| Year | Location | Host | Topic |
| 2007 Spring | West Point, NY | US Military Academy at West Point | Physics in a New Light |
| 2006 Fall | Potsdam, NY | SUNY Potsdam | Acoustics, Musical and Physical |
| 2006 Spring | Canandaigua, NY | Finger Lakes Community College | Physics and Technology of Microsystems |
| 2005 Fall | Hamilton, NY | Colgate University | Albert Einstein and his Legacy |
| 2004 Fall | Brooklyn, NY | City University of New York | Physics of the Microworld: From Quarks to Nanostructures |
| 2003 Fall | Upton, NY | Brookhaven National Labs | Particle Accelerator Frontiers and New Physics Potential Workshop |
| 2003 Spring | Geneseo, NY | SUNY Geneseo | Physics of Everyday Phenomena |
| 2002 Fall | Syracuse, NY. | Syracuse Univ. | The Small, the Large and the Universe |
| 2002 Spring | Oneonta, NY | SUNY Oneonta | Energy and Environment |
| 2001 Fall | Albany, NY | SUNY Albany/RPI | Biophysics with Nanotechnology |
| 2001 Spring | Yorktown Hts, NY | IBM Research Division | Nanotechnology |
| 2000 Fall | Buffalo , NY | SUNY Buffalo | Astrophysics |
| 2000 Spring | Corning, NY | Corning CC | Astrophysics: Tools, Research and Theory |
| 1999 Fall | Brockport, NY | SUNY Brockport | Low T Physics/Nonlinear Dynamics & Chaos |
| 1999 Spring | Murray Hill, NJ | Lucent Technologies | Physics of Telecommunications |
| 1998 Fall | Troy | RPI | Advances & Applications in Magnetism |
| 1998 Spring | Rochester | Kodak, Xerox, U.R. | The Physics of Imaging |
| 1997 Fall | Saratoga Springs | Skidmore College | A Century of Modern Physics |
| 1997 Spring | Hamilton | Colgate U. | Lasers in Science |
| 1996 Fall | Ithaca | Cornell U. | Space Science |
| 1996 Spring | Yorktown Heights | IBM | 21st Century Computing |
| 1995 Fall | Rochester | RIT | Advances in Alternate Energy |
| 1995 Spring | Schenectady | G.E. R&D Center | Physics & Medicine |
| 1994 Fall | Binghamton | Binghamton U. | Physics of Everyday Phenomena |
| 1994 Spring | New Paltz | SUNY College New Paltz | Geophysics |
| 1993 Fall | Buffalo | SUNY Buffalo | Nanostructures |
| 1993 Spring | Corning | Corning Glass | Physics of Disordered Materials |
| 1992 Fall | Upton | Brookhaven Nat. Labs | Heavy Ion Physics |
| 1992 Spring | Syracuse | Syracuse U. | Biological Physics |
| 1991 Fall | Saratoga Springs | Skidmore College | Atmospheric Physics |
| 1991 Spring | Rochester | RIT | The Science of Imaging |
| 1990 Fall | Poughkeepsie | IBM | Supercomputing & Supercomputers |
| 1990 Spring | Alfred | Alfred U. | Physics of Advanced Materials Systems |
| 1989 Fall | Troy | RPI | Nanometric Probes of Matter |
| 1989 Spring | Geneseo | SUNY at Geneseo | Life Cycle of a Star |
| 1988 Fall | Ithaca | Cornell U. | Particle Beam Generation & Interactions |
| 1988 Spring | Schenectady | Union College | Superconductivity |
| 1987 Fall | Buffalo | Calspan at Ramada Hotel | Physics of Fluids |
| 1987 Spring | Briarcliffe Manor | Philips Laboratories | Thin Films and Microelectronics |
| 1986 Fall | Syracuse | Syracuse U. | Cosmology & Elementary Particles |
| 1986 Spring | Upton | Brookhaven Nat. Labs | Detectors for New Physics |
| 1985 Fall | Schenectady | G.E. R&D Center | Physics of Medical Imaging |
| 1985 Spring | Corning | Corning Glass | Physical Properties & Applications of Glass |
| 1984 Fall | Rochester | U. of Rochester | Honoring Lee Alvin DuBridge |
| 1984 Spring | West Point | U.S. Military Academy | Physics of International Security |
| 1983 Fall | Canton | St. Lawrence U. | Physics of the Environment |
| 1983 Spring | Oneonta | SUNY Oneonta | Physics and Computing |
| 1982 Fall | Rochester | Eastman-Kodak Co. | Physics of Polymers |
| 1982 Spring | Cortland | SUNY Cortland | Elementary Particle Physics |
| 1981 Fall | Buffalo | SUNY Buffalo | Interfacial Physics: New Frontier |
| 1981 Spring | Pleasantville | Pace U. | Energy: Alternate Sources & Storage |
| 1980 Fall | Albany | SUNY at Albany | Particle-Solid Interactions |
| 1980 Spring | Ithaca | Cornell U. | Synchrotron Radiation & Applications |
| 1979 Fall | Rochester | Xerox, UR, Kodak | The Laser & Applications |
| 1979 Spring | Syracuse | Syracuse U. | Relativity & Gravitation |
| 1978 Fall | Yorktown Heights | IBM | Physics in Modern Electronics |
| 1978 Spring | Schenectady | Union College | Topics in Biological Physics |
| 1977 Fall | Rochester | RIT | Geophysics: Molecules to Mountains |
| 1977 Spring | Hamilton | Colgate U. | Modern Astrophysics |
| 1976 Fall | New Paltz | SUNY New Paltz | Physics at Extreme Conditions |
| 1976 Spring | Oswego | SUNY Oswego | Energy Technology |
| 1975 Fall | Rochester | Kodak | Physics of Image Recording |
| 1975 Spring | Upton & Stony Brook | BNL & SUNY Stony Brook | Particle Physics |
| 1974 Fall | Buffalo | SUNY Buffalo | Modern Acoustics |
| 1974 Spring | Brooklyn | Brooklyn College of CUNY | Uses for Low Energy Accelerators |
| 1973 Fall | Troy | RPI | Electronic Physics of Organic Materials |
| 1973 Spring | Cortland | SUNY Cortland | Irreversibility, Time Reversal, Expanding Universe |
| 1972 Fall | Rochester | RIT | Atmospheric Physics |
| 1972 Spring | Poughkeepsie | IBM | Modern Optics |
| 1971 Fall | Geneseo | SUNY Geneseo | Plasma Physics: Fusion Power, Arcs, Ionosphere |
| 1971 Spring | Corning | Corning Glass Works | Physics of Electronic Devices |