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International Miniature Aerobatic Club International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC) is a non-profit organization devoted to flying scale aerobatic model aircraft. IMAC is the main governing body responsible for hosting precision aerobatic contests with hundreds of pilots across the United States and Eastern Canada.
International Mission Board The International Mission Board (or IMB) is a missionary sending agency affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention which operates in virtually every nation except the United States and Canada (these nations are serviced by the SBC's North American Mission Board). The IMB receives most of its funding through the Cooperative Program and the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering taken up in Southern Baptist congregations.
International Mobile Equipment Identity The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a number unique to every GSM and UMTS mobile phone. It is usually found printed on the phone underneath the battery and can also be found by dialing the sequence *#06# into the phone.
International Mobile Satellite Organization Inmarsat plc is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organization. It operates a fleet of eleven (as of 2005) geosynchronous telecommunications satellites.
International Mobile Subscriber Identity An International Mobile Subscriber Identity, or IMSI [im-zee], is a unique number that is associated with all GSM and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network mobile phone users. The number is stored in the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
International Modeling and Talent Association IMTA, also known as the International Modeling & Talent Association, is an association of schools and agencies around the world. These agents scout, develop, and present their fashion models, actors, singers, and dancers to some of the worlds top agents, managers, and industry professionals from New York, Los Angeles, Europe, and Asia.
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union of North America International Molders and Foundry Workers Union of North America was a labor union founded in 1864 to represent craftsmen who made molds and malleable castings for iron, glass, ceramic and other types of industrial foundries.
International Monarchist League The International Monarchist League (generally known as the Monarchist League) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the monarchical system of government and the principle of monarchy worldwide, and has been particularly active in advocating the restoration of the monarchy in countries that have become republics in the twentieth century, particularly since World War II.
International Monarchist League In Australia The International Monarchist League in Australia Limited, IMLIA, is an initiative of a group of Australians including those who are Life Members of the world’s leading monarchist organization, the [International Monarchist League] which was founded in London in 1943.
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by observing exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering financial and technical assistance when requested. Its headquarters are located in Washington, D.
International Monetary Market The International Monetary Market (IMM), largely the creation of Leo Melamed, is part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the largest futures exchange in the United States and the second largest in the world after Eurex, for the trading of futures contracts and options on futures. The IMM was started on May 16, 1972.
International Monohull Open Classes Association The International Monohull Open Classes Association (IMOCA) is an international association within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull Open 50 and Open 60 classes of sailboats. The association is responsible for defining and updating the class rules for Open-class boats, and has the additional aims of co-ordinating events involving Open boats, and promoting their use.
International Mother's Day Shrine The Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the Mother Church of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15 1962, as a tribute to all mothers. beautiful structure, built in 1873, is located on Main Street in downtown Grafton], [[West Virginia|WV and was designated a National Historic Landmark October 5 1992.
International Motor Sports Association The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body. It was started by John, a former employee of SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) and Peggy Bishop in 1969 with help from Bill France of NASCAR.
International Motorcycle Shows The International Motorcycle Shows are a series of motorcycle expositions that take place across the United States. Open to the public, people can see the latest innovations, products, services, aftermarket products, as well as new motorcycles, custom bikes, ATVs, and scooters.
International Motorsports Hall of Fame The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. Although people of many nationalities have been inducted (including racing legends such as Fangio, Moss, Senna) the main focus is on Americans who competed in domestic series - particularly NASCAR.
International MTM Directorate The International MTM Directorate, originally constituted in Paris on June 25, 1957, is a Federation of National MTM Associations incorporated under the laws of Ohio on November 6, 1968. Membership in the International MTM Directorate is held by National associations acknowledged by IMD as representing MTM (Methods-Time Measurement) activities in their respective countries.
International Municipal Signals Association (IMSA) The International Municipal Signals Association (IMSA) is one of the two main professional organizations contributing input to the Federal Highway Administration in revising and developing highway standards concerning traffic signals and control devices. Primarily these standards are represented by the most current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (or MICE) is a high energy physics experiment dedicated to finding an efficient method to focus a beam of muons. As of 2004, MICE is in simulation, although much of the design has also been completed.
International Museum of Naive Art The International Museum of Naïve Art (French: Musée International d'Art Naïf) is situated at 15, rue de la Mairie, in the village of Vicq, 25kms from Versailles at the centre of the Yvelines departement in France.
International Museum of Surgical Science The International Museum of Surgical Science is a museum located in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by the International College of Surgeons and features exhibits dealing with various aspects of Eastern and Western medicine.
International Music Camp The International Music Camp is a summer youth camp held annually at the International Peace Garden on the North Dakota-Manitoba border. The camp offers week-long and month-long intensive programs in the fine arts.
International Music Council The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France, where it functions as an independent international non-governmental organization.
International Music Feed The International Music Feed is a music channel that plays music from around the world. It is the only channel in the US that combines music from American artists with music from other countries across the globe.
