The World Parkinson Congress, often referred to as the WPC, is a quadrennial conference designed and hosted by the World Parkinson Coalition Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in the USA in 2004. The first was in 2006; the next is scheduled for 2010,
The World Parkinson Coalition Inc. was founded in 2004 under the official name of World Parkinson Congress Inc. The official change of the name from Congress to Coalition took place in 2009.