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Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives (CHOMA)

American Society for Microbiology Meetings

ANNUAL SOCIETY MEETINGS: A Complete Listing

Programs and abstracts included when available

Dates: 1899-present

Note- Starting in 2016, the American Society for Microbiology (formerly the Society of American Bacteriologists) General Meeting and the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy were combined into one meeting, ASM Microbe.

ASM Microbe Meetings (2016-present)

ASM (formerly SAB) General Meetings (1899-2015)

The Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-2015)

ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meetings (2003-present)

ASM Microbe Meetings (2016-present)

For a listing of the current ASM Presidents, see Presidents of the Society 

2024

     

June 13-17

     

ASM Microbe 2024

     

Atlanta, GA

2023

     

June 15-19

     

ASM Microbe 2023

     

Houston, TX

2022

     

June 9-13

     

ASM Microbe 2022

     

Washington, DC

2021

     

     

ASM Microbe 2021

     

Virtual

2020

     

     

ASM Microbe 2020

     

Virtual

2019

     

June 20-14

     

ASM Microbe 2019

     

San Francisco, CA

2018

     

June 7-11

     

ASM Microbe 2018

     

Atlanta, GA

2017

June 1-5

ASM Microbe 2017

New Orleans, LA

2016

     

June 16-20

      

ASM Microbe 2016

     

Boston, MA

ASM (formerly SAB) General Meetings (1899-2015)

Year    Meeting Date           Meeting #                Meeting Location         ASM President

2015

     

May 30-June 2

     

115th Annual Meeting

     

New Orleans, LA

     

Timothy Donohue

2014

May 18-21

114th Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

Jeffery Miller

2013

May 17-20

113th Annual Meeting

Denver, CO

Jeffery Miller

2012

June 16-19

112th Annual Meeting

San Francisco, CA

David Hooper

2011

May 21-24

111th Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Bonnie Bassler

2010

May 23-27

110th Annual Meeting

San Diego, CA

Roberto Kolter

2009

May 17-21

109th Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

Alison O'Brien

2008

June 1-5

108th Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

Clifford Houston

2007

May 21-25

107th Annual Meeting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Diane E. Griffin

2006

May 21-25

106th Annual Meeting

Orlando, FL

Stanley Maloy

2005

June 5-9

105th Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

James Tiedje

2004

May 23-27

104th Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Thomas Shenk

2003

May 18-22

103rd Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

Ronald Atlas

2002

May 19-23

102nd Annual Meeting

Salt Lake City UT

Abigail Salyers

2001

May 20-24

101st Annual Meeting

Orlando, FL

Martha Howe

2000

May 21-25

100th Annual Meeting

Los Angeles, CA

Julian Davies

1999

May 30-June 3

99th Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Stuart Levy

1998

May 17-21

98th Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Stanley Falkow

1997

May 4-8

97th Annual Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

Kenneth Berns

1996

May 19-23

96th Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Carol Nacy

1995

May 21-25

95th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

David Schlessinger

1994

May 22-26

94th Annual Meeting

Las Vegas, NV

Gail Cassell

1993

May 16-20

93rd Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

John Ingraham

1992

May 26-30

92nd Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Richard Crowell

1991

May 5-9

91st Annual Meeting

Dallas, TX

J. W. Bennett

1990

May 13-17

90th Annual Meeting

Anaheim, CA

Walter Dowdle

1989

May 14-19

89th Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Alice Huang

1988

May 8-13

88th Annual Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

Barbara Iglewski

1987

March 1-6

87th Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Jean Brenchley

1986

March 23-28

86th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

Moselio Schaechter

1985

March 3-8

85th Annual Meeting

Las Vegas, NV

Rita Colwell

1984

March 4-9

84th Annual Meeting

St. Louis, MO

Robert Williams

1983

March 6-11

83rd Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

John Sherris

1982

March 7-12

82nd Annual Meeting

Atlanta, GA

Frederick Neidhardt

1981

March 1-6

81st Annual Meeting

Dallas, TX

Albert Balows

1980

May 11-16

80th Annual Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

W. A. Wood

1979

May 4-11

79th Annual Meeting

Los Angeles, CA and

Honolulu, HI

Edwin Lennette

*79th Annual Meeting was held in Los Angeles, CA from May 4th to May 8th and in Honolulu, HI from May 8th to May 11th with the U. S. - Japan Intersociety Microbiology Congress

