Travelling through 12 years of IIC

The history of the IIC - from regulars' table to specialist forum

First ema-regulars' table 2012

To explore the beginnings of the IIC, we have to travel back 12 years into the past. The first IIC took place in 2012 under the name ema-round's table at Meteor Chemnitz. At that time, it was still a half-day event where ema users came together in a small group.

One year later, we met again at the same place, but this time under a different name: the ema User Forum. In 2014, the ema User Forum was again held in Chemnitz, this time at the Fraunhofer Institute IWU Chemnitz. As in the two previous years, the event lasted half a day.

2015 - The official Birth of IIC

In 2015, the name IIC was officially used for the first time. In a sign of change, we also moved the venue to Augustusburg Castle.

There's something about a castle as a location! We'll do it all over again. So we decided to organise IIC2016 at Schloss Breitenfeld in Leipzig - and thus for the first time outside of Chemnitz.

We were drawn back to our home town of Chemnitz for the IIC2017. The search for a suitable location ended at the Chemnitzer FC stadium. What an exciting location!

IIC goes Germany

We really liked the stadium as an event location. So it just so happened that we found ourselves back in a stadium in 2018. This time it was the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Stuttgart. It was also the first IIC to be held outside Saxony.

IIC 2019 returned to Saxony. This time we found ourselves in the capital of Saxony: Dresden. The venue was the Gl?serne Manufaktur.

The forced break

Unfortunately, the pandemic forced us to cancel the IIC 2020. No events were possible in 2021 either. However, we didn't want to miss out and brought the IIC to us at imk HQ - online and live. Side Note: This is how our annual ema Online Summit was born.

Ten Years of IIC

For IIC2022, we were able to plan a proper event again after a 2-year break. Fittingly, we are celebrating 10 years of IIC - this time with the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (GFA) as co-organiser.

Last year we travelled to Fulda with the IIC2023 - this time even with 3 co-organisers on board: EKS InTec, FFT & EDAG. The now 2-day conference took place in the 3G conference hotel and offered plenty of space for over 100 participants.

We present: The IIC 2024

This year, on 18 & 19 September, we will be meeting together with our co-organiser EKS InTec at BMW Welt in Munich. We look forward to welcoming you to the 12th IIC and thank everyone involved for making each IIC unique.

More details about this year's IIC and registration here: https://imk-ema.com/iic-2024/