History of the International Oil Spill Conference

1969	Joint Conference on Prevention and Control of Oil Spills sponsored by the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and the American Petroleum Institute New York, New York
1971	International Oil Spill Conference sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Coast Guard and API Washington, D.C.
1973	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API, Washington
1975	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API San Francisco, California
1977	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API New Orleans, Louisiana
1979	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API Los Angeles, California
1981	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API Atlanta, Georgia
1983	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API San Antonio, Texas
1985	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API Los Angeles, California
1987	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API Advertised as the 10th conference Baltimore, Maryland
1989	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API A dvertised as the 20th anniversary San Antonio, Texas
1991	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API San Diego, California
1993	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG and API Tampa, Florida
1995	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association and the International Maritime Organization Long Beach, California
1997	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, IPIECA and IMO Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1999	IOSC sponsored by EPA; USCG, API, IPIECA, and IMO Seattle, Washington
2001	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, IPIECA, IMO, Minerals Management Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tampa, Florida, USA
2003	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, IPIECA, IMO, MMS, NOAA, Canadian Coast Guard, Environment Canada Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (the first non-US venue)
2005	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, IPIECA, IMO, MMS, NOAA Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2008	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, IPIECA, IMO, MMS, NOAA Savannah, Georgia, USA
2011	IOSC sponsored by EPA, USCG, API, IPIECA, IMO, BOEMRE (formerly MMS), NOAA Portland, Oregon