The 2008 Turkish Falun Gong cultivation experience sharing conference was held in the southern town of Mersin on the 3rd May 2008. Falun Gong practitioners from different cities met together and shared their personal experiences during cultivation practice.

Close to 20 practitioners attended the first Bulgarian Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference, which took place in the capital city Sofia on March 23rd, 2008. Bulgarian practitioners as well as practitioners from Austria, Holland, Spain, Greece, and the US attended. Some practitioners shared about the benefits they had received through practising Falun Dafa.

On the afternoon of December 28th, German Falun Dafa practitioners held an experience sharing conference at a youth hostel in Wetzlar. Practitioners came from all over the country to discuss the benefits they had received from practising Falun Gong as well as experiences and understanding gained while raising awareness of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

The first Caribbean cultivation experience sharing conference was held in Guadeloupe on November 4th. Practitioners from Martinique in the Caribbean also attended the conference. Practitioners arrived three days before the conference and participated in various activities to promote Falun Gong. The experience sharing conference lasted for a whole Sunday. Forty practitioners in total shared their experiences in how they improved their characters and raised awareness about the persecution taking place in China.

The "2007 France Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference" was held in Paris on November 25th 2007. Falun Gong practitioners from Paris and many other areas attended. Falun Gong founder Master Li Hongzhi sent greetings to the conference, and encouraged practitioners to improve through the conference.

On August 26th 2007, the UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in London. Practitioners from all parts of the country attended the meeting. Heartfelt words of self criticism were well received. Many shed tears and applauded enthusiastically. The atmosphere of the conference was solemn and peaceful.

On June 3rd, 2007, a three day Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. A dozen or so practitioners from various regions shared their experiences. During the conference, practitioners held a vigil to protest against the CCP's eight years of persecution.

The third HBL Falun Dafa experiences sharing conference was held in the capital of Belgium, Brussels. The practitioners, with all their hearts, arranged the conference site and created a dignified and harmonious setting. Eleven Chinese and Western practitioners shared their experience of cultivation and raising awareness about the persecution.

On May 12th 2007, a group of practitioners in Ankara successfully took part in the first Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference in the local Cultural Centre. The conference proceeded peacefully from beginning to end, and practitioners shared their understandings with each other and exchanged their personal experiences of cultivation.

To commemorate the eighth anniversary of the April 25th appeal, Swedish Falun Gong practitioners held an experience sharing conference in Stockholm. Practitioners shared their experiences raising awareness about the persecution of practitioners in China, as well as in their personal cultivation.

On March 18th, 2007, the fifth Austria Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Vienna. Many new and veteran practitioners shared their understandings. New practitioners shared their experiences of begining the practice, as well as taking part in a car tour to tell people about the persecution of Falun Gong.

The annual retreat for practitioners throughout Germany took place from the 27th to the 30th of December 2006. Although many people were busy with important activities, more than 150 practitioners participated. They all wanted to take part in the experience sharing, reading the Falun Gong books together and practising the exercises.

From the 3rd to the 7th of January 2007, Krasnoyarsk in Russia hosted the first Siberian Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. Practitioners attended from various cities. Many participants met one another for the first time at the conference. Even though they did not know one another well, the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.

The 2006 German Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference was held in the city of Wetzlar. Six Chinese and western practitioners shared their experiences. The conference helped practitioners to find out their cultivation shortcomings and to be clearer about the significance and urgency of being diligent in their cultivation.

In the afternoon of November 26th, the 2006 French Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Paris. Practitioners from France and other French speaking areas in countries like Switzerland and Belgium attended this grand conference.

On November 18th, 2006, the Third Czechoslovakian Experience Sharing Conference took place in Prague. Practitioners from many European countries gathered to share their cultivation experiences and understandings. Everyone felt a serene and solemn atmosphere, which was present during the entire conference.

On November 18th 2006, the Third Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference in the Czech Republic was held in the Agricultural University in Prague. Ten practitioners from the area shared their experiences of how they have improved themselves through cultivation and during their work to let people know about the persecution against Falun Gong.

On October 21st, Turkish Falun Gong practitioners held a mini cultivation experience sharing conference. Thirty plus practitioners from Andaka (the capital) and Istanbul arrived at Moexun shi to attend the conference. Practitioners from Sweden and Denmark were also in attendance, and a local reporter also covered the story and filmed the event.

On September 30th, 2006, the European Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held in St. Petersburg, Russia. Practitioners from many European countries gathered to share with one another their experiences cultivating according to Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance, as well as exposing the persecution.

