From the first annual meeting of American Society of Municipal Improvements (the first direct predecessor of APWA) in Buffalo, New York in 1894 to the equipment shows and technical programs at the annual meetings of the 1960's, through many years as the International Public Works Congress & Exposition, and on to the present day Public Works Expo (PWX), this APWA event has provided opportunities for face-to-face learning and networking covering the wide variety of public works-related topics.

2020  New Orleans, Louisiana (cancelled due to COVID-19)
2019  Seattle, Washington
2018  Kansas City, Missouri
2017  Orlando, Florida
2016  Minneapolis, Minnesota (1st year as the Public Works Expo)
2015  Phoenix, Arizona 
2014  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2013  Chicago, Illinois
2012  Anaheim, California
2011  Denver, Colorado
2010  Boston, Massachusetts

2009  Columbus, Ohio
2008  New Orleans, Louisiana
2007  San Antonio, Texas
2006  Kansas City, Missouri
2005  Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004  Atlanta, Georgia
2003  San Diego, California
2002  Kansas City, Missouri
2001  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000  Louisville, Kentucky

1999  Denver, Colorado
1998  Las Vegas, Nevada
1997  Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996  Washington, DC
1995  Dallas, Texas
1994  Chicago, Illinois
1993  Phoenix, Arizona
1992  Boston, Massachusetts
1991  San Fransico, Califonia
1990  St. Louis, Missouri

1989  Orlando, Florida
1988  Toronto, Ontario
1987  Chicago, Illinois
1986  New Orleans, Louisiana
1985  Los Angeles, Califonia
1984  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1983  Detroit, Michigan
1982  Houston, Texas
1981  Atlanta, Georgia
1980  Kansas City, Missouri

1979  Portland, Oregon
1978  Boston, Massachusetts
1977  Chicago, Illinois
1976  Las Vegas, Nevada
1975  New Orleans, Louisiana
1974  Toronto, Ontario
1973  Denver, Colorado
1972  Minneapolis, Minnesota
1971  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970  Dallas, Texas

1969  Cleveland, Ohio
1968  Miami Beach, Florida
1967  Boston, Massachusetts
1966  Chicago, Illinois
1965  Los Angeles, California
1964  Atlantic City, New Jersey
1963  Detroit, Michigan
1962  New Orleans, Louisiana
1961  Minneapolis, Minnesota
1960  New York, New York

1959  Seattle, Washington
1958  Kansas City, Missouri
1957  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956  Fort Worth, Texas
1955  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1954  Atlantic City, New Jersey
1953  Detroit, Michigan
1952  Los Angeles, California
1951  Detroit, Michigan
1950  New York, New York

1949  Kansas City, Missouri
1948  Boston, Massachusetts
1947  Jacksonville, Florida
1946  Fort Worth, Texas
1945  Chicago, Illinois
1944  St. Paul, Minnesota
1943  Chicago, Illinois
1942  Cleveland, Ohio
1941  New Orleans, Louisiana
1940  Detroit, Michigan

1939  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1938  New York, New York
1937  Atlanta, Georgia
1936  Toronto, Ontario
1935  Cincinnati, Ohio
1934  Rochester, New York
1933  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1932  Detroit, Michigan
           Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1931  New York, New York
1930  Richmond, Virginia
           Louisville, Kentucky

1929  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
           Jacksonville, Florida
1928  Detroit, Michigan
           Toronto, Ontario
1927  Dallas, Texas
           St. Louis, Missouri
1926  Washington, DC
           Chicago, Illinois
1925  Des Moines, Iowa
           Chicago, Illinois
1924  Boston, Massachusetts
1923  Atlanta, Georgia
           Chicago, Illinois
1922  Cleveland, Ohio
           Chicago, Illinois
1921  Baltimore, Maryland
           Chicago, Illinois
1920  St. Louis, Missouri
           Chicago, Illinois

1919  New Orleans, Louisiana
           Chicago, Illinois
1918  Buffalo, New York
1917  *no convention
1916  Newark, New Jersey
1915  Dayton, Ohio
1914  Boston, Massachusetts
1913  Wilmington, Delaware
1912  Dallas, Texas
1911  Grand Rapids, Michigan
1910  Erie, Pennsylvania

1909  Little Rock, Arkansas
1908  Atlantic City, New Jersey
1907  Detroit, Michigan
1906  Birmingham, Alabama
1905  Montreal, Quebec
1904  St. Louis, Missouri
1903  Indianapolis, Indiana
1902  Rochester, New York
1901  Niagara Falls, New York
1900  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1899  Toronto, Ontario
1898  Washington, DC
1897  Nashville, Tennessee
1896  Chicago, Illinois
1895  Cincinnati, Ohio
1894  Buffalo, New York