1978

     

May 14-19

     

78th Annual Meeting

     

Las Vegas, NV

     

A. Frederick Rasmussen Jr.

1977

May 8-13

77th Annual Meeting

New Orleans, LA

Harlyn O. Halvorson

1976

May 2-7

76th Annual Meeting

Atlantic City, NJ

Helen Whiteley

1975

April 27-May 2

75th Annual Meeting

New York, NY

Philipp Gerhardt

1974

May 12-17

74th Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

L. Leon Campbell

1973

May 6-11

73rd Annual Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

Robert Murray

1972

April 23-28

72nd Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

Morris Shaffer

1971

May 2-7

71st Annual Meeting

Minneapolis, MN

Robert Hungate

1970

April 26-May 1

70th Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

E. Michael Foster

1969

May 4-9

69th Annual Meeting

Miami Beach, FL

Dennis Watson

1968

May 5-10

68th Annual Meeting

Detroit, MI

Salvador Luria

1967

April 30-May 4

67th Annual Meeting

New York, NY

William Sarles

1966

May 1-5

66th Annual Meeting

Los Angeles, CA

Riley Housewright

1965

April 25-29

65th Annual Meeting

Atlantic City, NJ

Orville Wyss

1964

May 3-7

64th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

J. Roger Porter

1963

May 5-9

63rd Annual Meeting

Cleveland, OH

Robert Starkey

1962

May 6-10

62nd Annual Meeting

Kansas City, MO

John Blair

1961

April 23-27

61st Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Herald Cox

1960

     

May 1-5

     

60th Annual Meeting

     

Philadelphia, PA

     

Charles Evans

1959

May 10-14

59th Annual Meeting

St. Louis, MO

Philip Edwards

1958

April 27-May 1

58th Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Harry Eagle

1957

April 28-May 2

57th Annual Meeting

Detroit, MI

Perry Wilson

1956

April 29-May 3

56th Annual Meeting

Houston, TX

Charles Staurt

1955

May 8-12

55th Annual Meeting

New York, NY

H. Orin Halvorson

1954

May 2-7

54th Annual Meeting

Pittsburgh, PA

Cornelius van Niel

1953

August 10-14

53rd Annual Meeting

San Francisco, CA

Gail Dack

1952

April 27-May 1

52nd Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

Rene Dubos

1951

May 27-31

51st Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Walter Nungester

1950

May 14-18

50th Annual Meeting

Baltimore, MD

Barnett Cohen

Chronicles of the Society of American Bacteriologists 1899-1950

Book by Barnett Cohen for the 50th Anniversary of  the Society of American Bacteriologists

1949

     

May 17-20

     

49th Annual Meeting

     

Cincinnati, OH

     

William Hammon

1948

May 10-14

48th Annual Meeting

Minneapolis, MN

H. Joel Conn

1947

May 13-16

47th Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Francis Jr.

1946

May 21-24

46th Annual Meeting

Detroit, MI

James Craigie

1945

May 22-25

45th Annual Meeting

Detroit, MI

Stuart Mudd

*45th Annual Meeting was canceled

1944

     

May 3-5     

     

44th Annual Meeting

     

New York, NY      

     

Ira Baldwin

1943

     

No meeting scheduled

                                                                 

Rebecca Lancefield

*There was no Annual Meeting scheduled for 1943

1942

     

December 28-30

     

44th Annual Meeting*

     

Columbus, OH

     

Selman Waksman

*42th Annual Meeting was canceled

1941

     

December 29-31

     

43rd Annual Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD

     

Oswald Avery

1940

December 27-29

42nd Annual Meeting

St. Louis, MO

Charles Thom

1939

December 28-30

41st Annual Meeting

New Haven, CT

Authur Henrici

1938

August 30-

September 1

40th Annual Meeting

San Francisco, CA

Paul Clark

1937

December 28-30

39th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

James Sherman

1936

December 28-30

38th Annual Meeting

Indianapolis, IN

Thomas Rivers

1935

December 26-28

37th Annual Meeting

New York, NY

Carl Meyer

1934

December 27-29

36th Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Milton Rosenau

1933

December 27-29

35th Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

W. Mansfield Clark

1932

December 28-30

34th Annual Meeting

Ann Arbor, MI

Edwin Fred

1931

December 28-30

33rd Annual Meeting

Baltimore, MD

J. Howard Brown

1930

December 29-31

32nd Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

Stanhope Bayne-Jones

1929

December 30-

January 1,1930

31st Annual Meeting

Ames, IA

Ludvig Hekton

1928

December 27-29

30th Annual Meeting

Richmond, VA

Alice Evans

1927

December 28-30

29th Annual Meeting

Rochester, NY

Robert Breed

1926

December 28-30

28th Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

Hans Zinsser

1925

December 29-31

27th Annual Meeting

Madison, WI

Norman Harris

1924

     

