Early proceedings dating back to the beginning of this conference have been digitized and are available here. Our thanks to Robert Bakish for donating the hard copies of these books. Thanks also to Mark Schattenburg for collecting and preserving these volumes, and to Theodore Fedynyshyn for tracking down copyright permissions.
Volumes not linked here are copyrighted by AVS or IEEE and are available elsewhere.
| # | Year | Date | Location | Conference Chair | Program Chair | Symposium Name | Archived Proceedings |
| 1 | 1959 | March 20 | Boston, MA | James S. Hetherington | James S. Hetherington | First SEBM | PDF of Proceedings |
| 2 | 1960 | March 24-25 | Boston, MA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | Second SEBP | PDF of Proceedings |
| 3 | 1961 | March 23-24 | Boston, MA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | Third SEBP | PDF of Proceedings |
| 4 | 1962 | March 29-30 | Boston, MA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | Fourth SEBT | PDF of Proceedings |
| 5 | 1963 | March 28-29 | Boston, MA | John R. Morley | John R. Morley | Fifth Annual MEBS | PDF of Proceedings |
| 6 | 1964 | April 27-28 | Boston, MA | John R. Morley | John R. Morley | Sixth Annual MEBS | PDF of Proceedings |
| 7 | 1964 | May 3-7 | Toronto, Canada | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | First ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 8 | 1965 | Mar 31-April 2 | University Park, PA | Auguste B. El-Kareh | Auguste B. El-Kareh | ELBS | PDF of Proceedings |
| 9 | 1966 | April 6-8 | Ann Arbor, MI | Joseph E. Rowe,Auguste B. El-Kareh | George I. Haddad | Eighth Annual ELBS | PDF of Proceedings |
| 10 | 1966 | April 17-20 | New York, NY | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 2nd ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings, Vol. 1 PDF of Proceedings, Vol. 2 |
| 11 | 1967 | May 9-11 | Berkeley, CA | Charles Susskind | R. Fabian W. Pease | IEEE 9th Annual SEILBT | PDF of Proceedings |
| 12 | 1968 | May 6-9 | Boston, MA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 3rd ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 13 | 1969 | May 21-23 | Gaithersburg, MD | Louis L. Marton | Louis L. Marton | 10th SEILBT | PDF of Proceedings |
| 14 | 1970 | May 10-15 | Los Angeles, CA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 4th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 15 | 1971 | May 12-14 | Boulder, CO | Frank S. Barnes | Richard F.M. Thornley | 11th SEILBT | PDF of Proceedings |
| 16 | 1972 | May 7-12 | Houston, TX | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 5th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 17 | 1973 | May 21-23 | Cambridge, MA | Alec N. Broers | Edward D. Wolf | 12th SEILBT | |
| 18 | 1974 | May 12-17 | San Francisco,CA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 6th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 19 | 1975 | May 21-23 | Colorado Spr.,CO | George R. Brewer | R. Fabian W. Pease | 13th SEIPBT | |
| 20 | 1976 | May 4-7 | Washington, DC | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 7th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 21 | 1977 | May 25-27 | Palo Alto, CA | Thomas E.Everhart | Gilbert L. Varnell | 14th SEIPBT | |
| 22 | 1978 | May 22-26 | Seattle, WA | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 8th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 23 | 1979 | May 29- June 1 | Boston, MA | Henry I. Smith | T.H. Philip Chang | 15th SEIPBT | |
