Philosophical conferences at Bled (Slovenia) were initiated, on the suggestion by John Biro, as a continuation of the (for some time interrupeted) IUC - Dubrovnik postgraduate course in philosophy (Epistemology and Cognitive Science). But they soon started a life of their own, with the help of American co-organizers, first Eugene Mills and then Mylan Engel Jr. The first week of June at Bled is traditionally reserved for a conference dedicated to various topics in the field of analytical philosophy. More than 250 active participants have so far taken part in the conferences. The first conference, in the summer of 1993, was focused on Connectionism and Philosophy of Mind. It was followed by conferences on Ethics and Political Philosophy (1994), Metaphysics (1995), Truth (1996), Modality (1997), Vagueness (1998), Epistemology (1999), Philosophical Analysis (2000), Metaphysics (2001), Rationality (2002), Ethics (2003), Contextualism (2004), Particularism (2005), Freedom, Determinism and Responsibility (2006), Epistemology (2007) and Social and Political Philosophy (2008, with Alistair Norcross), Epistemic Virtue and Value (2009 with Wayne D. Riggs), Ethics (2010 with Alistair Norcross), Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom (2011 with Wayne D. Riggs).

The topic of the 2012 conference, June 4th through June 8th is: 
Ethical Issues: Theoretical and Applied

The conference is organized by a team consisting of Matjaz Potrc of the University of Ljubljana, Nenad Miscevic of the University of Maribor, Danilo Suster of the University of Maribor and Alistair Norcross  (Alistair Norcross (University of Colorado at Boulder). The conference is officially included in the program of the activities of the Slovenian Society for Analytic Philosophy and sponsored by the Slovenian Research Agency. A special issue of Acta Analytica will publish (selected) papers from the conference.