Past IANDS Conferences: See our Full Conference History

If you’re interested in learning about the full history of our past IANDS Conferences, you’ve come to the right place. This page reflects our full archive of past IANDS Conferences, dating back to our very earliest medical conference in 1982.

Past IANDS Conferences: The Early Years

While not really a Conference in the modern sense, the first IANDS “Conference” was a medical seminar held at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in 1982. this was followed by our first clinical conference in Pembroke Pines, Florida and our first research conference in Farmington, Connecticut, both in 1984. A general conference was held In 1989, taking place in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, and then another was held in Washington, DC in 1990.

IANDS began holding annual conferences in 1993, and there’s been an IANDS Conference almost every year since, apart from 2002 and 2007. The list of IANDS Conferences in the 1990s include:

  • 1993: St. Louis, Missouri
  • 1994: San Antonio, Texas
  • 1995: Hartford, Connecticut
  • 1996: Oakland, California
  • 1997: San Antonio, Texas
  • 1998: Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1999: Vancouver, British Columbia

Past IANDS Conferences: The 2000s

Since 1993, we’ve only missed two years for holding IANDS Conferences, and both took place in the 2000s—2002 and 2007 specifically. Here’s the full list of IANDS Conferences in the 2000s:

  • 2000: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2001: Seattle, Washington
  • 2003: Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 2004: Evanston, Illinois
  • 2005: Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • 2006: Houston, Texas
  • 2008: Durham, North Carolina
  • 2009: San Diego, California

The 2010s

  • 2010: Denver, Colorado
  • 2011: Durham, North Carolina
  • 2012: Scottsdale, Arizona
  • 2013: Arlington, Virginia
  • 2014: Newport Beach, California
  • 2015: San Antonio, Texas
  • 2016: Orlando, Florida
  • 2017: Westminster, Colorado
  • 2018: Bellevue, Washington
  • 2019: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

The 2020s

The world effectively shut down in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. It was a period of lockdowns, social distancing, and isolation. And during those two years, our IANDS Conferences were held online, resuming with an in-person Conference in 2022.

  • 2020: Online
  • 2021: Online
  • 2022: Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 2023: Washington, DC
  • 2024: Phoenix, Arizona
  • 2025: Oak Brook, Illinois
  • 2026: Bellevue, Washington
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