On August 27th, the 2006 UK Falun Dafa cultivation experience sharing conference was held in London. More than the two hundred practitioners from all over the UK attended the conference. Twenty western and Chinese practitioners shared their experiences of practising Falun Dafa and understandings gained through studying the principles

On Sunday August 13th, the Second Polish Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Warsaw, Poland’s capital city. The conference was a grand and magnificent occasion, attended by practitioners from eighteen different countries. After the conference, new Polish practitioners said that it was a very precious and important experience.

The 2006 Ukraine Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on May 28th. A practitioner read a congratulation message from the Founder of Falun Dafa, Master Li Hongzhi. Practitioners met this with warm applause and once again felt what great responsibilities they shoulder. Many practitioners took the chance to share their experiences.

On April the 23rd, the 2006 Benelux Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Middleburg, the centre between Holland and Belgium. Several practitioners shared thier experiences and understandings from doing work to stop the persecution, as well as how they have improved in cultivation during the process of this work.

The 2006 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Geneva on the 2nd of April. Falun Gong practitioners attended from more than thirty countries including France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.

On March 4th, practitioners held the 4th Annual Falun Dafa Sharing Conference in Vienna. Practitioners from Austria and Germany attended the conference and shared their experiences in cultivation. Through the experience sharing, many practitioners found their own shortcomings and improved. The conference was a great success.

On New Year’s Eve a small conference in which practitioners studied the principles of Falun Dafa together and shared cultivation experiences was successfully held in northern Russia. Falun Gong practitioners from Kandalaksha City and Arkhangelsk State got together and exchanged their understandings and experiences of cultivation.

On December 30th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from Sweden, Finland and Norway held a cultivation experience sharing conference in the second largest city in Sweden, Gothenburg, where Master Li introduced Falun Gong ten years ago. Seven practitioners delivered speeches at the conference, sharing their experiences.

During the New Year holiday, German Falun Gong practitioners gathered together in Erbach. They had group study and exercises, and held the 2005 Experience Sharing Conference. After the conference, practitioners said they found their shortcomings from others’ speeches and felt clearer about problems they could not understand for a long time.

Between December 29th 2005 and January 1st 2006, practitioners from Sweden, Finland and Norway gathered in Sweden’s second largest city, Gothenburg, where Master Li spread Falun Gong in Sweden for the first time ten years ago, to study, share cultivation experiences and celebrate the New Year.

On December 30th, 2005, two hundred Falun Gong practitioners attended the annual German cultivation experience sharing conference. The experience sharing conference has become a focal point of the annual four-day New Year gathering. Practitioners talked about their experiences and understandings gained through self-cultivation.

The 2005 Russian Falun Gong Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference took place in Moscow on October 8th and 9th. Practitioners from many cities in Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Europe and the US took part in the Fa-conference. Nineteen practitioners shared their cultivation experiences during the session.

The Second Czech Republic and Slovakia Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held in Prague on October 2nd 2005. Falun Dafa founder Master Li Hongzhi sent a message saying that he hopes the conference is a success. Falun Dafa practitioners from fourteen countries attended this conference.

The 2005 UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held in Oxford on August 28th 2005. Through sharing at conferences like this one, practitioners learn from each other how to do better cultivating themselves; it is very helpful for the progress of the group as a whole and also very effective in letting local people learn about Falun Gong.

On Sunday 28th August, the 2005 UK Falun Gong Experience Sharing Conference was held in Oxford. The conference was attended by over 100 practitioners. The practitioners shared on the understandings and experiences they have developed during their activities to promote Falun Dafa and raise awareness about the persecution in China.

On June 12th 2005, the “2005 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was grandly held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Falun Gong practitioners from nearly 30 countries attended the conference. Revered Master Li sent a message of greetings to the conference; all attending Dafa practitioners were deeply inspired. Practitioners from fifteen different countries gave speeches at the conference about raising awareness of the persecution and clarifying the truth by making use of local TV stations, Falun Gong art exhibitions, a choir and anti-torture exhibitions. The conference concluded successfully in a sacred and celebratory atmosphere.

From May the 20th to the 23rd 2005, the third Ukraine Falun Gong cultivation experience sharing conference was successfully held in Ukraine’s capital city, Kiev. The conference was attended by Falun Gong practitioners from Ukraine, Russia, Byelorussia, Latvia, Israel, Germany and Sweden.

On Saturday March the 5th 2005, Austria’s third national Falun Gong experience sharing conference was held in Hallelin, near Salzburg. Everyone in the room was touched by the warm and heartfelt environment. Thirteen practitioners talked about their understanding of the Fa and their experiences in activities to raise awareness about the persecution.

Austrian practitioners organised an experience sharing and Fa study meeting in one of Vienna’s youth hostels. This meeting was very beneficial for everyone present in their effort to develop a better cultivation environment. The new practitioners had the opportunity to meet in smaller groups with veteran practitioners and ask questions about their cultivation.

