January 24. On this date in 2009, three of the conferences among a series of 41 regional conferences of the Five Year Plan took place, one in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; one in Sydney, Australia; and one in Madrid, Spain.

January 24. On this date in 2009, three of the conferences among a series of 41 regional conferences of the Five Year Plan took place, one in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; one in Sydney, Australia; and one in Madrid, Spain.

Universal House of Justice member Peter Khan would later give a talk on July 3, 2009, later published as "Reflections on the Ridvan 2009 Message," stating,

As you are, I am sure, aware, that series of conferences had a galvanizing effect on the Bahá'í Community throughout the world and ultimately on the larger society. It was a tangible demonstration of the global spread of the Faith and it created a most welcome surge toward the goal of 1500 Intensive Programs of Growth by the end of the present plan.