CHRONOLOGY (THROUGH 1974)
1974 Exploratory Conversations COPIS Meetings * Meetings at ASCD
1975 *March 15, New Orleans
1976 *March 13, Miami Beach
1977 *March 19, Houston (Charter Meeting)
1978 December 7–9, Kent, OH (Kent State Ohio) *March 4, San Francisco
1979 December 6–8, Athens (University of Georgia) *March 3, Detroit
1980 December 4–6, Hollywood, Florida (Peter Oliva, host) *March 30, Atlanta
1981 November 12–14, Pittsburgh (University of Pittsburgh) *March 7, St. Louis
1982 November 11–13, Knoxville (University of Tennessee) *March 20, Anaheim
1983 November 3–5, DeKalb (Northern Illinois University) *March 5, Houston
1984 November 2–5, Austin (University of Texas, Austin) *March 12, New York
1985 November 3, Washington, D.C. (Gallaudet University) *March 25, Chicago
1986 November 7–9, Tampa (University of South Florida) *February 28, San Francisco
1987 November 6–8, Philadelphia (Temple University) *March 20, New Orleans
1988 San Antonio, TX *March 11, Harvard-GSE, Cambridge, MA
1989 Penn State, PA
1990 Athens, GA (University of Georgia)
1991 U of Houston, TX
1992 John Hopkins U, Baltimore, MD
1993 Tampa, FL (University of South Florida)
1994 Fordham U., NYC
1995 Penn State, PA
1996 Arizona State U., Tempe, AZ
1997 U of Pittsburgh, PA with West Virginia
1998 U of Oklahoma, OK
1999 Miami OH Univ
2000 U of Texas at Austin
2001 Cancelled
2002 U of Southern Maine at Portland
2003 U of NC at Wilmington, NC
2004 Seattle Univ., WA
2005 Athens, GA (University of Georgia)
2006 Gainesville, FL
2007 Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
2008 Seattle Univ, Tarleton State TX
2009 Penn State
2010 U of Texas at Austin
2011 Puerto Rico
2012--October 12-14. Host: Western Carolina University (Ann Allen and Kathleen Jorissen) Location: Asheville, NC
2013--October 18-20. Host: Penn State University (Bernard Badiali and Jim Nolan) Location: State College, PA
2014--October 17-19. Host: Georgia State University (James R. Kahrs, Sheila Kahrs) Location: Atlanta, GA
2015--October 16-18. Host: Tarleton State University (Don M. Beach) Location: Fort Worth, TX
2016 – October 14-16th Host: University of South Florida (Jenn Jacobs & Rebecca West Burns), Location: Tampa, FL
2017 – October 27-29th Host: Texas State University (Steve Gordon), Location: Austin, TX Download the Agenda
2018 – October 12-14th Host: University of Maine (Ian Mette), Location: Bangor, ME
2019 October 17-19th Host: Augusta University (Zach Kelehear), Location: Augusta, GA Download the Agenda
2020 October 8-9th Host: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Craig Willey), Location: Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic Download the Agenda
2021 August Virtual Business Meeting Download the Minutes
2021 October 15th Host: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (Craig Willey), Location: Virtual due to COVID-19 Pandemic Download the Agenda
2022 COPIS Spring Business Meeting Download the Agenda
2022 October 6-8th Host: Indiana University-Purdue University (Craig Willey) Location: Indianapolis, IN Download the Agenda