallery of 2019 conference photos.
Wiki resources
The Bogleheads® wiki contains more in-depth information about the conferences. The pages below provide a history of the event, as well as archival material.
Comprehensive written reports about the conferences began in 2007 with the Diehards VI conference and continued through Bogleheads® 11. Video recordings of conference presentations, “fireside chats” with Mr.Bogle and author William Bernstein, and question and answer sessions begin in 2009 and continue to the present. The table below provides links to reports and videos.
| Conference |
Date | Report | Video |
| Diehards VI | June 10-12, 2007 | Report | |
| Bogleheads® 7 | Sept. 22-24, 2008 | Report | |
| Bogleheads® 8 | Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2009 | Report | |
| Bogleheads® 9 | Oct. 13 – Oct. 15, 2010 | Report | |
| Bogleheads® 10 | Oct. 12 – Oct. 14, 2011 | Report | |
| Bogleheads® 11 | Oct. 17 – Oct.19, 2012 | Report |
Morningstar also records video interviews with John Bogle at the conferences. The wiki provides access to these videos.
| Conference | Date | Video |
| Bogleheads® 7 | Sept. 22-24, 2008 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 9 | Oct. 13 – Oct. 15, 2010 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 10 | Oct. 12 – Oct. 14, 2011 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 11 | Oct. 17 – Oct. 19, 2012 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 12 | Oct. 16 – Oct. 18, 2013 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 13 | Oct. 22 – Oct. 24, 2014 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 14 | Oct. 15 – Oct. 17, 2015 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 15 | Sept. 28 – Sept. 30, 2016 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 16 | Oct. 18 – Oct. 20, 2017 | Link |
| Bogleheads® 17 | Oct. 3 – Oct. 5, 2018 | Link |
Financial Page
Here on Financial Page you can read an account of the Bogleheads® 16 Conference with Notes from Bogleheads® 16.
Taiwan conferences
The first Taiwan Bogleheads conference was held on May 11, 2013. The event took place at Mr. Brown Coffee, Taipei City, Taiwan. The 2015 conference was held on March 28 at the GIS NTU Convention Center, Taipei City, Taiwan.
The conferences include speaker presentations, question and answer sessions, and coffee breaks.
Conference details can be found in these wiki pages and Financial Page picture galleries:
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