The activities of the IBBY Institute include the organisation of international reading conferences in Bratislava, which will be held at the opening of the BIB as its complement. The conferences are intended for the general public: parents, librarians, teachers, people who work with children, experts on literature for children and youth, and related disciplines, which are connected to reading and working with books.
- Year 2019 TOPICS: I. What we see and what we cannot see? A story in the picture book (October, 22) II. Reading as a creative process (October, 23)
- Year 2017 TOPICS: Seeing beyond the picture, what do you see? (September, 5) Reading within the life context! (September, 6)
- Year 2015 took place the international conferences (bulletin) "We See Differently or How to Read Children's Picture Books" and the "Stop the Reading Crisis!". 19 local and foreign experts on reading presented their contributions.