December 29-31

     

26th Annual Meeting

     

Washington, DC

     

Authur Hitchens

1923

December 27-29

25th Annual Meeting

New Haven, CT

Edwin Hastings

1922

December 28-30

24th Annual Meeting

Detroit, MI

Lore Rogers

1921

December 27-29

23rd Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

Frank Harrison

1920

December 28-30

22nd Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Charles Krumwiede Jr.

1919

December 29-31

21st Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

Samuel Prescott

1918

December 27-28

20th Annual Meeting

Baltimore, MD

Robert Buchanan

1917

December 27-29

19th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

Leo Rettger

1916

December 27-29

18th Annual Meeting

New Haven, CT

Thomas Burrill

1915

December 28-30

17th Annual Meeting

Urbana, IL

David Bergey

1914

     

December 29-

January 1, 1915

     

16th Annual Meeting

     

Philadelphia, PA

     

Charles Marshall

1913

December 31-

January 2, 1914

15th Annual Meeting

Montreal,

Quebec, Canada

C. E. A. Winslow

1912

December 31-

January 2, 1913

14th Annual Meeting

New York, NY

William Park

1911

December 27-29

13th Annual Meeting

Washington, DC

Frederic Gorham

Presidential Address from 1911

1910

     

December 28-30

     

12th Annual Meeting

     

Ithaca, NY

     

Veranus Moore

1909

December 28-30

11th Annual Meeting

Boston, MA

Joseph Kinyoun

1908

December 29-31

10th Annual Meeting

Baltimore, MD

Harry Russell

1907

December 31-

January 2, 1908

9th Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

James Carroll

1906

December 27-29

8th Annual Meeting

New York, NY

Erwin Smith

1905

December 28-29

7th Annual Meeting

Ann Arbor, MI

Edwin Jordan

1904

     

December 27-28

     

6th Annual Meeting

     

Philadelphia, PA

     

Frederick Novy

1903

December 29-30

5th Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, PA

Theobald Smith

Presidential Address from 1903

1902

     

December 30-31

     

4th Annual Meeting

     

Washington, DC

     

Herbert Conn

1901

December 30-
January 1, 1902

3rd Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

William Welch

1900

     

December 27-28

     

2nd Annual Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD

     

William Sedgwick

Presidential Address from 1900

1899

     

December 27-29

     

Organizational Meeting

     

New Haven, CT

The Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-2015)

Since 1961, the American Society for Microbiology has sponsored the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC).  A list of meeting dates and locations is below. 

For the 50th Anniversary of the meeting in 2010, ASM produced 50 Years of ICAAC 1961-2010, a publication tracing the evolution and growth of ICAAC and the changes in science during this period.

 

2015

     

September 17-21

     

55th ICAAC

     

San Diego, CA

55th ICAAC with the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC)’s International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC) for the joint ICAAC/ICC 2015 meeting

2014

     

September 5-9

     

54th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

2013

     

September 10-13

     

53rd ICAAC

     

Denver, CO

2012

     

September 9-12

     

52nd ICAAC

     

San Francisco, CA

2011

     

September 17-20

     

51st ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

2010

     

September 12-15

     

50th ICAAC

     

Boston, MA

2009

     

September 12-15

     

49th ICAAC

     

San Francisco, CA

2008

     

October 25-28

     

48th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

48th ICAAC with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

2007

     

September 17-20

     

47th ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

2006

     

September 27-30

     

46th ICAAC

     

San Francisco, CA

2005

     

December 16-19

     

45th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

45th ICAAC was postponed from September to December 2005 and location changed from New Orleans to Washington, DC due to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

2004

     

October 30-November 2

     

44th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

2003

     

September 14-17

     

43rd ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

2002

     

September 27-30

     

42nd ICAAC

     

San Diego, CA

2001

     

December 16-19

     

