Past Conferences

From a historical perspective, it should be noted that the first System Safety Conference ever held was in Seattle on June 8-9, 1965. It was a joint effort of the Boeing Company and the University of Washington, with about 300 attendees from industry, the military and academia. The proceedings are maintained in the University of Washington library.

The following table lists the past ISSC conferences:

Title Year Date Chapter Sponsor Location Chairperson(s)
1st ISSC

1973

July 17-20 SSS Denver, Co
Brown Palace
George Cranston
George Mumma
2nd ISSC

1975

  So. Calif. San Diego, CA
Bahia
Rex Gordon
3rd ISSC

1977

  Wash D.C. Washington D.C.
Stouffers
Emerson Harris
4th ISSC

1979

  Northern CA San Fancisco, CA
Fairmont
Hans Wynholds
Lew Bass
5th ISSC

1981

  Denver Denver, CO
Brown Palace
George Mumma
6th ISSC

1983

  Houston Houston, TX
Western Galleria
Burl Campbell
7th ISSC

1985

  Northern CA San Jose, CA
Red Lion
T.C.Noble
8th ISSC

1987

  New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Marriott
Earl McNail
9th ISSC

1989

July 17-20 So. Calif. Long Beach, CA
Queen Mary
George Kondreck
10th ISSC

1991

July 18-22 North Texas Dallas, TX
Fairmont Hotel
Scott Ostrowski
11th ISSC

1993

July 28 – August 2 Ohio Cincinnati, OH
Omni Netherland
Rodney Simmons
12th ISSC

1994

  New Orleans New Orleans, LA
Hyatt
Earl McNail
13th ISSC

1995

July 12-16 Northern CA San Jose, CA
Red Lion Inn
Conference Committee
14th ISSC

1996

Aug 12-17 New Mexico Albuquerque, NM
Marriott
Perry D'Antonio
15th ISSC

1997

Aug 13-17 Wash D.C. Washington D.C.
Park Hyatt
Steve Smith & Paige Ripani
16th ISSC
Program

1998

Sept 14-19 Virtual Team Seattle, WA
Double Tree Suites
Perry D'Antonio
Clif Ericson
17th ISSC
Program

1999

Aug 16-21 Florida Orlando, FL
Holiday Inn
Mike Kochmann
18th ISSC
Program

2000

Sept 11-16 North Texas Ft. Worth, TX
Radisson Plaza
Myron Krueger
19th ISSC
Program

2001

Sept 10-14 Tennessee Valley Huntsville, AL
Huntsville Hilton
Larry Jones
20th ISSC
Program

2002

Aug 5-9 Denver Denver, CO
Radisson Southeast
Jim Wiggins
21st ISSC
Program

2003

Aug 4-8 Ottawa Ontario, Canada
The Westin - Ottawa
Gerry Einarsson
22nd ISSC

2004

Aug 2-6 New England Providence, RI
The Westin - Providence
Niles Welch & Ann Boyer
23rd ISSC

2005

Aug 22-26 Virtual Team San Diego, CA
The Westin Horton Plaza
Perry D'Antonio
24th ISSC
2006
July 31-Aug 4 New Mexico, plus Virtual Team Albuquerque, NM
The Marriott
Paul Kryska
25th ISSC
2007
Aug 13-17 Washington DC Baltimore, MD
The Hyatt Regency Hotel
Warren Naylor
ISSRC (Regional Conference)
2008
April 23-25 Singapore Novotel Clarke Quay Hotel Onn Eng Ling
26th ISSC
2008
Aug 25-29 Canada plus virtual team Vancouver, BC
Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel
Jeff Joyce
27th ISSC
2009
Aug 3-7 Huntsville, Alabama Rhonda Barnes
28th ISSC
2010
Aug 30-Sept 3 Hyatt Regency Hotel
Minneapolis, MN USA
Amber Schauf
29th ISSC
— Conference Material
2011
Aug 8-12 MGM Grand Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada
Rene Fitzpatrick
30th ISSC
2012
Aug 6-10 Georgia Loews Atlanta Hotel
Atlanta, GA
Barry Hendrix
31st ISSC
— Photo Gallery
2013
Aug 12-16 Northeast Boston Marriott Copely Place
Boston, MA
Pam Alte
32nd ISS Training Symposium
— Photo Gallery
2014
Aug 4-8 Virtual St. Louis Uniton Station Doubletree Hotel
St. Louis, MO
Pam Kniest
33rd ISSC
— Photo Gallery
2015
Aug 24-27 Manchester Grand Hyatt,
San Diego, CA
Gary Braman, Chair
Paul Kryska Co-Chair
34th ISSC
2016
Aug 8-12 Renaissance Hotel at Sea World
Orlando, FL
35th ISSC
2017
Aug 21-25 New Mexico Hotel Albuquerque
Albuquerque NM
Stacy Durham and Amber Shampine, Co-Chairs
36th ISSC
2018
Aug 13-17 The Conference Center at Arizona Grand Resort & Spa
Phoenix, AZ