International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

• Created in 1960
• The leading multinational, apolitical organization in Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences
• Recognized by United Nations and other world bodies
• Represents IT Societies from 56 countries/regions, covering five continents
• Total membership of over 350 000 computer scientists
• Over 100 Working Groups organized in 13 Technical Committees

World Computer Congress (WCC) in the Past

The first WCC took place in 1959 in Paris. Subsequent Congresses were held every 3 years, except 1992 – 2012, when they were organized every 2nd year. WCC was organized 2 times in Asia, 3 times in Australia, 4 times - in America (North & South), and 13 times in Europe.
The most recent WCCs were held in:

• Canada (2002),
• France (2004),
• Chile (2006),
• Italy (2008),
• Australia (2010),
• the Netherlands (2012),
• Korea (2015).