The 2011 IBDS Conference was held in partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University, as a joint conference of Graphic Novels, Bande Dessinées and Comics. It was a varied conference, with panels on subjects such as space and time in comics, comics and gender, architecture and Francophone Africa.
Speakers  on bande dessinée included:

• Edmond Badouin
• Laurence Grove
• Catriona MacLeod
• Ann Miller