SPIRE 2016 is the 23rd edition of the International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval. The first four editions of the conference focused primarily on string processing and were held in South America under the title WSP (South American Workshop on String Processing). WSP was transformed into SPIRE in 1998, when the scope of the conference was broadened to include information retrieval. The list of past venues is the following:
22nd SPIRE: London, UK, September 2015
21st SPIRE: Ouro Preto, Brazil, October 2014
20th SPIRE: Jerusalem, Israel, October 2013
19th SPIRE: Cartagena, Columbia, October 2012
18th SPIRE: Pisa, Italy, October 2011
17th SPIRE: Los Cabos, Mexico, October, 2010
16th SPIRE: Saariselkä, Finland, August, 2009
15th SPIRE: Melbourne Australia, November, 2008
14th SPIRE: Santiago, Chile, October 2007
13th SPIRE: Glasgow, Scotland, October 2006
12th SPIRE: Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 2005
11th SPIRE: Padova, Italy, October 2004
10th SPIRE: Manaus, Brazil, October 2003
9th SPIRE: Lisbon, Portugal, September 2002
8th SPIRE: Laguna de San Rafael, Chile, November 2001
7th SPIRE: A Coruna, Spain, September 2000
6th SPIRE: Cancun, Mexico, September 1999
5th SPIRE: Santa Cruz, Bolivia, September 1998
WSP 1997: Valparaiso, Chile
WSP 1996: Recife, Brazil
WSP 1995: Valparaiso, Chile
WSP 1993: Belo Horizonte, Brazil