[1] The IIF was founded in 1981 and is based in Redwood City, California (formerly Medford, Massachusetts).
[10] The IIF has collaborated with other organizations, such as Lancaster University, SAP Switzerland AG, and Amazon, to provide workshops for the conferences.
The IIF also teamed up with the SAS Institute to award two $5000 research grants in 2011.
[1] 1983 The ISF took place in Philadelphia, with Scott Armstrong as General Chair.
Through mass advertising and promotion, including WSJ, Economist, an interview on Voice of America, and a direct mail piece sent to 300,000 people, the attendance was the highest in ISF history, with approximately 1,000 attendees.