More than 35 MSB symposia have been held over the past 30 years in locations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia –and even online!
Conference dates and locations with the corresponding Chairs are listed hereafter.
| Year | Location | Chairperson(s) |
| 2025 | Tempe, USA | Alexandra Ros, Chris Harrison, Mark A. Hayes |
| 2024 | Brno, CZE | Frantisek Foret |
| 2023 | Tallahassee, USA | Michael Roper, Rebecca Pompano, James Edwards |
| 2022 | Liège, BE | Marianne Fillet, Heidi Ottevaere |
| 2021 | Online (Boston, USA) | Alexander Ivanov, Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, Jarrod A. Marto |
| 2020 | Online (St-Malo, FR) | Myriam Taverna, Serge Rudaz |
| 2019 | Corvallis, USA | Vince Remcho, Karen Waldron |
| 2018 | Rio de Janeiro, BR | Marina Tavares, Emmanuel Carillho |
| 2017 | Noordwijkerhout, NL | Govert Somsen, Rawi Ramautar |
| 2016 | Niagara-on-the-Lake, CAN | Philip Britz-McKibbin, Karen Waldron, Sergey Krylov |
| 2015 | Shanghai, PRC | Amy Guo |
| 2014 | Pécs, HUN | Ferenc Kilár, Attila Felinger, András Guttman |
| 2013 | Charlottesville, USA | Jeff D Chapman, James P Landers |
| 2012 | Geneva, CH | Franka Kalman, Gerard Rozing, Jean-Luc Veuthey |
| 2012 | Shanghai, PRC | Rong Zeng |
| 2011 | San Diego, USA | Annelise E. Barron |
| 2010 | Prague, CZ | Frantisek Foret |
| 2009 | Boston, USA | Jonathan V. Sweedler |
| 2009 | Dalian, PRC | Hanfa Zou |
| 2008 | Berlin, DE | Andreas Manz |
| 2007 | Vancouver, CA | Robert Kennedy |
| 2006 | Amsterdam, NL | Gerard Rozing |
| 2005 | New Orleans, USA | Michael Ramsey |
| 2005 | Kobe, JAP | Y. Baba, K. Otsuka |
| 2004 | Salzburg, AT | Wolfgang Lindner |
| 2003 | San Diego, USA | Aran Paulus, Andras Guttman |
| 2002 | Stockholm, SWE | Douglas Westerlund |
| 2001 | Boston, USA | Barry L. Karger, William S. Hancock |
| 2000 | Saarbrücken, DE | Heinz Engelhardt |
| 1999 | Palm Springs, USA | Edward S. Yeung |
| 1998 | Orlando, USA | Barry L. Karger, S. Fanali |
| 1997 | Anaheim, USA | William S. Hancock |
| 1997 | Kyoto, JAP | Shigeru Terabe |
| 1996 | Orlando, USA | Barry L.Karger |
| 1995 | Würzburg, DE | Hans Engelhardt |
| 1994 | San Diego, USA | Shigeru Terabe |
| 1993 | Orlando, USA | Barry L. Karger |
| 1992 | Amsterdam, NL | Frans Everaerts |
| 1991 | San Diego, USA | James W. Jorgenson |
| 1990 | San Francisco, USA | Barry L. Karger |
| 1989 | Boston, USA | Barry L. Karger |