In the late 1980s, the research interest in magnetic bearings was growing quickly on an international level. The first international meeting, allowing the exchange and presentation of ideas and development results was organized in Zurich, Switzerland, in June 1988 by professor Gerhard Schweitzer. Since then, the ISMB was held every two years, bringing together the global key researchers in academia and industry in the field of magnetic bearings. Hundreds of publications have been presented at the ISMB. Please see the publication section for the index and the full papers in our online repository.
| ISMB 1 | Zurich, Switzerland | June 6-8, 1988 | Prof. G. Schweitzer |
| ISMB 2 | Tokyo, Japan | July 12-14, 1990 | Prof. T. Higuchi |
| ISMB 3 | Alexandria, USA | July 29-31, 1992 | Prof. P. Allaire |
| ISMB 4 | Zurich, Switzerland | August 23-26, 1994 | Prof. G. Schweitzer |
| ISMB 5 | Kanazawa, Japan | August 28-30, 1996 | Prof. F. Matsumura |
| ISMB 6 | Cambridge, USA | August 5-7, 1998 | Prof. D. Trumper, Prof. P. Allaire |
| ISMB 7 | Zurich, Switzerland | August 23-25, 2000 | Prof. G. Schweitzer |
| ISMB 8 | Mito, Japan | August 26-28, 2002 | Prof. Y. Okada |
| ISMB 9 | Lexington, USA | August 3-6, 2004 | Prof. L. Stephens, Prof. D. Trumper |
| ISMB 10 | Martigny, Switzerland | August 21-23, 2006 | Prof. H. Bleuler, Prof. G. Genta |
| ISMB 11 | Nara, Japan | August 26-29, 2008 | Prof. K. Nonami, Prof. T. Mizuno |
| ISMB 12 | Wuhan, China | August 22-25, 2010 | Prof. Y. Hu, Prof. L. Yu |
| ISMB 13 | Arlington, USA | August 6-9, 2012 | Prof. P. Allaire, Prof. Z. Lin |
| ISMB 14 | Linz, Austria | August 11-14, 2014 | Prof. W. Amrhein |
| ISMB 15 | Kitykyushu, Japan | August 3-6, 2016 | Prof. M. Komori |
| ISMB 16 | Beijing, China | August 13-16, 2018 | Prof. Suyuan Yu, Prof. Zongli Lin |
| ISMB 17 | Online / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | August 18-21, 2021 | Prof. Richard Stephan |
| ISMB 18 | Lyon, France | July 18-21, 2023 | Prof. Jahir Mafoud |