History

The FAIM conference series was established in 1991 by Professors Munir Ahmad of the University of Limerick, Ireland, and Bill Sullivan of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA.

Since its start FAIM has been hosted by 26 universities across 14 countries in Europe, America, and Asia.

2025 (34th) – Binghamton University, NY, USA

2024 (33rd) – Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

2023 (32nd) – Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal

2022 (31st) – Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

2020–2021 (30th) – National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

2019 (29th) – University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

2018 (28th) – Ohio University, Columbus & Athens, OH, USA

2017 (27th) – University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

2016 (26th) – Chonbuk National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

2015 (25th) – University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK

2014 (24th) – University of Texas, San Antonio, TX, USA

2013 (23rd) – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

2012 (22nd) – Tampere University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland

2011 (21st) – Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

2010 (20th) – University of California, Oakland, CA, USA

2009 (19th) – University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, UK

2008 (18th) – University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

2007 (17th) – Penn State Great Valley, Philadelphia, PA, USA

2006 (16th) – University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

2005 (15th) – University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain

2004 (14th) – Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada

2003 (13th) – University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

2002 (12th) – Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

2001 (11th) – Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland

2000 (10th) – University of Maryland, MD, USA

1999 (9th) – Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands

1998 (8th) – Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA

1997 (7th) – Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK

1996 (6th) – Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

1995 (5th) – University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

1994 (4th) – Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

1993 (3rd) – University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

1992 (2nd) – Virginia Tech, Washington DC, USA

1991 (1st) – University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland