The main activity of SACLA is the annual conference. The table below gives the details of the conferences since SACLA's inception.
| Year | Sponsor | Chairman | Visiting Speaker | Venue | |
| 1 | 1971 | IBM | Ewan Page | Jan Smuts | |
| 2 | 1972 | IBM | Ewan Page | Senator, Bellville | |
| 3 | 1973 | IBM | Ewan Page | ||
| 4 | 1974 | IBM | R Venter, D Roode | Golden Gate | |
| 5 | 1975 | Burroughs | R Venter, D Roode | Golden Gate | |
| 6 | 1976 | Univac | John Shochot | Golden Gate | |
| 7 | 1977 | ICL | John Shochot | David Barron | Hunter's Rest, Rustenburg |
| 8 | 1978 | CDC | Ken MacGregor | B Mittman | Hunter's Rest, Rustenburg |
| 9 | 1979 | IBM | Judy Bishop | Don Cowan | Gordon's Bay |
| 10 | 1980 | Univac | Judy Bishop | Golden Gate | |
| 11 | 1981 | Burroughs | Gordon's Bay | ||
| 12 | 1982 | ICL | Denis Riordan | Henry Lucas | Wigwam, Rustenburg |
| 13 | 1983 | CDC | Edwin Anderssen | C Wogrin | Transkei Holiday Inn |
| 14 | 1984 | Univac | Alan Sartori-Angus | Hluhluwe | |
| 15 | 1985 | NCR | Stef Postma | Kimberley | |
| 16 | 1986 | Persetel | Sonja Berman | Amatola Sun, Bisho | |
| 17 | 1987 | IBM | Gavin Finnie | Niklaus Wirth | Palms, Pretoria |
| 18 | 1988 | Unisys | Peter Warren | Wilderness | |
| 19 | 1989 | NCR | P J Bruwer | Dikhololo | |
| 20 | 1990 | Siltek | J P du Plessis | Thaba Nchu | |
| 21 | 1991 | ISM | Mike Linck | Ed Koffman | Overberg, Caledon |
| 22 | 1992 | Persetel | Judy Bishop | Vint Cerf, Austin Melton | Safari, Rustenburg |
| 23 | 1993 | Unidata | Martha Pistorius | Hunter's Rest, Rustenburg | |
| 24 | 1994 | Olivetti and Digital SA | Heimie Oosthuizen | Magoebaskloof | |
| 25 | 1995 | Dexel and Digital SA | Peter Clayton, Peter Wentworth | Tim Fossum | Katberg, Eastern Cape |
| 26 | 1996 | IBM, Coopers & Lybrand, Digital SA and Dexel | J D Roode | R Swanson, O Ngwenyama, M de Rijke | Bakubang, North West Province |
| 27 | 1997 | UPE, Unisys, Intekom, Compustat, SAP, Maskew Miller Longman | André Calitz | Peter Clayton, Gregory Williams | Wilderness |
| 28 | 1998 | Reg Dodds | Stellenbosch | ||
| 29 | 1999 | Sun, ABSA, PQ Africa | T McDonald, P J Blignaut | Jan Paredaens | Golden Gate |
| 30 | 2000 | Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA | Stan Shear | Cape Town | |
| 31 | 2001 | Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA | Nicolet Ros | Sarah Douglas | Sizanani, Bronkhorstspruit |
| 32 | 2002 | Microsoft, Oracle, ABSA | John McNeill | L Scott-Williams, W du Plessis, A Marais | Fish River, Eastern Cape |
| 33 | 2003 | Microsoft, Oracle, Gentron Computers and Wits University | Tom Addison | H. Venter, M. Coppin | Manyane Camp, Pilanesberg Nature Reserve |
| 34 | 2004 | Microsoft, Antalis, CKB, Sechaba Technology Services, Pearson Education, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Wiley Publishers, Eclipse Networks, Telkom, ETA Audiovisual, Sparkport Pharmacy, Copies Etc. | Manoj Maharaj | Simon Turner | Rob Roy Hotel, Botha's Hill |
| 35 | 2005 | University of Botswana, Botswana Department of IT (Ministry of Communications, Science & Technology), Air Botswana, ICL, Botswana Technology Centre, Microsoft, DCDM Consulting, Botswana Dept of Tourism, | Sampson Asare | Prof. F. Youngman | Kasane, Botswana |
| 36 | 2006 | Bull, Microsoft, Oracle, DVT and the NBN | Jean-Paul Van Belle | Viola Manuel | Somerset West, Western Cape |
If anyone can fill in any of the gaps in this history, or correct any errors, please let us know.