international conference on emergency medicine international conference on emergency medicine the international conference on emergency medicine (icem) 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 (acep), the british association for emergency medicine (baem), the canadian association of emergency physicians (caep), and the australasian college for emergency medicine (acem). 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 (icem) was held every 2 years. from 2019 it will be changed to a yearly conference. list of international conferences on emergency medicine number year city country dates 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 june 2019 to 15 june 2019 19th2020buenos airesargentina15 june 2020 to 18 june 2020 20th2021dubaiunited arab emirates8 june 2021 to 11 june 2021 21st2022melbourneaustralia19 june 2022 to 23 june 2022 22nd2023amsterdamthe netherlands14 june 2023 to 17 june 2023 23rd2024taipeitaiwan19 june 2024 to 23 june 2024 24th2025montrealcanada24 may 2025 to 28 may 2025 25th2026hamburggermany10 june 2026 to 13 june 2026