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We help more researchers in more parts of the world make progress in their careers, be recognized, and feel part of a community. We do this through our free membership, a platform of innovative collaboration tools, publishing, and our global conferences, all of which have been built to encourage, mentor, and shape a researcher’s journey to success.
EAI was founded with the vision of creating a dynamic platform where researchers, academics, and professionals could come together to share their insights and discoveries in the ever-evolving world of ICT. The organization's origins likely trace back to the early 2000s, a period when ICT was rapidly reshaping industries and societies worldwide.
As well as successfully running over 200 conferences around the world, EAI can use its community platform to connect researchers with similar interests to conferences where they can share knowledge, network, and increase their profile, identify members with relevant experience who can then take a role in an organizing committee or provide informed feedback on a paper for example.
Over the years, EAI expanded its reach, hosting conferences and initiatives in various parts of the world. This global approach allowed the organization to tap into diverse perspectives and foster international collaborations. Topics covered by EAI conferences encompassed a wide spectrum of ICT-related areas, reflecting the ever-expanding landscape of technology.
We see ourselves as an antidote to the elitist approach to research, publishing, and conferences - an approach that is often inaccessible to researchers in developing countries. We want to halt this disenfranchisement by offering free membership to our society with its unique platform of engagement tools to help researchers stop being isolated, and start communicating, connecting, and collaborating.
Providing tools and initiatives like our unique annual researcher of the year award increases a researcher’s visibility in both their workplace and community, and that brings with it the potential for new opportunities, for progression in their careers and as well as having a positive impact on their self-esteem.
By connecting researchers to our suite of community collaboration tools, EAI is transforming the way research is done, evaluated, and rewarded. One key benefit of this new approach is early community recognition - researchers can give and receive feedback on abstracts and get recognition through a unique system of ‘credits for participation’ that enables their progress to be visible and recognized.
The publication of research papers provides the opportunity for researchers to share their knowledge, achieve recognition, success, and progress their academic career. EAI’s own publications along with its unique partnership with Springer, supports this dissemination of knowledge through various publications, including journals, books, and conference proceedings.
EAI continues to be a prominent force in the world of ICT conferences and research initiatives. Its commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation in the technology sector remained unwavering. The organization's future endeavors likely included expanding its influence, embracing emerging technologies, and addressing the evolving challenges and opportunities in the ever-changing ICT landscape.
Meetings held between 2008 and 2012 supported by the European Commission defined the initiative to foster the relationship between research and innovation in the European and international context with a collaborative grassroots approach, and laid groundwork for the founding of EAI.
EAI 360° Summits bring together people from the top level of research, industry, and government as equal players to network, collaborate, and examine the future of IoT, Smart Cities, eHealth, and Future Internet.
