History
The International Symposium on Strain Gauge Balances was an initiative of NASA. The aim of the symposium is to be an open international forum for presentation discussion and exchange of technical information among wind tunnel test technique specialists and strain gage balance designers.
The previous symposia were organized by:
| Host | Location | Date | |
| 1st | NASA – LaRC | Hampton, VA USA | 22 - 25 Oct 1996 |
| 2nd | DERA / ARA | Bedford UK | 4 - 7 May 1999 |
| 3rd | TU Darmstad | Darmstad Germany | 13 - 16 May 2002 |
| 4th | Force Measurement Systems | San Diego, CA USA | 10 - 14 May 2004 |
| 5th | Onera | Modane France | 9 - 12 May 2006 |
| 6th | DNW / NL | Zwolle Netherlands | 5 - 8 May 2008 |
| 7th | NASA - LaRC | Williamsburg, VA USA | 10 - 13 May 2010 |
| 8th | RUAG | Lucerne Switzerland | 7 - 10 May 2012 |
| 9th | Boeing | Seattle, WA USA | 19 - 22 May 2014 |
| 10th | CARDC | Chengdu China | 16 - 19 May 2016 |
| 11th | ETW | Cologne Germany | 14 - 17 May 2018 |
| 12th | Calspan | Buffalo, NY USA | 23 - 26 May 2022 |
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Note click on host name for photo.
Throughout the years, the symposium has maintained its status as an open international forum and its participants still represent a wide range of nations: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, the Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. The open international focus of the symposium has proved to keep the balance community welded together for more than a decade.