| 1st | 2002 | Galveston, TX | First Research Conference |
| 2nd | 2003 | Park City, UT | Research with an Attitude |
| 3rd | 2004 | Warm Springs, OR | Scholarship in the High Desert |
| 4th | 2005 | Potomac, MD | Building a Community of Scholars Coast to Coast |
| 5th | 2006 | St. Louis, MO | Spanning a Community of Scholars: Occupational Science Research from the Heartland |
| 6th | 2007 | Albuquerque, NM | Community of Scholars: Crossroads of Culture and Occupation |
| 7th | 2008 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Occupations Under the Sun: Expand Your Scholarly Horizons |
| 8th | 2009 | New Haven, CT | Colorful Views of Research Methods in the Northeast |
| 9th | 2010 | London, Ontario, Canada | Canadian Society of Occupational Science (CSOS) and SSO:USA Joint Occupational Science Conference |
| 10th | 2011 | Park City, UT | Mountaintop Reflections: Learning from Ten Years as a Scholarly Community |
| 11th | 2012 | Portland, OR | Occupation and Place: Sustainability, Balance, & Occupation |
| 12th | 2013 | Lexington, KY | Occupation and Education |
| 13th | 2014 | Minneapolis, MN | Joint International Conference in Occupational Science: Globalization & Occupational Science: Partnerships, Methodologies, & Research |
| 14th | 2015 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Sun, Scholarship, and Occupation |
| 15th | 2016 | Portland, ME | Third Joint International Conference in Occupational Science: Navigating the Seas of Change: Diversity of Occupation |
| 16th | 2017 | Seattle, WA | Participation: People, Places, & Performances |
| 17th | 2018 | Lexington, KY | Sleep and Restoration |
| 18th | 2019 | Scottsdale, AZ | The Darker Side of Occupations: Illegal, Taboo, Risky |
| 2020 | No Conference (Covid19) | ||
| 19th | 2021 | Hybrid (Covid19) | Occupation and Gender |
| 20th | 2022 | San Diego, CA | Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy: Tension and Fit |
| 21st | 2023 | St. Louis, MO | Envisioning the Future of Occupational Science |
| 22nd | 2024 | Durham, NC | The Art of Occupation: Creativity, Critical Theory, and Social Transformation |
| 23rd | 2025 | Galveston, TX | Occupations and Nature: Connections and Transactions |