View the history of the IPBA conventions, their pins, and the tireless volunteers that pulled it all together.
July 9th, 1988
Las Vegas, Nevada
Host: Fran Peters
May 12th – 14th, 1989
Dearborn, Michigan
Host: Joyce Geeser
May 4th – 6th, 1990
Foster City (San Francisco), California
Host: Madeleine France
Show Chair: Madeleine France
April 5th – 7th, 1991
Chicago, Illinois
Host: Madeleine France
Show Chair: Madeleine France
May 15th – 17th, 1992
Atlanta, Georgia
Convention Chairs: Marti deGraaf, Toby Mack
Show Chair: Madeleine France
April 30th – May 2nd, 1993
Dallas, Texas
Convention Chairs: Marti deGraaf, Toby Mack
Show Chair: Madeleine France
May 13th – 15th, 1994
Reston, Virginia
Convention Chair: Toby Mack
Show Chair: Madeleine France
May 5th, – 7th, 1995
Oakbrook (Chicago), Illinois
Convention Chair: Toby Mack
Show Chair: Madeleine France
May 10th – 12th, 1996
San Francisco, California
Convention Chair: Penny Dolnick
Show Chair: Madeleine France
May 2nd – 4th, 1997
Reston, Virginia
Convention Chair: Penny Dolnick
Show Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Registration Chair: Michael Lipman
May 15th, – 17th, 1998
Chicago, Illinois
Convention Chair: Carol Kahn
Show Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Registration Chair: Michael Lipman
May 14-16, 1999
Reston, Virginia
Convention Chair: Carol Kahn
Show Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Registration Chair: Michael Lipman
May 18th – 21st, 2000
Atlanta, Georgia
Convention Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Show Chair: Madeleine France
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 17th – 20th, 2001
Santa Clara, California
Convention Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Show Chair: Sally & Bob Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 16th – 19th, 2002
Dallas, Texas
Convention Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Show Chair: Sandy Katz-Leegood
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 15th – 18th, 2003
Orlando, Florida
Convention Chair: Ruthie Rosenfeld
Show Chair: Madeleine France
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 29th – May 2nd, 2004
Reston, Virginia
Convention Chair: Jeffrey Sanfilippo
Show Chair: Sally Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 28th – May 1st, 2005
Dallas, Texas
Convention Chair: Jeffrey Sanfilippo
Show Chair: Sally Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 27th – 30th, 2006
Reston, Virginia
Convention Chair: Bonnie Salzman
Show Chair: Sally Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 3rd – 6th, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia
Convention Chair: Bonnie Salzman
Show Chair: Sally Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 1st – 4th, 2008
St. Louis, Missouri
Convention Chair: Rusty Hernandez
Show Chair: Sally Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 30th – May 3rd, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Convention Chair: Rusty Hernandez
Show Chair: Sally Berger
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 29th – May 2nd, 2010
Reston, Virginia
Convention Chair: Penny Dolnick
Show Chair: Helen Browdy, Mark Bergman
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 28th – May 1st, 2011
Chicago, Illinois
Convention Chair: Penny Dolnick, Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Helen Browdy, Mark Bergman
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 3rd – 6th, 2012
Jacksonville, Florida
Convention Chair: Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Helen Browdy
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 1st-5th, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada
Convention Chair: Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Helen Browdy
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 30th – May 4th, 2014
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Convention Chair: Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Helen Browdy
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 30th – May 3rd, 2015
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Convention Chair: Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Helen Browdy
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 28th – May 1st, 2016
Portland, Oregon
Convention Chair: Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Rusty Hernandez
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
May 4th – 7th, 2017
Princeton, New Jersey
Convention Chair: Deborah Washington
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
Registration Chair: Joan Walter
April 26th-30th, 2018
Tysons Corner, Virginia
Convention Chair: Rusty Hernandez
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
Registration Chair: Alicia Al-Nasser
May 2nd – 5th, 2019
Chicago, Illinois
Convention Chair: Teri Wirth
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
Registration Chair: Martha Foley
April 30th-May 3rd, 2020
Rockwall, Texas
Cancelled due to the Covid 19
Pandemic
Convention Chair: Teri Wirth
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
April 28th-May 2nd, 2021
Virtual Convention using Whova app
Convention Chair: Teri Wirth
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
April 28th-May 1st, 2022
Chicago, Illinois
Convention Chair: Teri Wirth
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
Registration Chair: Martha Foley
April 27th-30th, 2023
Rockwall, Texas
Convention Chair: Teri Wirth
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
Registration Chair: Martha Foley
April 25-28, 2024
(Newport, Rhode Island)
Boston, Massachusetts
Convention Chair: Barbara W. Miller
Show Chair: Andra Behrendt
Registration Chair: Daniel ‘Kip’ White
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