The previous conferences were held in:

1.    Tunis (Tunisia) - 1969
2.    York (England) - 1973
3.    Hamburg (Germany) - 1977
4.    Columbia (USA) - 1980
5.    Gent (Belgium) - 1983
6.    SIMCo: Tampa (USA) - 1986
7.    SVIMCo: Viena (Austria) - August 21st to 25th 1989
8.    EIMCo: Maryland (USA) - August 9th to 14th 1992
9.    NIMCo: Perpignan (France) - July 3rd to 7th 1995
10.    XIMCo: Plymouth (England) - July 27th to 31st 1998
11.    ELIMCo: Boston (USA) - July 15th to 20th 2001
12.    TWIMCo: Ravenna (Italy) - July 11th to 16th 2004
13.    ThirIMCo: Recife (Brazil) - July 29th to August 2nd 2007
14.    FourtIMCo: Ghent (Belgium) - July 11th to 16th 2010
15.    FiftIMCo : Seoul (South Korea) - July 22nd - 26th 2013