History of the ATRF
| Year | No. | Place | John H Taplin Prize (From 1991) | David Willis Memorial Prize (from 1998) | Host organisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1st | Sydney | Bureau of Transport Economics | ||
| 1976 | 2nd | Adelaide | SA Department of Transport | ||
| 1977 | 3rd | Melbourne | Vic Ministry of Transport | ||
| 1978 | 4th | Perth | WA Office of the Director-General of Transport | ||
| 1979 | 5th | Sydney | NSW Ministry of Transport | ||
| 1980 | 6th | Brisbane | Metropolitan Transit Authority, Brisbane | ||
| 1981 | Not held | Not held | Not held | ||
| 1982 | 7th | Hobart | Transport Tasmania | ||
| 1983 | 8th | Canberra | Bureau of Transport Economics | ||
| 1984 | 9th | Adelaide | SA Department of Transport | ||
| 1985 | 10th | Melbourne | Australian Road Research Board | ||
| 1986 | 11th | Darwin | NT Department of Transport and Works | ||
| 1987 | 12th | Brisbane | Qld Transport Department | ||
| 1988* | 13th | Christchurch | NZ Ministry of Transport | ||
| 1989 | 14th | Perth | WA Department of Transport | ||
| 1990 | 15th | Sydney | NSW Department of Transport | ||
| 1991 | 16th | Hobart | Ian Ker, Lance Chambers | Tas Department of Roads and Transport | |
| 1992 | 17th | Canberra | Peter Forsyth | Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics; ACT City Services | |
| 1993 | 18th | Gold Coast | Neil Gentle, Stephen Wheatstone | University of Queensland | |
| 1994 | 19th | Lorne (TAS) | Ian Radbone | Transport Research Centre | |
| 1995 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | |
| 1996 | 20th | Auckland | Damien Yeo | NZ Ministry of Transport | |
| 1997 | 21st | Adelaide | David Bray, Peter Tisato | Transport Systems Centre, University of SA | |
| 1998 | 22nd | Sydney | Vivian Salim | Stuart Clement | NSW Department of Transport; Institute of Transport Studies, University of Sydney |
| 1999 | 23rd | Perth | Upali Vandebona | Craig McPherson | WA Department of Transport |
| 2000 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2001 | 24th | Hobart | Michael Yeates | Rochelle Bowler, Michelle McCormick | Tas Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources |
| 2002 | 25th | Canberra | Mark Harvey | Min Xu | Bureau of Transport and Regional Economics |
| 2003 | 26th | Wellington | Charles Sullivan, Carolyn OFallon | Nathan Harper | Greater Wellington Regional Council; Transit NZ; Transfund NZ; NZ Ministry of Transport |
| 2004 | 27th | Adelaide | Clare Rees, Anna Lyth | Nikalaos Vogiatzis | SA Department of Transport & Urban Planning; Transport Systems Centre, University of SA |
| 2005 | 28th | Sydney | Neil Douglas, George Karpouzis | Rita Seethaler | Transport and Population Data Centre; NSW Department of Planning |
| 2006 | 29th | Gold Coast | Jago Dodson, Neil Sipe | Andrew Collins | Queensland Transport |
| 2007 | 30th | Melbourne | Lloyd Davis | Sumeet Jaiswal | Department of Infrastructure (Victoria), Institute of Transport Studies (Monash University) |
| 2008 | 31st | Gold Coast | Gavin Alford, Jeremy Whiteman | Demi Chung | Department of Transport (Victoria), Institute of Transport Studies (Monash University) |
| 2009 | 32nd | Auckland | Peter Jones, Natalya Boujenko |
Sara Moridpour | NZ Ministry of Transport |
| 2010 | 33rd | Canberra | David Mitchell | Daniel Veryard | Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics; ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services |
| 2011 | 34th | Adelaide | Markus Botte and Doina Olaru | Ahmad Tavassoli Hojati | South Australian Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure; University of South Australia |