- 1st ICNIRS : NIR 1987 : England, July 1987
- 2nd ICNIRS : NIR 1989: Tsukuba – Japan, 29 June – 2 July 1989
- 3rd ICNIRS : NIR 1990 : Brussels – Belgium, 24-29 June 1990
- 4th ICNIRS : NIR 1991: Making light work: advances in Near Infrared spectroscopy, Aberdeen – Scotland, 19-23 August 1991
- 5th ICNIRS : NIR 1992: Bridging the gap between data analysis and NIR Applications, Haugesund – Norway, 16-20 June 1992
- 6th ICNIRS : NIR 1994 : Leaping Ahead with NIR Spectroscopy, Australia, 18-22 April 1994
- 7th ICNIRS : NIR 1995 : The Future waves, Montreal – Canada , 6-11 August 1995
- 8th ICNIRS : NIR 1997 – Part 2 : Essen – Germany, 15-18 September 1997
- 9th ICNIRS : NIR 1999 : Verona – Italy, 13-18 June 1999
- 10th ICNIRS : NIR 2001 : Changing the world with NIR, Kyongju – Korea, 10-15 June 2001
- 11th ICNIRS : NIR 2003 : Stretching the NIR spectrum to the limit, Cordoba – Spain, 6-11 April 2003
- 12th ICNIRS : NIR 2005 : NIR in action – making a difference, Auckland – New Zealand, 10-15 April 2005
- 13th ICNIRS : NIR 2007 : Spreading the light, Umea-Vasa – Sweden, 15-21 June 2007
- 14th ICNIRS : NIR 2009 : Breaking the dawn, Bangkok – Thailand, 7-12 November 2009
- 15th ICNIRS : NIR 2011 : NIR at the end of the rainbow, Cape Town – South Africa, 13-20 May 2011
- 16th ICNIRS : NIR 2013 : Picking up good vibrations, La Grande-Motte – France, 2-7 June 2013
- 17th ICNIRS : NIR 2015 : Highlighting South America, Foz do Iguaçu – Brazil, 18-23 October 2015
- 18th ICNIRS : NIR 2017 : NIR Spectroscopy at work in industry, Copenhagen – Denmark, 11-15 June 2017
- 19th ICNIRS : NIR 2019 : Catch a wave Downunder, Gold Coast, Queensland – Australia, 15-20 September 2019
- 20th ICNIRS : NIR 2021 : Sense The Real Change, Beijing – China, 17 – 21 October 2021
- 21th ICNIRS : NIR 2023 : Innsbruck – Austria, 20 – 24 August 2023
Updated : 19 September 2022