The AESON annual conference is the largest gathering of Extension Professionals in Africa, orgnized annually it draws participants globally each year is centered on a theme that tallys with the aims, goals and mission of AESON.

Yearly AESON conferences and themes

NO	DATE	VENUE	YEAR	THEME
1st	28th February-4th March	Agricultural and Rural Management Institute (ARMTI) Ilorin	1994	Issue and Priorities for Nigeria’s Agricultural Extension in the 21st century.
2nd	24th -26th September	Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria	1995	Issues and Perspective in Technology Transfer for Food Security in the Present and future.
3rd		Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile –Ife	1996	Towards the Survival of Agricultural Extension System in Nigeria
4th	17th -19th June	Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi	1998	Sustainable Agricultural Extensions in Nigerian
5th	13th -15 April	University of Nigeria, Nsukka	1999	Agricultural Extensions Research and Development in Nigeria
6th	8th -10th April	University of Ibadan	2000	Agricultural Extension and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria.
7th	19th -23rd August	Abubarkar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi	2001	Privatization and Commercialization of Agricultural Extension Services Delivery in Nigeria: Prospects & Problems
8th	16th-19th September	University of Benin	2002	Stake Holder Participation for Strengthening Agricultural Extension Practice and Food Security in Nigeria.
9th	11th  – 14th  March	Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife	2004	Structure and Operation of Agricultural Extension in Democratic and Deregulated Economy
10th	14th  – 17th  June	National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi	2005	Capacity  Building in Nigeria  Agricultural Extension System
11th	3rd  – 6th – April	Federal University of Agriculture,   Abeokuta	2006	Changing Perspectives in Extension Innovation System In Nigeria
12th	5TH –6TH JULY	University of Maiduguri	2007	Agricultural Extension and the Challenges of the Millennium Development Goal (MDGs).
13th	8th  -11th  April	Michael Okpara Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike	2008	Developing   Agricultural Extension Policy for Nigeria
14th	21st  -24th  April	Federal University of Technology, Minna	2009	Food Crisis in  Nigeria and Challenges for Agricultural Extension
15th	10th   -14th  May	Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile -Ife	2010	Challenges to Agricultural Development and Practice in   Nigeria
16th	21st  -24th  March	Bayero University, Kano	2011	Agricultural Extension Education and the Attainment Of MDGs: Challenges and Opportunities
17th	11th – 14th	University of Nigeria, Nsukka	2012	Extension Strategies  for  Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
18th	5th – 9th May	Nasarawa  State University	2013	Transforming Nigerian Agriculture Through Agricultural Extension
19TH	27th -30th April	Federal University of Technology Owerri	2014	The State of Agricultural Extension in Nigeria
20TH	15th -17th May	Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria	2015	Agricultural Extension and Sustainable Farm Families
21ST	16TH -21ST April	University of Ibadan	2016	Repositioning Agricultural Extension for Sustainable Agricultural Development and National Economic Regeneration”
22nd	23-26TH  April	University of Port Harcourt	2017	Mainstreaming Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Extension Practice in Nigeria