41st ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

* 41st ICAAC was postponed from September to December 2001 due to the September 11 attacks

2000

     

September 17-20

     

40th ICAAC

     

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1999

     

September 26-29

     

39th ICAAC

     

San Francisco, CA

1998

     

September 24-27

     

38th ICAAC

     

San Diego, CA

1997

     

September 28-October 1

     

37th ICAAC

     

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1996

     

September 15-18

     

36th ICAAC

     

New Orleans, LA

1995

     

September 17-20

     

35th ICAAC

     

San Francisco, CA

1994

     

October 4-7

     

34th ICAAC

     

Orlando, FL

1993

     

October 17-20

     

33rd ICAAC

     

New Orleans, LA

1992

     

October 11-14

     

32nd ICAAC

     

Anaheim, CA

1991

     

September 29-October 2

     

31st ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

1990

     

October 21-24

     

30th ICAAC

     

Atlanta, GA

1989

     

September 17-20

     

29th ICAAC

     

Houston, TX

1988

     

October 23-26

     

28th ICAAC

     

Los Angeles, CA

1987

     

October 4-7

     

27th ICAAC

     

New York, NY

1986

     

September 28-October 1

     

26th ICAAC

     

New Orleans, LA

1985

     

September 29-October 2

     

25th ICAAC

     

Minneapolis, MN

1984

     

October 8-10

     

24th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

1983

     

October 24-26

     

23rd ICAAC

     

Las Vegas, NV

1982

     

October 4-6

     

22nd ICAAC

     

Miami Beach, FL

1981

     

November 4-6

     

21st ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

1980

     

September 22-24

     

20th ICAAC

     

New Orleans, LA

1979

     

October 1-5

     

19th ICAAC

     

Boston, MA

19th ICAAC with the 11th International Congress of Chemotherapy

1978

     

October 1-4

     

18th ICAAC

     

Atlanta, GA

1977

     

October 12-14

     

17th ICAAC

     

New York, NY

1976

     

October 27-29

     

16th ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

1975

     

September 24-26

     

15th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

1974

     

September 11-13

     

14th ICAAC

     

San Francisco, CA

1973

     

September 19-21

     

13th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

1972

     

September 26-29

     

12th ICAAC

     

Atlantic City, NJ

1971

     

October 19-22

     

11th ICAAC

     

Atlantic City, NJ

1970

     

October 18-21

     

10th ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

1969

     

October 27-29

     

9th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

1968

     

October 21-23

     

8th ICAAC

     

New York, NY

1967

     

October 25-27

     

7th ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

1966

     

October 26-28

     

6th ICAAC

     

Philadelphia, PA

1965

     

October 17-21

     

5th ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

* 5th ICAAC with the 4th International Congress of Chemotherapy

1964

     

October 26-28

     

4th ICAAC

     

New York, NY

1963

     

October 28-30

     

3rd ICAAC

     

Washington, DC

1962

     

October 31-November 2

     

2nd ICAAC

     

Chicago, IL

1961

     

October 31-November 2

     

1st ICAAC

     

New York, NY

ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meetings (2003-present)

The American Society for Microbiology sponsors the annual ASM Biothreats Meeting (formerly known as ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting) as a forum for the discussion of new data from the research of microbiological sciences related to biodefense and bioterrorism, the latest information on preventative modalities, therapeutics, and clinical diagnoses related to biothreat agents, and the most recent trends in the management and planning of biodefense programs. A list of meeting dates and locations is below.

 

2018

    

February 12-14

    

2018 ASM Biothreats Meeting

    

Baltimore, MD

2017

    

February 6-8

    

2017 ASM Biothreats Meeting

    

Washington, DC

2016

     

February 8-10

     

14th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Arlington, VA

2015

     

February 9-11

     

13th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2014

     

January 27-29

     

12th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2013

     

February 25-27

     

11th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2012

     

February 26-29

     

10th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2011

     

February 6-9

     

9th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2010

     

February 21-24

     

8th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD 

2009

     

February 22-25

     

7th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD 

2008

     

February 24-27

     

6t Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD 

2007

     

February 27-March 2

     

5th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2006

     

February 15-18

     

4th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Washington, DC

2005

     

March 20-23

     

3rd Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD 

2004

     

March 7-10

     

2nd Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD 

2003

     

March 9-12

     

1st Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting

     

Baltimore, MD