International Conference on Emergency Medicine


The International Conference on Emergency Medicine is a biennial conference on international emergency medicine for emergency physicians. It is organised by the International Federation for Emergency Medicine.

History

The first ICEM was held in London in 1986 as a collaborative effort between the American College of Emergency Physicians, the British Association for Emergency Medicine, the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, and the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. 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, while Kumar Alagappan and C. James Holliman refer to IFEM as "probably the most active, broad-based, international organization dealing with international EM development issues."

Locations

The International Conference on Emergency Medicine was held every 2 years. From 2019 it will be changed to a yearly conference.
NumberYearCityCountryDates
1st1986LondonUnited Kingdom-
2nd1988BrisbaneAustralia-
3rd1990TorontoCanada-
4th1992Washington D.C.United States-
5th1994LondonUnited Kingdom-
6th1996SydneyAustralia-
7th1998VancouverCanada-
8th2000BostonUnited States-
9th2002EdinburghUnited Kingdom-
10th2004CairnsAustralia-
11th2006HalifaxCanada-
12th2008San FranciscoUnited States-
13th2010SingaporeSingapore-
14th2012DublinIreland-
15th2014Hong KongHong Kong-
16th2016Cape TownSouth Africa-
17th2018Mexico CityMexico-
18th2019SeoulKorea12.06.2019 to 15.06.2019
19th2020Buenos AiresArgentina15.06.2020 to 18.06.2020
20th2021DubaiUnited Arab Emirates08.06.2021 to 11.06.2021
21st2022MelbourneAustralia19.06.2022 to 23.06.2022
22nd2023AmsterdamThe Netherlands14.06.2023 to 17.06.2023
23rd2024TaipeiTaiwanTBC
24th2025MontrealCanada24.05.2025 to 28.05.2025