About IFIP

Is the leading multinational, apolitical organization in Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences

Is recognized by United Nations and other world bodies

Represents IT Societies from 56 countries or regions, covering all 5 continents with a total membership of over
half a million

Inks more than 3500 scientists from Academia and Industry, organized in more than 101 Working Groups
reporting to 13 Technical Committees

Sponsors 100 conferences yearly providing unparalleled coverage from theoretical informatics to the
relationship between informatics and society including hardware and software technologies, and networked
information systems

Within IFIP

IT societies’ members find a meeting place for sharing experience, and discussing challenges and opportunities

TCs and WGs contribute to, and often lead, progress in the state-of-the art knowledge and practice

IFIP scientific and technological leadership

Is warranted by WG membership, based solely on individual excellence

Is asserted by the organization of some 100 highest quality international events, and the publication of some 30
new books annually that are distributed worldwide

Formally IFIP is a non-governmental, non-profit umbrella organization for national societies working in the field of
information processing. It was established in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO as a result of the first World
Computer Congress held in Paris in 1959.

For more information about IFIP http://www.ifip.org/