The Joint Session is a three-day conference in philosophy that is held annually during the summer by the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association. It has taken place at nearly every major university across the United Kingdom and in Ireland. Since 1910, the Joint Session has grown to become the largest gathering of philosophers in the country, attracting prestigious UK and international speakers working in a broad range of philosophical areas. Inaugurated by the incoming President of the Mind Association, the Joint Session includes symposia, open and postgraduate sessions, and a range of satellite conferences.

The 94th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association will be held at the University of Kent from 10 to 12 July 2020.

This year's local organisers are Graeme Forbes and Simon Kirchin.

The University of Kent was founded in 1965 and has since expanded from its main campus in the historic city of Canterbury to include other sites in the Medway towns and in various European capitals. It balances research intensity with high-quality teaching, covering a large number of subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, including a broad portfolio in the arts and humanities.  A new Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries will be launched in 2020, and the University was recently successful in its bid to launch a new medical school (run jointly with Canterbury Christ Church University) which will admit its first students in September 2020. The last time the Joint Session visited Kent was 2004.

View the 2020 Joint Session programme