The First International Conference on the Engineering of Sport was held in Sheffield in 1996 and was organised by Professor Steve Haake. He created the ISEA in 1997 as a UK charity and launched it formally at the second conference in 1998, held again in Sheffield.
| Year | Venue | Organisers | Statistics | Proceedings |
| 13th Conference, 2020 | Held online (originally Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Japan) | Motomu Nakashima (conference chair) and organising committee | 123 Oral presentations | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/49/1 |
| 12th Conference, 2018 | Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia | Drs’ David Thiel, Jonathan Shepherd, Hugo Espinosa, David Rowlands | 128 Oral presentations, over 35 poster presentations | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/2/6 |
| 11th Conference, 2016 | TUDelft Sports Engineering Institute, Delft University of Technology | Frans van der Helm (conference chair) and Arjen Jansen (editor in chief) | 119 Oral presentations, 43 poster presentations | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058/147 |
| 10th Conference, 2014 | Held Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield UK | Organised by Drs’ David James, Jon Wheat, Simon Choppin, Tom Allen & Mrs Amanda Brothwell, Sheffield Hallam University & Dr Paul Fleming, Loughborough University | 126 Oral presentations, over 40 poster presentations | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058/72/supp/C |
| 9th Conference, 2012 | Held University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA | Organised by Jim Sherwood and Patrick Drane | 145 Oral presentations | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058/34 |
| 8th Conference, 2010 | Held Vienna, Austria | Organised by Anton Sabo, Stephan Litzenberger, Patricia Kafka & Christoph Sabo | 167 Oral presentations | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058/2 |
| 7th Conference, 2008 | Held Biarritz, France | Organised by Margaret Estivalet & Pierre Brisson | 147 Oral presentations | |
| 6th Conference, 2006 | Held 1972 Olympic Stadium Munich, Germany | Organised by Eckehard Fozzy Moritz and the SportsKreastiveWerkstatt team | 181 Oral presentations | |
| 5th Conference, 2004 | Held University of California, Davis, USA | Organised by Professor Mont Hubbard, Dr Rabi Mehta and Dr Jani Macari Pallis | 173 Oral presentations | |
| 4th Conference, 2002 | Held Kyoto, Japan | Organised by Professor Sadayuki Ujihashi of Tokyo Institute of Technology | 113 Oral presentations | |
| 3rd Conference, 2000 | Held Holiday Inn, Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia | Organised by Dr Aleksandar Subic of RMIT University | 57 Oral presentations | |
| 2nd Conference, 1998 | Held Stephenson Hall, Sheffield, UK | Organised by Dr Steve Haake, University of Sheffield | 64 Oral presentations | |
| 1st Conference, 1996 | Held Halifax Hall, Sheffield, UK | Organised by Dr Steve Haake, University of Sheffield | 50 Oral presentations |