International Music Score Library Project International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is an internet-based project to create a virtual library of musical scores which are in the public domain. It will also encompass scores from composers who are willing to share their music without charge.
International Mutoscope Reel Company A Mutoscope is term for a type of moving picture arcade machine and its films. As for the machine, a coin is dropped in, cranked, and a succession of cards of pictures are sequentially shown resulting in a moving picture.
International nongovernmental organization An international nongovernmental organization (INGO) is a voluntary association of organizations or individuals for worldwide or regional action. The term nongovernmental organization or NGO is sometimes used to describe these groups.
International Narcotics Control Board The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB or Board) is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions. It plays an important role in monitoring enforcement of restrictions on narcotics and psychotropics and in deciding which precursors should be regulated.
International Navigation Company The International Navigation Company was the official name of the holding company that ran both the American Line and the Red Star Line from their foundation in 1871 to their merger into the International Mercantile Marine Co. in 1902.
International Necronautical Society The International Necronautical Society is a semi-fictional organisation devoted to exploring the concept of death and spatial analogies, closely modelled on European avant-gardes of the 20th century. It has mounted several events at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
International Network for a United Nations Second Assembly The International Network for a United Nations Second Assembly, or INFUSA, is an organization devoted to the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. According to Citizens for a United Nations People's Assembly, "In 1982, during the second UN Special Session on Disarmament, Jeffrey Segall presented a proposal for a study on 'a UN Second or Peoples Assembly' which became the basis for an International Network for a UN Second Assembly (INFUSA).
International Network for Social Network Analysis The International Network for Social Network Analysis is the professional association of social network analysis. The rapid increase in awareness of social networks, social network software, and social networking has led to lively discussions and influence beyond sheer numbers.
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) was established in 1992 by the International Council for Science (ICSU) to "improve access to information and knowledge through a commitment to capacity building in emerging and developing countries."
International Network for the Independent Oversight of Policing (INIOP) The International Network for the Independent Oversight of Policing, also known as INIOP was created to bring together organisations from around the world which are involved in the oversight of policing. The network's principal aims are to champion the effective oversight of policing; to provide opportunities for oversight bodies to share learning and best practice; to create minimum standards for oversight of policing; and to provide support to countries looking to maintain or setup effective oversight mechanisms.
International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) is a "world wide organization dedicated to the support of traditional building, the maintenance of local character and the creation of better places to live", based in the United Kingdom and under the patronage of Prince Charles. It operates the INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners (ICTP), a professional school for architects working in traditional styles.
International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials The International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials, also known by the acronym INLGO, is an organization of elected and appointed officials with their partners, activists, and others interested in networking with openly lesbian and gay officials.
International Networks (country code) International Networks is the name given by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to country calling code 882, and serves as a catch-all for telephone services not dedicated to a single country. Satellite telephone carriers, especially those with worldwide service, are allocated within the Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS), country code 881, with the exception of non-terrestrial Inmarsat, country codes 870-874.
International New Thought Association International New Thought Alliance (INTA) is an umbrella organization facilitating the functioning of numerous branches, organizations, and individuals of the more than century-old New Thought movement. New Thought is a positive approach to living that emphasizes the practice of the presence of God for practical purposes.
International Nonproprietary Name An International Nonproprietary Name (INN; also known as rINN, for recommended International Nonproprietary Name) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The plethora of named proprietary preparations containing a given substance can lead to confusion about the identity of the active ingredient.
International Nuclear Event Scale The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) was introduced by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents. A number of criteria and indicators are defined to assure coherent reporting of nuclear events by different official authorities.
International observance International observance (also known as international dedication or international anniversary) denotes a day, week, year, decade or other period of time under the Gregorian calendar which is set aside to observe some principal or issue of international interest or concern, to commemorate, promote and mobilize for action. Many of these periods have been established by the United Nations General Assembly, Economic and Social Council or by UNESCO.
International of Anarchist Federations The International of Anarchist Federations (IAF or IFA) was founded during an international anarchist conference in Carrara in 1968 by the three existing European federations of France, Italy and Spain as well as the Bulgarian federation in French exile. To counter the internationalisation of state and capitalist powers that are developing their influences ever rapidly on a global scale, the IFA has since aimed to build and improve strong and active international anarchist structures.
International organisations in Europe The following table lists the independent European states, and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties, and their use of the euro (€). Selected states in Asia, bordering Europe, have also been included.
International organization An international organization, or more formally intergovernmental organization (IGO), is an organization whose members are sovereign states or other IGOs (like the European Community and the WTO). Such organizations function according to the principles of intergovernmentalism, which means that unanimity is required.
International Office Centers The International Office Centers Corporation was on the 79th Floor of Building One of New York's World Trade Center. They provided temporary office space for remote, new and international companies on a month-to-month basis.
International Oil Company An International Oil Company (IOC) is an oil company that is majorly private owned. IOCs are opposed to National Oil Companies (NOCs), which have become increasingly dominant in the international petroleum market.
