The congress was originally planned for Sydney, Australia, but due to administrative problems was moved to Johnstown, near Pittsburgh USA, where it joined the annual Summerfest, organised by the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS).

Pre Congress Information:

• General Information - includes pictures of the campus
• The Program - details for all seven days
• Registration / Accommodation Fees
• Registration Questions & Answers

At the Congress Cybercafe:
Pictures and messages - some of the people from each group listed:

• Inside the CyberCafe
• IVU Councillors
• VUNA Councillors
• Organisers of European IVU Member Societies
• Organisers of North American IVU Member Societies
• Cooks
• Nutritionists and Dieticians
• Sports and Fitness People
• Writers and Researchers
• Internet People
• Business People
• European Visitors
• Worldwide Visitors
• Lifelong Vegetarians
• North American Local Group Organizers
• Speakers and Musicians

• Vegetarian Summerfest - Vegetarian Congress
• Some things seen through "European Vegetarian Glasses"
• Important Elections in IVU
• Former Cattle Rancher to head IVU
• How I Spent My Summer(fest) Vacation - by Allen Schubert

Texts of talks:

• Animal Rights and the Future
• Español - Derechos Animales y el Futuro
• Comparing Nutrition and Health of Japanese High School Students
• Diet and Identity
  • Deutsch - Ernährung und Identität
  • Español - Dieta e Identidad
  • Français - Alimentation et Identité
• The first research in Russia of a balanced vegetarian diet
• Français: Premiére étude en Russie d'un régime végétarien équilibré
• Fruits and Vegetables: How to store them, What to do with them
• Deutsch: Obst und Gemüse: Lagerung und Verwendung
• Español - Frutas y verduras: cómo almacenarlas, qué hacer con ellas
• Româna - Fructe si legume: Cum sa le pastram, Ce sa facem cu ele
• Fruits and Vegetables, who needs them?
• Global Consciousness through Vegetarianism
• Italiano - La Coscienza Globale attraverso il Vegetarianismo
• Español - Conciencia Global a través del Vegetarianismo
• Hunger: Vegetarian Solutions Now - Vegfam
  • Español - Hambre: Soluciones vegetarianas ahora-Vegfam
• Meat Eaters are made, not born
• Deutsch - Zum Fleischesser wird man nicht geboren, sondern gemacht
• Españo - Los consumidores de carne se hacen no nacen
• The Meat Industry has a Death Wish
• Españo - La indrustria de la carne tiene un deseo de muerte
• Româna - Industria carnii nutreste o dorinta de moarte
• Milk, Calcium, and Bone Density
• Deutsch: Milch, Kalzium und Knochendichte
• Româna: Lapte, calciu si densitate osoasa
• Svenska: Mjölk, Kalcium, och Skelettdensitet
• Present-day Vegetarianism in Poland
• Deutsch - Vegetarismus in Polen heute
• The Public Health Implications of Mad Cow Disease
• The Public Health Implications of Mad Cow Disease - Bibliography
• Reflections by Chef Ken Bergeron
  • Italiano - Ken Bergeron: riflessioni di uno chef
• Use It or Lose It: Reasons to be Active
• The Value Of Freedom
  • Español - El valore de la libertad
  • Italiano - Il valore della libertà
• The Way of Jesus the Nazirene or "The Way vs. The Church"
• What's In A Name: Vegetarianism's Past, Present and Future
• Español - Que Hay En Un Nombre: El Pasado, Presente y Futuro del Vegetarianismo

• Minutes of the IVU General Meeting held during the Congress