| Year | Month | Location | Program | Chairman, Grotto | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1954 | 27-29 Aug | Wyandotte Cave Hotel | Personal Slides & Photos | Roy Davis, Scotto Grotto | |
| 2 | 1955 | 15-17 Jul | IU South Hall | Slide Show "Cave Exploration" | Porter E Ward, CIG | |
| 3 | 1956 | 3-5 Aug | IU Forest Hall | Roy Davis "Caving" | Thurman Ridlen, CIG | |
| 4 | 1957 | 2-4 Aug | Wyandotte Cave | Brother Nicholas & Lee Baker "Carlsbad Caverns" | Ruben J Vig, CIG | |
| 5 | 1958 | 1-3 Aug | Cave River Valley | Roger Brucker "Caving for Cash" | Authur Davis, CIG | |
| 6 | 1959 | 31 July - 2 Aug | IU Bloomington | Burnell F Ehman "Cave Safety" | Gary Brandenburg, CIG | |
| 7 | 1960 | 5-7 Aug | Wyandotte Cave | Jack Stellmack "An almost caving trip to Cuba" | Larry Fisher, CIG | |
| 8 | 1961 | 4-6 Aug | Spring Mill Park | Roy Davis "Caving" | Tom Rea, CIG | |
| 9 | 1962 | 3-5 Aug | Wildwood Lakes | Brother Nicholas "Early Man in American Caves" | Tom Rea, CIG | |
| 10 | 1963 | 2-4 Aug | Harrison County State Forest | Russ Gurnee "Rio Camuy" | Pat Humphery, CIG | |
| 11 | 1964 | 7-9 Aug | Bedford 4H Fairgrounds | Tom Barr "Cave Life in Mammoth" | Tom Rea, CIG | |
| 12 | 1965 | 6-8 Aug | Wildwood Lakes | Roy Davis "Caving" | Bob Hosley, CIG | |
| 13 | 1966 | 12-14 Aug | Rotary Springs | Jack Stellmack "International Congress of Speleology Yugoslovia" | Bill Tozer, CIG | |
| 14 | 1967 | 4-6 Aug | Doe Run Inn, Kentucky | John Cooper "Cave Life" | Tom Rea, CIG | |
| 15 | 1968 | 14-16 Jun | Bedford 4H Fairgrounds | Dick Powell "Lost River" | Keith Akers, CIG | |
| 16 | 1969 | 1-3 Aug | Blue River Inn | Ralph Ewers "Cave at Cincinnati Natural History Museum" | Sam Frushour, CIG | |
| 17 | 1970 | 19-21 Jun | Tucker Lake | Harold Meloy "Tales of Mammoth" | Larry Reece, CIG | |
| 18 | 1971 | 6-8 Aug | Bedford 4H Fairgrounds | Dave Brison "Caves in Science Fiction" | John Horton, CIG | |
| 19 | 1972 | 9-11 Jun | Campbellsburg Conservation Club | Rane Curl & Jaques Chabuert "French Caves" | Sam Frushour, CIG | |
| 20 | 1973 | 17-19 Aug | Lost River Campground, Orange County | "Caving" | Jim Craig, CIG | |
| 21 | 1974 | 21-23 Jun | Blue River Stage Stop | Roy Davis "Caving" | John Hartman, CIG | |
| 22 | 1975 | 15-17 Aug | Vic Green "Cave River Valley History" | Harold Meloy "Tales of Mammoth" | Ray Beam, CIG | |
| 23 | 1976 | 6-8 Aug | Cave River Valley | Russ Gurnee "Rio Camuy" | Bill Waymire, CIG | |
| 24 | 1977 | 17-19 Jun | Lickford Valley | Richard Schreiber "San Augustin Mexico" | Bill Tozer, CIG | |
| 25 | 1978 | 4-6 Aug | Sullivan Cave | Bill Deane "Formation caves and pits of the west" | Mike Gumm, CIG | |
| 26 | 1979 | 8-10 Jun | Murphy's Campground | Roger Brucker "Real story of Floyd Collins" | Lynn Miller, CIG | |
| 27 | 1980 | 15-17 Aug | Sullivan Cave | John Mylorie "Caving from the Dark Side" | Lynn Miller, CIG | |
| 28 | 1981 | 14-16 Aug | Lickford Valley | Bill Tozer "Mexico Caving" | Lynn Miller, CIG | |
| 29 | 1982 | 6-8 Aug | White River Bow Hunters Club | Charles Bishop "James-Coach Cave System" | Dean Myer, CIG | |
| 30 | 1983 | 5-7 Aug | Cedar Ridge Campground, Lake Monroe | Paul Mills "Missouri Caves" | Dean Myer, CIG | |
