About IIR

Over the years IIR has constantly developed and refined the process of producing premium business events with a threefold aim of objectivity, timeliness and practical solutions. For more than IIR is a world's leading knowledge and skills transfer company with a global network.

Featuring key industry experts, IIR conferences provide up-to-date information direct from practitioners who have found solutions to the challenges facing businesses today. Speakers include senior representatives from the world's biggest and most forward-looking organisations - experts in their various fields.

By staying close to each market it serves, IIR Conferences identifies issues as soon as they begin to be of concern, and launch our production process to ensure that the conference takes place at exactly the right time to provide you with the information you need, when you need it.

IIR has conference companies in: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Middle East, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, UK and USA.

IIR History

IIR began in 1973 as a publisher of international newsletters. In 1978 IIR entered the conference business in the UK. In the wake of the success of the first two events, IIR's focus rapidly switched to conferences.   In 1979 the first conferences were held in Europe and Singapore, and by 1980 offices had opened in Singapore and Hong Kong, and conference activities had expanded into Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand.

By 1986 there were 7 conference offices, and continued expansion in Europe, Scandinavia, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East and Australasia over the last decade has led to the current total of 46 companies - the broadest international spread of any company of its kind.   IIR continues to explore new and growing markets and have recently opened offices in Eastern Europe and Portugal. IIR moved into Exhibitions in 1984 with the opening of an exhibitions company in Singapore. Today, IIR owns also a large portfolio of high profile exhibitions throughout the world.

IIR has specialist companies providing groundbreaking strategies and proven technical expertise in both business functional areas and vertical markets.

Some divisions

IIR Germany – www.iir.de

IIR Germany, based in Sulzbach/Ts., offers up-to-the-minute market information. Every year 200 employees develop and implement approximately 2000 congresses, conferences and seminars where renowned specialists share their expertise on current topics.

IIR offers a range of further training possibilities for employees at all levels of the hierarchy in companies, associations, organisations and the public sector.

Each individual IIR business division is specialised in a particular market segment, providing its professional customers with targeted expert knowledge: IIR is thus able to offer further training for practically all industries and positions: automotive industry, purchasing, logistics, marketing, sales, real estate, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, information technology, telecommunications, energy, healthcare, materials, banking, insurance, finance, accounting, law, tax services, continuing education, human resources, administrative work, product management, project management and the public sector. IIR also offers seminars on personality development, rhetoric and leadership training. 

IIR – www.car-training-institute.com

The Car Training Institute (CTI), was established as part of IIR Deutschland GmbH at the beginning of 2003, and focuses exclusively on organising events relating to automotive technology.

International experts from the automotive industry meet at more than 200 CTI events every year to find out about all the latest technological developments in their field. All of our events are based on extensive market research and are developed in close cooperation with experts from the automotive industry. Papers from manufacturers, suppliers and scientific representatives result in a good mix of theory and practice. IIR is based in Sulzbach/Ts., Germany.

ICBI – www.icbi-uk.com

ICBI, the International Centre for Business Information, comprises a team of dedicated sector experts specialising in providing cutting-edge, strategic and impartial information to top-level business executives all over the world. The company operates across a diverse range of industries and markets including: Derivatives, Risk Management and Capital Markets; Investment; Strategy & Marketing; Corporate & Project Finance & Energy.

Since its inception in 1993, ICBI has successfully produced flagship events that now figure among the premier meeting points / think tanks within the respective industries which they serve. In addition, ICBI has painstakingly developed an unparalleled portfolio of market driven conferences; reports; seminars; practical workshops; masterclasses, briefings; summits; and discussion roundtables all of which deliver timely and industry critical information.

In a world where information overload is a fact of life, where we are constantly being bombarded by a bewildering choice of unqualified information, ICBIs is focused on providing tailored information and networking solutions. The company’s leading events and products are rigorously researched to ensure objective analysis, incisive commentary, and top level opinion to assist decision makers interpret rapid change in increasingly competitive markets. ICBI is based in London.

IIR Leading Minds

Leading Minds events present the latest thoughts and ground-breaking ideas from pre-eminent international business authorities. Executives can meet and interact with speakers whom they could otherwise only read about or watch on video.

Multi-Speaker Events like: Leaders in London 2006 - www.leadersinlondon.com
Speakers include John Kotter, Sir Bob Geldof, Gen. Colin Powell, Richard Branson and many more!