• Post-Pandemic Hope – Looking to October 2021

    From Plan A to Plan C! Our initial contingency plans to reschedule for May 2021 have been, predictably further disturbed by COVID19. The UK national lockdown in the new year underlined how serious the situation had become, BUT there is new hope with the successful vaccination programme well underway as we enter Spring 2021; indeed our conference venue – the Black Country Living Museum – is contributing to the vaccination programme in Dudley! In the interests of safety we have decided to postpone IEEC2 by a further 5 months, from May until October 2021. Specifically 8th-10th October 2021 – and still able to combine the conference with BCLM’s “Red By Night” live steaming event.  Conference format Whilst we…

  • May 2021 – an additional IEEC2 postponement (Now October 2021)

    IEEC2 (Now October 2021) In March 2020 we announced that, due to the impact of Coronavirus – COVID-19 we were postponing the 2nd International Early Engines Conference until November 2020. Following this announcement, and the development of the international emergency, we received much supportive and useful feedback from intended speakers and registered delegates on their likely availability and travel and attendance considerations. Given the current situation internationally, there was a strong consensus for reconvening the Conference in May 2021 (rather than November 2020), i.e. a year after it was first intended to run. [This is now October 2021] Bearing this in mind, the new dates reserved with our hosts, the…

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    IEEC2 Booking Now Open!

    Below are the current booking arrangements for the Second International Early Engines Conference (IEEC2), to be held at the Black Country Living Museum running over 3 days in October 2021 (postponed twice due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic). Postponed dates are 8-10th October 2021, please see the Conference information. Conference Updates Further to our Initial Announcement and Call for Papers, we are delighted to announce that booking arrangements for our Second International Early Engines Conference have been prepared and can be viewed online. Conference Details Please see the IEEC2 Conference information page for further details. Booking arrangements Please complete and return the Booking Form for the Full and Day ticket…