{{Multiple issues| {{advert|date=February 2012}} {{Notability|1=Companies|date=July 2022}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox company | name = Institute for International Research | logo = IIRLogo.png | type = an [[Informa]] business | foundation = [[London]] (1973) | location_city = | industry = Events, [[Exhibition]]s, [[Convention (meeting)|Conferences]], [[Training]], [[Executive Development]] | key_people = Debra Chipman, President & CEO, IIRUSA | subsid = IIR Australia<br />IIR Austria<br />IIR Executive Development<br />IIR Finance<br />IIR Middle East<br />IIR Netherlands<br />IIR Spain<br />IIR USA | homepage = }}
'''Institute for International Research''', Inc. ('''IIR''') was a subsidiary of [[Informa]] Plc. It grew from its founding in 1973 to become one of the world's largest [[Convention (meeting)|conference]] providers. It became part of the Informa Group in 2005.
In 2015, Informa rebranded its conference and training businesses, including IIR, KNect365.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Our story {{!}} KNect365 Corporate pages| access-date = 2019-11-29| url = https://corporate.knect365.com/about/our-story/| archive-date = 7 April 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190407110956/https://corporate.knect365.com/about/our-story/| url-status = dead}}</ref>
==Overview== The company was started by [[Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw]] in 1973 and sold to [[Informa]] for a reported GBP 768 million in 2005.<ref name="Times1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3822710.ece|title=Tory peer Lord Laidlaw seeks treatment for sex addiction|work=The Sunday Times|date=27 April 2008|access-date=2008-04-27}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="ind2005-1">Reece, Damian (2 June 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026062818/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/lord-laidlaw-sells-iir-events-firm-for-14bn-6144995.html Lord Laidlaw sells IIR events firm for $1.4bn], ''[[The Independent]]''</ref> Irvine Laidlaw began IIR by producing newsletters out of a base in Hong Kong.
==Operations== In 1989, IIR Inc. in the United States acquired institutions in order to enter the seminar and training business. Acquisitions included training organisers such as [[ESI International]], [[Achieve Global]] Huthwaite followed by Omega Performance and Communispond. Debra Chipman is the current{{When|date=February 2012}} president and chief executive officer of the Institute for International Research, Inc, which operates as a subsidiary of IIR Ltd.
Many IIR conferences, workshops and training courses are conducted in Europe each year. These cover many topics including general management, finance, banking and energy. IIR has been active in Austria since 1992. Annual congresses held in Austria include ''Epcon"''(energy), ''tel.con'' (telecommunications industry), ''Pulse'' (health), ''Course'' (banking sector) and the ''ÖVT'' (insurance industry). IIR has been operating in Germany since 1989 with 200 employees, 14 divisions and about 2000 events. Starting from 1999, Austria developed the [[Central and Eastern Europe|CEE]] region for IIR, with offices in Poland (Warsaw), Czech Republic (Prague) and Hungary (Budapest).
IIR online regional sites include IIR Austria,<ref>[http://www.iir.at/ IIR: IIR Österreich – Berufliche Weiterbildung mit IIR Österreich: Seminare, Konferenzen, Kongresse, Trainings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> IIR Australia<ref>[http://www.iir.com.au Welcome to IIR Conferences<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> IIR North America,<ref>[http://www.iirusa.com/ IIR USA – Events Deliver Business<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> IIR Middle East,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iirme.com/ |title=Conferences, Training, Managed Events, Exhibitions in Dubai – Home<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=5 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203235816/http://iirme.com/ |archive-date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> IIR Telecoms<ref>[http://iir-telecoms.com/ IIR Telecoms & Technology<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and Informa plc.<ref>[http://www.informa.com/ Informa.com – Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070702092252/http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/upa_publications/upa_voice/volumes/2006/december/upa_market_research_event_2006.html The Usability Professionals' Association – The UPA Voice – Institute for International Research (IIR) and the UPA Connection: The Market Research Event 2006] * [http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/minist/health-sante/speeches-discours/1996_04_01_e.html Government of Canada, Health Canada – Institute for International Research Conference – Speaking Notes for David C. Dingwall, Minister of Health, The Toronto Hilton Hotel, Toronto, 1 April 1996] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214070937/http://hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/minist/health-sante/speeches-discours/1996_04_01_e.html |date=14 December 2006 }} * [http://www.kenyon.com/events/detail_event.aspx?event_id=321555305 Kenyon & Kenyon – Events – Institute for International Research's 7th Annual Generic Drugs Summit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817093007/http://www.kenyon.com/events/detail_event.aspx?event_id=321555305 |date=17 August 2007 }} "Steven J. Lee, PhD, partner in our New York Office, will be participating in a panel entitled "The Effect of Proposed Patent Reform Legislation on Hatch-Waxman Litigation" at the Institute for International Research's 7th Annual Generic Drugs Summit in Washington, D.C." * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070519062929/http://center.spoke.com/info/cNAti/InstituteForInternationalResearchInc Spoke – Institute for International Research]
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