| 31 | 1984 | 3-5 Aug | Stage Stop Campground | Dave Black "Recent Disoveries Harrison Crawford State Forest" | Jane Miller, CIG | |
| 32 | 1985 | 9-11 Aug | Bedford 4H Fairgrounds | Noel Sloan "Diving in Huautla Mexico" | Lynn Miller, CIG | |
| 33 | 1986 | 8-10 Aug | Buzzards Roost, Crawford County | Norm Pace "Stones Left Unturned" | Dave E Haun, CIG | |
| 34 | 1987 | 10-12 July | Springs Valley, Tucker Lake | Bill Tozer "Mexican Caving" | Dave E Haun, CIG | |
| 35 | 1988 | 12-14 Aug | Delaney Park | Phil O'Dell "Hidden River and Horse Cave KY" | Scott Fee, CIG | |
| 36 | 1989 | 14-16 Jul | Hickory Hills Campground | Jeff St. Clair "Hoosier National Forest" | Bob Vandeventer, CIG | |
| 37 | 1990 | 10-12 Aug | Stage Stop Camground | Dave Black "1970 & 1980's Cave Exploration in Harrison County" | Kevin Bruno, CIG | |
| 38 | 1991 | 9-11 Aug | Beford 4H Fairgrounds | Sam Frushour "The Great Caves of Lawrence County" | Scott Fee, CIG | |
| 39 | 1992 | 19-21 Jun | Beford 4H Fairgrounds | Bob Ward "Mammoth Cave History and Restoration" | Scott Fee, CIG | |
| 40 | 1993 | 18-20 Jun | Delaney Park | Horton Hobbs III "Cave Biology" "Anniversary Mulit-Media Presentation | Dave E Haun, CIG | |
| 41 | 1994 | 12-14 Aug | Camp Rivervale | Rick Olson "Mammoth Cave" | Dave E Haun, CIG | |
| 42 | 1995 | 18-20 Jun | Camp Rivervale | Dick Powel "Wyandotte Cave" | Bill Greenwald, CIG | |
| 43 | 1996 | 21-23 Jun | Stage Stop Campground | Gary Roberson "Marengo Cave" | Bill Greenwald, CIG | |
| 44 | 1997 | 1-3 Aug | Pic-A-Chic Farm | Mike Futtrell "Caving" | Joe Oliphant, CIG | |
| 45 | 1998 | 12-14 Jun | Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon | Art & Peggy Palmer "Indiana Caving" | Joe Oliphant, CIG | |
| 46 | 1999 | 18-20 Jun | Hickory Hills Campground | Bill Halliday "Best Caves of Hawaii" | Dave E Haun, CIG | |
| 47 | 2000 | 11-13 Aug | Delaney Park | Peter Quick "Fisher Ridge Cave KY" | Dave E Haun, CIG | |
| 48 | 2001 | 10-12 Aug | Camp Rivervale | Pat Kambesis "Island De Mona P.R." | Eric Higbie, CIG | |
| 49 | 2002 | 9-11 Aug | Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon | Yvonne Droms "Caving the Deep in Mexico" | Eric Higbie, CIG | |
| 50 | 2003 | 20-22 Jun | Delaney Park | Capers 50th Anniversary! Norm Pace "Stones Left Unturned Revisited" |
Ron Adams, CIG | |
| 51 | 2004 | 11-13 Jun | Crawford County 4H Fairground, Marengo | Marion Smith "Discovery and Exploration of Rumbling Falls Cave TN" | Ron Adams, CIG | |
| 52 | 2005 | 5-7 Aug | Crawford County 4H Fairground, Marengo | Mike Minton "In Search of the Worlds Deepest Caves" | Eric Higbie, CIG | |
| 53 | 2006 | 23-25 Jun | Camp Rivervale, Mitchell IN | Mike and Andrea Futrell "Multi-year Caving in China" | Eric Higbie, CIG | |
| 54 | 2007 | 4-6 May | Fig Newton's Farm, Marengo, IN | CaveCapers and the 20th Annual Hogfest "Open Program of Cavers showing their Slides and telling their stories | Carla Striegel, HCG and Ron Adams, CIG | |
| 55 | 2008 | 11-13 Jun | Doezrma Estate Milltown,IN | Jerry Lewis "Cave Biology and help with the TV Show Dirty Jobs" | Ron Adams, CIG | |
| 56 | 2009 | 14-16 Aug | Camp Rivervale | Surprises Await! | Ron Adams, CIG |