The World Congress of World Federation of the Deaf follows a day after the WFD General Assembly (GA) and consists of meetings of scientific commissions, as well as other meetings. The World Congress is convened every four (4) years.
Only WFD Ordinary Member (OM) may make a bid to host the World Congress of the organisation. Each bid shall be reviewed and voted upon by the GA. The OM hosting the Congress shall assume full responsibility for management of the Congress.
The organisers of the World Congress of WFD cooperate closely with the WFD Executive Team and to follow stipulated guidelines provided in the Internal Rules.
The organisers hosting either the World Congress or an international conference submit a proposed theme to the Board for approval.
World Congresses: 1951 Rome, Italy (no theme) 1955 Zagreb, Yugoslavia (no theme) 1959 Wiesbaden, Fed. Rep. of Germany (no theme) 1963 Stockholm, Sweden (no theme) 1967 Warsaw, Poland The Deaf Among Hearing Persons 1971 Paris, France The Deaf Person in the World in Evolution 1975 Washington DC, USA Full Citizenship for All Deaf People 1979 Varna, Bulgaria The Deaf People in Modern Society 1983 Palermo, Italy Deafness Today & Tomorrow: Reality & Utopia 1987 Espoo, Finland One World – One Responsibility 1991 Tokyo, Japan Equality and Self-Reliance 1995 Vienna, Austria Towards Human Rights 1999 Brisbane, Australia Diversity and Unity 2003 Montréal, Canada Opportunities & Challenges in the 21st Century 2007 Madrid, Spain Human Rights Through Sign Languages 2011 Durban, South Africa Global Deaf Renaissance 
2015 Istanbul, Turkey
An Individual Member of the WFD contributes to organisation's daily work which deals with supporting and strengthening deaf associations, organizing human rights trainings, advancing deaf people's rights in the United Nations human rights system, spreading information on the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities(CRPD), producing material in sign language and much more. 