Conference History

The late 1980s were punctuated by an annual series of one-day regional seminars on developing an occupational health program.
During these years, regional seminars were conducted in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Raleigh, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, Houston, Dallas, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Anaheim/Newport Beach.

The first of what is soon to be our 35th annual national conference took place in November 1987 at the Boston Westin Copley Place. Since then, our annual national conferences have attracted a total of more than 9,000 registrants in nine different cities:

1987: Boston (Westin Copley Place)
1988: Chicago (Marriott)
1989: Washington (Marriott)
1990: San Francisco (St Francis)
1991: Chicago (Marriott)
1992: Washington (J.W. Marriott)
1993: Chicago (Marriott)
1994: New Orleans (Marriott)
1995: San Francisco (Sheraton Palace)
1996: Boston (Park Plaza)
1997: Chicago (Sheraton)
1998: San Diego (Loews Coronado Bay Resort)
1999: New Orleans (Sheraton)
2000: Boston (Fairmont Copley Plaza)
2001: Chicago (Fairmont)
2002: Atlanta (Grand Hyatt)
2003: Washington (Renaissance)
2004: Chicago (Swissotel)
2005: San Diego (Loews Coronado Bay Resort)
2006: Philadelphia (Hyatt Penn’s Landing)
2007: Nashville (Loews Vanderbilt Plaza)
2008: Chicago (Swissotel)
2009: San Francisco (Hotel Nikko)
2010: Boston (Hyatt Regency)
2011: Atlanta (Hyatt Regency Buckhead)
2012: Chicago (Drake Hotel)
2013: Nashville (Loews Vanderbilt Hotel)
2014: Philadelphia (Hyatt Regency Penn’s Landing)
2015: Chicago (Drake Hotel)
2016: Boston (Park Plaza)
2017: Chicago (Intercontinental Hotel)
2018: Nashville (Gaylord Opryland Resort)
2019: Phoenix (Waldorf Astoria Biltmore)
2020: Virtual
2021: Palm Springs
2022: Charleston (Marriott Downtown)