# International Conference on Very Large Data Bases

International Conference on Very Large Data Bases or VLDB conference is an annual conference held by the non-profit Very Large Data Base Endowment Inc. While named after very large databases, the conference covers the research and development results in the broader field of database management. The mission of VLDB Endowment is to "promote and exchange scholarly work in databases and related fields throughout the world." The VLDB conference began in 1975 and is now closely associated with SIGMOD and SIGKDD.

## Venues

| Year | City | Country | Link |
| 1975 | Framingham | United States | VLDB75 at DBLP |
| 1976 | Brussels | Belgium | VLDB76 at DBLP |
| 1977 | Tokyo | Japan | VLDB77 at DBLP |
| 1978 | West Berlin | West Germany | VLDB78 at DBLP |
| 1979 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | VLDB79 at DBLP |
| 1980 | Montreal | Canada | VLDB80 at DBLP |
| 1981 | Cannes | France | VLDB81 at DBLP |
| 1982 | Mexico City | Mexico | VLDB82 at DBLP |
| 1983 | Florence | Italy | VLDB63 at DBLP |
| 1984 | Singapore | Singapore | VLDB84 at DBLP |
| 1985 | Stockholm | Sweden | VLDB85 at DBLP |
| 1986 | Kyoto | Japan | VLDB86 at DBLP |
| 1987 | Brighton | UK | VLDB87 at DBLP |
| 1988 | Los Angeles | United States | VLDB88 at DBLP |
| 1989 | Amsterdam | the Netherlands | VLDB89 at DBLP |
| 1990 | Brisbane | Australia | VLDB90 at DBLP |
| 1991 | Barcelona | Spain | VLDB91 at DBLP |
| 1992 | Vancouver | Canada | VLDB92 at DBLP |
| 1993 | Dublin | Ireland | VLDB93 at DBLP |
| 1994 | Santiago de Chile | Chile | VLDB94 at DBLP |
| 1995 | Zurich | Switzerland | VLDB95 at DBLP |
| 1996 | Bombay | India | VLDB96 at DBLP |
| 1997 | Athens | Greece | VLDB97 at DBLP |
| 1998 | New York City | United States | VLDB98 at DBLP |
| 1999 | Edinburgh | UK | VLDB99 at DBLP |
| 2000 | Cairo | Egypt | VLDB2000 at DBLP |
| 2001 | Rome | Italy | VLDB2001 at DBLP |
| 2002 | Hong Kong | China | VLDB2002 at DBLP |
| 2003 | Berlin | Germany | VLDB2003 at DBLP |
| 2004 | Toronto | Canada | VLDB2004 at DBLP |
| 2005 | Trondheim | Norway | VLDB2005 at DBLP |
| 2006 | Seoul | South Korea | VLDB2006 at DBLP |
| 2007 | Vienna | Austria | http://www.vldb.org/archives/website/2007/ |
| 2008 | Auckland | New Zealand | VLDB at cs.auckland.ac.nz |
| 2009 | Lyon | France | http://vldb2009.org/ |
| 2010 | Singapore | Singapore | http://vldb2010.org/ |
| 2011 | Seattle | United States | http://www.vldb.org/2011/ |
| 2012 | Istanbul | Turkey | http://www.vldb2012.org |
| 2013 | Riva del Garda | Italy | http://www.vldb.org/2013/ |
| 2014 | Hangzhou | China | http://www.vldb.org/2014/ |
| 2015 | Hawaii | United States | http://vldb.org/2015/ |
| 2016 | New Delhi | India | http://vldb2016.persistent.com/ |
| 2017 | Munich | Germany | http://www.vldb.org/2017/ |
| 2018 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | http://vldb2018.lncc.br |
| 2019 | Los Angeles, California | United States | https://vldb.org/2019/ |
| 2020 | Tokyo | Japan | https://vldb2020.org/ (Virtual hosting due to COVID-19 pandemic) |
| 2021 | Copenhagen | Denmark | http://vldb.org/2021/ (Virtual and physical attendees due to COVID-19 pandemic) |
| 2022 | Sydney | Australia | http://vldb.org/2022/ |
| 2023 | Vancouver | Canada | http://vldb.org/2023/ |
| 2024 | Guangzhou | China | http://vldb.org/2024/ |
| 2025 | London | UK | http://vldb.org/2025/ |