On Sunday 16h January 2005, the 2005 European Falun Dafa Experience was held in London, England. Several hundred practitioners from nearly 20 European countries attended the conference. The atmosphere was solemn and the practitioners respected the importance and preciousness of this opportunity.

On the 30th of December 2004, a Falun Gong experience sharing conference was held in Erbach. Over two hundred practitioners from Germany and the German-speaking areas of Switzerland and Austria attended the conference. Experience sharing articles were read by five practitioners and a project group.

During the 2004 French Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference, Dafa practitioners organised a series of activities including an appeal at the Chinese Embassy and activities to raise awareness about the persecution at the Eiffel Tower. The 2004 French Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was on October the 31st.

On the 31st of October, the 2004 French Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in the Paris Overseas Chinese Culture and Education Centre. More than two hundred Falun Dafa practitioners from France, Belgium and the Kingdom of Lesotho took part in the conference.

From October the 15th to the 17th 2004, Falun Gong practitioners held the 2004 Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference. During the three-day conference, the activities included experience sharing, group Fa study, an anti-torture exhibition, a parade and telling the public about Falun Gong and the persecution.

In their conference articles, the practitioners spoke about their experiences of personal cultivation, how they learned to solve problems from the viewpoint of the Fa and improve together during Fa-Rectification cultivation, and how they can develop from past experiences and make their future efforts more effective.

On Sunday August 29th, the sixth UK Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in England’s capital, London. The conference this year reflected how practitioners have been tempered to maturity and are able to face the persecution and reveal the facts more and more clearheadly and rationally.

On the day of the 2004 Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in Vienna, I met Ms Jane Dai and her four year old daughter Fadu. Three years ago her husband in China was persecuted to death by Jiang’s regime simply because he persisted in practising Falun Gong and refused to give up his belief in Truthfulness Compassion and Forbearance. I interviewed her about her experiences in Europe:

On Sunday the 20th of June, Falun Dafa practitioners from over 30 countries attended the 2004 European Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference in the Austrian capital of Vienna. The founder of Falun Dafa Master Li Hongzhi sent a letter of congratulation to the attendees.

From the 28th to the 30th of May 2004, the second Ukraine Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev. Through this Fa conference and its related activities, many people come to learn about Falun Dafa and the brutal persecution against the 100 million people who practise it in China.

Every New Year, German and Austrian practitioners gather at Erbach, a small town in the South of Germany, to study the Fa [the principles and teachings of Falun Dafa], practise the exercises and share experiences. Some of the practitioners came from far away, and even those who had to worked during the day would come in the evening.

On Sunday November 9th, Ireland hosted the 2003 Ireland Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference. The conference was attended by local practitioners, as well as practitioners from England, Scotland and Belgium. The conference opened with the reading of a proclamation from the Mayor of County Laois, who declared November 9th as Ireland’s first Falun Dafa Day.

Practitioners who gave speeches used their personal experience and understanding in the Fa-rectification cultivation to discuss how to pay attention to coordination and cooperation, how to improve as a whole, give up egotism and keep up with the process of Fa-rectification. After the conference, the practitioners expressed that the conference achieved the goal of encouraging each other to strive forward together.

The first Rostov Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was successfully held in Rostov-on-Don on May 10th 2003. Practitioners’ incessant studying of the Fa and diligent cultivation, strengthened by Master Li’s great compassion, have led to Falun Dafa blossoming throughout Rostov-on-Don.

During the conference, some practitioners talked about the tremendous physical and mental improvements they obtained through practising Falun Dafa. Many practitioners shared their experiences and understandings of how they overcame various hardships to clarify the truth to governments, the public and the Chinese people and to help more people learn about Dafa and the persecution in China.

The fifth European Falun Dafa Experience-Sharing Conference was successfully held on the 16th of March 2003. Hundreds of practitioners from over 40 countries around the world attended the conference. Of the twelve speakers from ten different countries, those from Spain, Israel and Romania were the first from their countries to speak at an international Falun Dafa conference.

Today we are here together with fellow practitioners from more than forty countries. We have, this time, received numerous experience sharing reports. So many that the limited conference duration will leave many speeches unheard. This Fa-conference will also be unique in that many speakers are coming from countries from which no speech has ever been given before.

At the conference, practitioners talked about their experiences in revealing the truth about Falun Dafa to the Chinese people, and their understanding of righteous thoughts and righteous actions. It was a great opportunity for Austrian practitioners to share experiences and progress together. The atmosphere was solemn, sacred and peaceful.

From September 28 to 30, 2002, the third Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States Falun Dafa Cultivation Experience Sharing Conference was held in Moscow. It was attended by Falun Dafa practitioners from Russia, Ukraine, and Baltic Sea area nations.