| 24 | 1980 | May 12-16 | St. Louis, MO | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 9th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 25 | 1981 | May 26-29 | Dallas, TX | Gilbert L. Varnell | Don R. Harriott,John H. Bruning | 16th SEIPBT | |
| 26 | 1982 | May 10-14 | Montreal,Canada | Robert A. Bakish | Robert A. Bakish | 10th ICEIBST | PDF of Proceedings |
| 27 | 1983 | May 31-June 3 | Los Angeles, CA | Robert L. Seliger | Mike Hatzakis | 1983 ISEIPB | |
| 28 | 1984 | May 29-June 1 | Tarrytown, NY | Michael Hatzakis | John Kelly | 1984 ISEIPB | |
| 29 | 1985 | May 28-31 | Portland, OR | Lynwood W. Swanson | John H. Bruning | 29th ISEIPB | |
| 30 | 1986 | May 27-30 | Boston, MA | Nicholas P. Economou | Andrew R. Neureuther | 30th ISEIPB | |
| 31 | 1987 | May 26-29 | Woodland Hills, CA | John L. Bartelt | Richard E. Howard | 31st ISEIPB | |
| 32 | 1988 | May 31-June 3 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Hans C. Pfeiffer | Evelyn L. Hu | 32nd ISEIPB | |
| 33 | 1989 | May 30-June 2 | Monterey, CA | John C. Wiesner | Alan D. Wilson | 33rd ISEIPB | |
| 34 | 1990 | May 29-June 1 | San Antonio, TX | Noel MacDonald | Jon Orloff | 34th ISEIPB | |
| 35 | 1991 | May 28-31 | Seattle, WA | Daniel J. Ehrlich | Jane M. Shaw | 35th ISEIPB | |
| 36 | 1992 | May 26-29 | Orlando, FL | Larry F. Thomson | Randall L. Kubena | 36th ISEIPB | |
| 37 | 1993 | June 1-4 | San Diego, CA | Fritz Hohn | Franco Cerrina | 37th ISEIPB | |
| 38 | 1994 | May 31-June 3 | New Orleans, LA | Harold Craighead | Ilesanmi Adesida | 38th ISEIPB | |
| 39 | 1995 | May 30-June 2 | Scottsdale, AZ | John N. Randall | Dieter P. Kern | 39th ICEIPBTN | |
| 40 | 1996 | May 28-31 | Atlanta, GA | Donald M. Tennant | Stella W. Pang | 40th ICEIPBTN | |
| 41 | 1997 | May 27-30 | Dana Point, CA | Anthony Novembre | Geraint Owen | 41st ICEIPBTN | |
| 42 | 1998 | May 26-29 | Chicago, IL | Alfred Wagner | Christie R.K. Marrian | 42nd ICEIPBTN | |
| 43 | 1999 | June 1-4 | Marco Island, FL | Mark Gesley | John C. Wolfe | 43rd ICEIPBTN | |
| 44 | 2000 | May 30-June 2 | Rancho Mirage, CA | Lloyd R. Harriott | John Melngailis | 44th ICEIPBTN | |
| 45 | 2001 | May 29-June 1 | Washington, DC | Douglas J. Resnick | Mark McCord | 45th ICEIPBTN | |
| 46 | 2002 | May 28-31 | Anaheim, CA | Raman G. Viswanathan | Roderick R. Kunz | 46th ICEIPBTN | |
| 47 | 2003 | May 27-30 | Tampa, FL | Timothy R. Groves | Mark L. Schattenburg | 47th ICEIPBTN | |
| 48 | 2004 | June 1-4 | San Diego, CA | W. Dan Meisburger | Roxann L. Engelstad | 48th ICEIPBTN | |
| 49 | 2005 | May 31-June 3 | Orlando, FL | Kevin Cummings | Martin Peckerar | 49th ICEIPBTN | |
| 50 | 2006 | May 30-June 2 | Baltimore, MD | Shane R. Palmer | Shalom J. Wind | 50th ICEIPBTN | |
| 51 | 2007 | May 29-June 1 | Denver, CO | J Alexander Liddle | Greg Wallraff | 51st ICEIPBTN | |
| 52 | 2008 | May 27 – 30 | Portland, OR | Steven Brueck | Cindy Hanson | 52nd ICEIPBTN | |
| 53 | 2009 | May 26 – 29 | Marco Island, FL | Steven Chou | Elizabeth Dobisz | 53rd ICEIPBTN | |
| 54 | 2010 | June 1-4 | Anchorage, AK | Frank Schellenberg | Marty Feldman | 54th ICEIPBTN | |
| 55 | 2011 | May 31 – June 3 | Las Vegas, NV | Alan Brodie | Richard Blaikie | 55th ICEIPBTN | |
| 56 | 2012 | May 29 – June 1 | Waikaloa, HI | Reginald C. Farrow | Michael Fritze | 56th ICEIPBTN | |
| 57 | 2013 | May 28 – 31 | Nashville, TN | Leonidas E. Ocola | Rebecca Cheung | 57th ICEIPBTN | |
| 58 | 2014 | May 27 – 30 | Washington, DC | Theodore H. Fedynyshyn | Karl K. Berggren | 58th ICEIPBTN | |
| 59 | 2015 | May 26 – 39 | San Diego, CA | Todd Hastings | Michael A. Guillorn | 59th ICEIPBTN |