History and Development of International SHR Symposia
| Year | Chairman | Venue | Title | |
| 1st | 1971 | K. Okamoto | Kyoto, Japan | SHR/ Pathogenesis and Complications |
| 2nd | 1976 | E. Freis / M. Bumpus | Newport Beach, USA | SHR/ Pathogenesis and Complications |
| 3rd | 1978 | K. Okamoto | Kyoto, Japan | Spontaneous Hypertension and Related Studies |
| 4th | 1981 | F. Gross / D. Ganten Honor. K. Okamoto |
Heidelberg, Germany | SHR and Related Studies |
| 5th | 1985 | Y.Yamori Hor. K. Okamoto |
Kyoto, Japan | Contribution of SHR to Medicine |
| 6th | 1989 | M. Brody Hor. K. Okamoto |
Iowa, USA | SHR and Related Studies |
| 7th | 1991 | J.Sassard Hor. K. Okamoto |
Lyon, France | SHR and Related Studies |
| 8th | 1994 | A. Suzuki Hor. K. Okamoto & M. Seko |
Osaka, Japan | SHR and Cardiovascular Genetics |
| 9th | 1997 | P. Hamet | Montreal, Canada | SHR and Cardiovascular Genetics |
| 10th | 2001 | D. Ganten | Berlin, Germany | SHR and Molecular Medicine |
| 11th | 2004 | D. McCarron / Y. Yamori | Portland, USA | SHR and Cardiovascular Risk |
| 12th | 2006 | I. Nishio / Y. Yamori | Kyoto, Japan | (Satellite to ISH Fukuoka) SHR / Genetics of Experimental and Human Hypertension in Relation with Environmental Factors |
| 13th | 2008 | J. Kunes / J. Zicha | Prague, Czech Republic |
(Satellite to ISH Berlin) SHR / Etiology of Genetic Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome |
| 14th | 2010 | P. Hamet | Montreal, Canada | Ecogenomic Models of Cardiometabolic Diseases |
| 15th | 2012 | S. Harrap | Melbourne, Australia | (Satellite to ISH Sydney) Cardiovascular Genetics incorporating the 15th International SHR Symposium & 48th Japanese SHR Meeting |
| 16th | 2014 | M. Volpe / S. Rubattu | Rome, Italy | (Satellite to ISH Athens) Genetic basis of hypertension |
| 17th | 2016 | M. Soma | Tokyo, Japan | (Satellite to ISH Seoul) Forefront of Cardiovascular Genetics Research |
| 18th | 2018 | Pingjin GAO | Shanghai, China | (Satellite to ISH Beijing) Inflammation, immunity and genetics in hypertension in both humans and model animals |
| 19th | 2021 | A.F. Dominiczak | Glasgow, UK | (Satellite to ISH Glasgow) Genetics and disease model guided novel therapeutic target discovery in hypertension |
| 20th | 2022 | N.Kato | Kyoto, Japan | (Satellite to ISH Kyoto) Innovative science of hypertension-related disease model towards precision medicine and prevention |