International conferences form an essential part of IAML's activities. They take place annually, each year in a different country; the complete list of conferences is available at IAML Archives, while in this page only recent and forthcoming venues are listed (notice that some of the links point to copies archived on IAML site):

• 1990 France, Boulogne-Billancourt
• 1991 Czech Republic, Praha
• 1992 Germany, Frankfurt/Main
• 1993 Finland, Helsinki
• 1994 Canada, Ottawa
• 1995 Denmark, Helsingør
• 1996 Italy, Perugia, 1-6 September
• 1997 Switzerland, Geneva, 31 August - 5 September
• 1998 Spain, San Sebastian, 21-26 June
• 1999 New Zealand, Wellington, 18-23 July
• 2000 United Kingdom, Edinburgh, 6-11 August
• 2001 France, Périgueux, 8-13 July
• 2002 USA, Berkeley, 4-9 August
• 2003 Estonia, Tallinn, 6-11 July
• 2004 Norway, Oslo, 8-13 August
• 2005 Poland, Warsaw, 10-15 July
• 2006 Sweden, Göteborg, 18-23 June
• 2007 Australia, Sydney, 1-6 July
• 2008 Italy, Naples, 20-25 July
• 2009 Netherlands, Amsterdam, 5-10 July
• 2010 Russia, Moscow, 27 June - 02 July
• 2011 Ireland, Dublin, 24-29 July
• 2012 Canada
• 2013 Denmark, Århus
• 2014 Austria, Vienna
• 2015 USA, New York

The international conferences consist largely of meetings of the Association's Professional Branches, Subject Commissions and Working Groups, but there are also sessions of more general interest.

Many IAML branches organize national meetings, and sometimes regional ones as well.