Although DNA computing is a relatively young field a number of conferences have been held that include this topic with their scope. At this stage the primary conference in the field is the annual conference on DNA Based Computers which is has just seen its sixth year.

Conferences that have published papers on DNA computing are as follows:

• Computational Complexity
• DNA Based Computers
• Genetic Programming
• IEEE international conference on Evolutionary Computation
• IEEE international conference on Intelligence in Neural and Biological Systems
• International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming
• International Computing and Combinatorics Conference
• International conference on Developments in Language Theory
• International conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks
• International conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptology
• Organo Electronic Materials conference
• Unconventional Models of Computation