Past National Conferences
Locations and Dates of Past AAPA & PAEA Conferences
See where each conference has taken place from the first annual PA conference at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas to the most recent ones!
AAPA Annual Conference History
1973 – Sheppard Air Force Base, TX Attendance: 235
1974 – New Orleans, LA Attendance: 525
1975 – St. Louis, MO Attendance: 765
1976 – Atlanta, GA Attendance: 1,465
1977 – Houston, TX Attendance: 1,525
1978 – Las Vegas, NV Attendance: 1,940
1979 – Hollywood, FL Attendance: 1,955
1980 – New Orleans, LA Attendance: 2,205
1981 – San Diego, CA Attendance: 1,877
1982 – Washington, DC Attendance: 2,802
1983 – St. Louis, MO Attendance: 2,179
1984 – Denver, CO Attendance: 2,680
1985 – San Antonio, TX Attendance: 2,864
1986 – Boston, MA Attendance: 3,813
1987 – Cincinnati, OH Attendance: 2,814
1988 – Los Angeles, CA Attendance: 3,490
1989 – Washington, DC Attendance: 4,513
1990 – New Orleans, LA Attendance: 4,447
1991 – San Francisco, CA Attendance: 3,881
1992 – Nashville, TN Attendance: 4,086
1993 – Miami, FL Attendance: 4,346
1994 – San Antonio, TX Attendance: 5,349
1995 – Las Vegas, NV Attendance: 6,817
1996 – New York, NY Attendance: 6,471
1997 – Minneapolis, MN Attendance: 6,676
1998 – Salt Lake City, UT Attendance: 6,200
1999 – Atlanta, GA Attendance: 8,193
2000 – Chicago, IL Attendance: 8,238
2001 – Anaheim, CA Attendance: 7,346
2002 – Boston, MA Attendance: 9,198
2003 – New Orleans, LA Attendance: 9,198
2004 – Las Vegas, NV Attendance: 10,800
2005 – Orlando, FL Attendance: 8,300
2006 – San Francisco, CA Attendance: 9,500
2007 – Philadelphia, PA Attendance: 7,848
2008 – San Antonio, TX Attendance: 7,349
2009 – San Diego, CA Attendance: 8,328
2010 – Atlanta, GA Attendance: 5,699
2011 – Las Vegas, NV Attendance: 8,945
2012 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada Attendance: 4,350
2013 – Washington, DC Attendance: 7,404
2014 – Boston, MA Attendance: 6,846
2015 – San Francisco, CA Attendance: 6,448
2016 – San Antonio, TX Attendance: 5,734
2017 – Las Vegas, NV Attendance: 7,088
2018 – New Orleans, LA Attendance: 6,654
2019 – Denver, CO Attendance: 7,556
2020 – Nashville, TN (Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
2021 – Philadelphia, PA (Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
2022 – Indianapolis, IN: 3,635
2023 – Nashville, TN: 5,860
2024 – Houston, TX: 4,900
2025 – Denver, CO: 6,820
APAP/PAEA Education Forum Sites
*Prior to 1996, PAEA’s main annual conference event was in conjunction with the AAPA Annual Conference in May. It was moved to the October time frame and named the “Education Forum” in 1996.
1996 – Portland, Oregon
1997 – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1998 – Orlando, Florida
1999 – Austin, Texas
2000 – Washington, DC
2001 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
2002 – Miami, Florida
2003 – Phoenix, Arizona
2004 – Nashville, Tennessee
2005 – Las Croabas, Puerto Rico
2006 – Quebec City, Quebec
2007 – Tucson, Arizona
2008 – Savannah, Georgia
2009 – Portland, Oregon
2010 – Baltimore, Maryland
2011 – New Orleans, Louisiana
2012 – Seattle, Washington
2013 – Memphis, Tennessee
2014 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 – Washington DC
2016 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017 – Denver, Colorado
2018 – Anaheim, California
2019 – Washington, DC
2020 – Austin, Texas (Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
2021 – Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2022 – San Diego, California
2023 – New Orleans, LA
2024 – Washington, DC