The International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) is a biennial conference on international emergency medicine for emergency physicians.[1] It is organised by the International Federation for Emergency Medicine.
The first ICEM was held in London in 1986 as a collaborative effort between the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the British Association for Emergency Medicine (BAEM), the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM).[2] It rotated between the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia until 2010, when it was held in Singapore.
Emergency Medicine Journal calls ICEM a major international emergency medicine conference,[3] while Kumar Alagappan and C. James Holliman refer to IFEM as "probably the most active, broad-based, international organization dealing with international EM [emergency medicine] development issues."[4]
The International Conference on Emergency Medicine (ICEM) was held every 2 years.[1] From 2019 it will be changed to a yearly conference.[1]
Number | Year | City | Country | Dates |
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1st | 1986 | London[7] | United Kingdom | |
2nd | 1988 | Brisbane[2] | Australia | |
3rd | 1990 | Toronto[8] | Canada | |
4th | 1992 | Washington D.C. | United States | |
5th | 1994 | London | United Kingdom | |
6th | 1996 | Sydney | Australia | |
7th | 1998 | Vancouver | Canada | |
8th | 2000 | Boston | United States | |
9th | 2002 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | |
10th | 2004 | Cairns | Australia | |
11th | 2006 | Halifax[9] | Canada | |
12th | 2008 | San Francisco[10] | United States | |
13th | 2010 | Singapore[11] | Singapore | |
14th | 2012 | Dublin | Ireland | |
15th | 2014 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
16th | 2016 | Cape Town | South Africa | |
17th | 2018 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
18th | 2019 | Seoul | Korea | 12 June 2019 to 15 June 2019 |
19th | 2020 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 15 June 2020 to 18 June 2020 |
20th | 2021 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 8 June 2021 to 11 June 2021 |
21st | 2022 | Melbourne | Australia | 19 June 2022 to 23 June 2022 |
22nd | 2023 | Amsterdam | The Netherlands | 14 June 2023 to 17 June 2023 |
23rd | 2024 | Taipei | Taiwan | 19 June 2024 to 23 June 2024 |
24th | 2025 | Montreal | Canada | 24 May 2025 to 28 May 2025 |
25th | 2026 | Hamburg | Germany | 10 June 2026 to 13 June 2026 |