Below is a list of past TESOL convention dates and locations. Learn more about TESOL's history.
- 2024: 21–23 March, TESOL International Convention & Expo, Tampa, Florida, USA
- 2023: 21–24 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Portland, Oregon, USA
- 2022: 22–25 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, hybrid
- 2021: 24-27 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Virtual
- 2020: 16-18 July, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Virtual
- 2019: 12-15 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 2018: 27- 30 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 2017: 21-24 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Seattle, Washington, USA
- 2016: 5-9 April, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 2015: 25-28 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2014: 26-29 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Portland, Oregon, USA
- 2013: 20-23 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Dallas, Texas, USA
- 2012: 28-21 March, TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 2011: 16-19 March, 45th Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- 2010: 24-27 March, 44th Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- 2009: 26-28 March, 43rd Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA
- 2008: 2-5 April, 42nd Annual Convention, New York, New York, USA
- 2007: 21-24 March, 41st Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, USA
- 2006: 15-19 March, 40th Annual Convention, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
- 2005: 29 March-2 April, 39th Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- 2004: 29 March-3 April, 38th Annual Convention, Long Beach, California, USA
- 2003: 25-29 March, 37th Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 2002: 9-13 April, 36th Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- 2001: 27 February-3 March, 35th Annual Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 2000: 14-18 March, 34th Annual Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1999: 9-13 March, 33rd Annual Convention, New York, New York, USA
- 1998: 17-21 March, 32nd Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, USA
- 1997: 11-15 March, 31st Annual Convention, Orlando, Florida, USA
- 1996: 26-30 March, 30th Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1995: 28 March-1 April, 29th Annual Convention, Long Beach, California, USA
- 1994: 8-12 March, 28th Annual Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 1993: 13-17 April, 27th Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 1992: 3-8 March, 26th Annual Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- 1991: 24-28 March, 25th Annual Convention, New York, New York, USA
- 1990: 6-10 March, 24th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, USA
- 1989: 7-11 March, 23rd Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- 1988: 8-13 March, 22nd Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1987: 21-25 April, 21st Annual Convention, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- 1986: 3-8 March, 20th Annual Convention, Anaheim, California, USA
- 1985: 5-14 April, 19th Annual Convention, New York, New York, USA
- 1984: 6-11 March, 18th Annual Convention, Houston, Texas, USA
- 1983: 15-20 March, 17th Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 1982: 1-6 May, 16th Annual Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA