Past & Future Conventions

2023 - FREEDOM - National Harbor, MD
2022 - Honoring PLACE: People, Liberation, Advocacy, Community, and Environment - New Orleans, LA
2021 - Renewal and Transformation - Seattle, WA
2020 - Communication at the Crossroads - Virtual Event (Indianapolis, IN)
2019 - Communication for Survival - Baltimore, MD
2018 - Communication at Play - Salt Lake City, UT
2017 - Our Legacy, Our Relevance - Dallas, TX
2016 - Communication's Civic Callings - Philadelphia, PA
2015 - Embracing Opportunities - Las Vegas, NV
2014 - The Presence of Our Past(s): NCA at 100 - Chicago, IL
2013 - Connections - Washington, DC
2012 - Celebrate COMMunity - Orlando, FL
2011 - VOICE - New Orleans, LA
2010 - Building Bridges - San Francisco, CA
2009 - Discourses of Stability and Change - Chicago, IL
2008 - unCONVENTIONal! - San Diego, CA
2007 - Communicating Worldviews: Faith-Intellect-Ethics - Chicago, IL
2006 - Creating Sites for Connection and Action - San Antonio, TX
2005 - The Health of the Discipline - Boston, MA

NCA convention sites are selected five to seven years in advance. To learn more about the convention site selection, visit the links below:

NCA Convention Sites Past and Future

1915: Chicago
1916: New York City
1917: Chicago
1918: No Convention
1919: Chicago
1920: Cleveland
1921: Chicago
1922: New York City
1923: Cincinnati
1924: Evanston
1925: New York City
1926: Chicago
1927: Cincinnati
1928: Chicago
1929: New York City
1930: Chicago
1931: Detroit
1932: Los Angeles
1933: New York City
1934: New Orleans
1935: Chicago
1936: St. Louis
1937: New York City
1938: Cleveland
1939 Chicago
1940: Washington, DC
1941: Detroit
1942: Chicago
1943: New York City
1944: Chicago
1945: Columbus
1946: Chicago
1947: Salt Lake City
1948: Washington, DC
December 28 - 30, 1949: Chicago
December 27 - 30, 1950: New York City
December 27 - 29, 1951: Chicago
December 29 - 31, 1952: Cincinnati
December 27 - 29, 1953: New York City
December 29 - 31, 1954: Chicago
December 28 - 30, 1955: Los Angeles
December 27 - 30, 1956: Chicago
August 25 - 29, 1957: Boston
December 27 - 31, 1958: Chicago
December 27 - 30, 1959: Washington, DC
December 28 - 30, 1960: St. Louis
December 27 - 30, 1961: New York City
December 27 - 30, 1962: Cleveland
August 18 - 21, 1963: Denver
December 27 - 30, 1964: Chicago
December 27 - 30, 1965: New York City
December 27 - 30, 1966: Chicago
December 27 - 30, 1967: Los Angeles
December 27 - 30, 1968: Chicago
December 27 - 30, 1969: New York City
December 27 - 30, 1970: New Orleans
December 27 - 30, 1971: San Francisco
December 27 - 30, 1972: Chicago
November 8 - 11, 1973: New York City
December 27 - 30, 1974: Chicago
December 27 - 30, 1975: Houston
December 27 - 30, 1976: San Francisco
December 1 - 4, 1977: Washington, DC
November 2 - 5,1978: Minneapolis
November 10 - 13, 1979: San Antonio
November 13 - 16, 1980: New York City
November 12 - 15, 1981: Anaheim
November 4 - 7, 1982: Louisville
November 10 - 13, 1983: Washington, DC
November 1 - 4, 1984: Chicago
November 7 - 10, 1985: Denver
November 13 - 16, 1986 Chicago
November 5 - 8, 1987: Boston
November 3 - 6, 1988: New Orleans
November 18 - 21, 1989: San Francisco
November 1 - 4, 1990: Chicago
October 31 - November 3, 1991: Atlanta
October 29 - November 1, 1992: Chicago
November 18 - 21, 1993: Miami
November 19 - 22, 1994: New Orleans
November 18 - 21, 1995: San Antonio
November 23 - 26, 1996: San Diego
November 20 - 23, 1997: Chicago
November 21 - 24, 1998: New York City
November 4 - 7, 1999: Chicago
November 9 - 12, 2000: Seattle
November 1 - 4, 2001: Atlanta
November 21 - 24, 2002: New Orleans
November 20 - 23, 2003: Miami Beach
November 11 - 14, 2004: Chicago
November 17 - 20, 2005: Boston
November 16 - 19, 2006: San Antonio
November 15 - 18, 2007: Chicago
November 21 - 24, 2008: San Diego
November 12 - 15, 2009: Chicago
November 14 - 17, 2010: San Francisco
November 17 - 20, 2011: New Orleans
November 15 - 18, 2012: Orlando
November 21 - 24, 2013: Washington, DC
November 20 - 23, 2014: Chicago
November 19 - 22, 2015: Las Vegas
November 10 - 13, 2016: Philadelphia
November 16 - 19, 2017: Dallas
November 8 - 11, 2018: Salt Lake City
November 14 - 17, 2019: Baltimore
November 19 - 22, 2020: Virtual (Indianapolis)
November 18 - 21, 2021: Seattle
November 17 - 20, 2022: New Orleans
November 16 - 19, 2023*: National Harbor
November 21 - 24, 2024*: New Orleans
November 20 - 23, 2025*: Rockies/Denver
November 19 - 22, 2026*: New Orleans