| Strings 2022 | Vienna | Austria |
| Strings 2021 | ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo (online) | Brazil |
| Strings 2020 | Cape town (online) | South Africa |
| Strings 2019 | Brussels | Belgium |
| Strings 2018 | OIST, Okinawa | Japan |
| Strings 2017 | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Strings 2016 | Tsinghua University, Beijing | China |
| Strings 2015 | ICTS, Bengaluru | India |
| Strings 2014 | Princeton University & IAS | USA |
| Strings 2013 | Sogang University, Seoul | Korea |
| Strings 2012 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München | Germany |
| Strings 2011 | Uppsala University | Sweden |
| Strings 2010 | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Strings 2009 | Pontificia Università S. Tommaso, Rome | Italy |
| Strings 2008 | CERN, Geneva | Switzerland |
| Strings 2007 | Universidad Autonoma de Madrid | Spain |
| Strings 2006 | Beijing | China |
| Strings 2005 | University of Toronto | Canada |
| Strings 2004 | Collège de France, Paris | France |
| Strings 2003 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| Strings 2002 | Cambridge University | United Kingdom |
| Strings 2001 | Tata Institute, Mumbai | India |
| Strings 2000 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | USA |
| Strings 1999 | Max Planck Institute, Potsdam | Germany |
| Strings 1998 | ITP, Santa Barbara | USA |
| Strings 1997 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Strings 1996 | ITP, Santa Barbara | USA |
| Strings 1995 | USC, Los Angeles, California | USA |
| Strings 1993 | LBNL, Berkeley, California | USA |
| Strings 1991 | Stony Brook University, New York | USA |
| Strings 1990 | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Strings 1989 | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Strings 1988 | University of Maryland at College Park | USA |
