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) |
| 2024 | Brno (Czech Republic) | Frantisek Foret |
| 2023 | Tallahassee (USA) | Michael Roper, Rebecca Pompano, James Edwards |
| 2022 | Liège (Belgium) | 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 |