International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference The International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference or International Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht is the convocation of bishops in the Old Catholic Churches of Europe that are in communion with the Archbishop of Utrecht. It is similar to the Lambeth Conference in the Union's sister church, the Anglican Communion.
International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp The International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp (IOITC for short) is a one fortnight long annual training camp held in India to select and train students to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics. IOITC is the third and last stage of the Indian Computing Olympiad.
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 203 National Olympic Committees.
International Olympic Stadium International Olympic Stadium (Arabic: الملعب الأŮلمبي الدŮŮ„ŮŠ) is a 22,400 capacity multi-use stadium in Tripoli, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities .
International Online Music Awards The International Online Music Awards (IOMAs), is a music award competition organized by R Cat Communications. The IOMAs were established by R Cat Communications in October 2003 to give independent recording artists (who had music available for preview or download) the chance to vote for their fellow artists in a number of meaningful awards categories that had never previously existed before online.
International Open Source Network The International Open Source Network has as its slogan 'software freedom for all'. It is a Centre of Excellence for free software (also known as FLOSS, FOSS, or open-source software) in the Asia-Pacific region.
International Opium Convention The International Opium Convention, signed at The Hague on January 23, 1912, was the first international drug control treaty. The United States convened a 13-nation conference of the International Opium Commission in 1909 in Shanghai, China in response to increasing criticism of the opium trade.
International Order of Job's Daughters Now officially named Job's Daughters International (Sometimes abbreviated to JDI) and known throughout the world simply as Job's Daughters, is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Master Mason. It is the oldest of five Masonic sponsored organizations for girls, dating from 1920.
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG) is a youth service organization which teaches leadership training through community service. Girls (ages 11-20/21) learn about the value of charity and service through their work and involvement with their annual local and Grand (state or country) service projects.
International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor is a black fraternal organization and was best known as the sponsor of the Taborian Hospital. It was founded in 1872 in Independence, Missouri by Moses Dickson, an ex-slave.
International Organisation of Good Templars The International Organisation of Good Templars (formerly known as the International Order of Good Templars and the Independent Order of Good Templars) describe themselves as "the largest international non-governmental organisation working in the field of temperance".
International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II.
International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standards bodies. Founded on February 23 1947, the organization produces world-wide industrial and commercial standards, the so-called ISO standards.
International Organization for Sustainable Development The International Organization for Sustainable Development (IOSD) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting an understanding of Sustainable Development anchored in the needs and realities of developing countries.
International Organization of Legal Metrology The International Organization of Legal Metrology or Organization Internationale de MĂ©trologie LĂ©gale (OIML) is an intergovernmental treaty organization. It is made up of approximately 60 nations from around the world.
International Organization of Securities Commissions The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is an international organization that brings together the regulators of the world’s securities and futures markets. It, along with its sister organizations, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, together make up the Joint Forum of international financial regulators.
International Orienteering Federation The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is an international confederation of national orienteering organizations. Its primary activities are organized through standing Commissions that are each responsible for some aspect of the sport's development worldwide.
International Ornithological Committee The International Ornithological committee is a group of about 200 international ornithologists, and is responsible for the International Ornithological Congress and other international ornithological activities, undertaken by its Standing Committees.
International Ornithological Congress The International Ornithological Congress series forms the oldest and largest international series of meetings of ornithologists. It is organised by the International Ornithological Committee, a group of about 200 ornithologists.
International Orthodox Christian Charities International Orthodox Christian Charities, Inc. (IOCC), based in Baltimore, Maryland, was established in March 1992 as the official international humanitarian organization of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
International Osteoporosis Foundation The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), registered as a not-for-profit, non-governmental foundation in Switzerland, functions as a global alliance of patient, medical and research societies, scientists, health care professionals, and international companies concerned about osteoporosis and bone health. IOF headquarters are in Nyon, Switzerland, with a second secretariat, IOF France, located in Lyon, France.
International Oversight Advisory The IOA (or International Oversight Advisory) is a fictional civilian oversight committee in the television series Stargate SG-1. It was created after the existence of the Stargate program was revealed to the other permanent members of the UN Security Council "Disclosure" (Stargate SG-1).
International paleopsychology project The International paleopsychology project is an international scientific group founded in 1997 by multi-disciplinarian Howard Bloom to "trace the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10-32 seconds of the Big Bang to the present."
International political economy International political economy (IPE) is a perspective in the social sciences and history that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. Ultimately, IPE is about the consequences on an international level of the interaction between the state (politics) and the market (economics).
International premium rate service International premium rate service (IPRS) refers to internationally available telephone-based premium services. It is analogous to "900" or "976" numbers in North America, which always incur a recipient-defined charge in excess of regular call charges.
International primate trade The international trade in primates sees 32,000 wild-caught primates sold on the international market every year. They are sold for food, for use in animal testing, for exhibition in zoos and circuses, and for private use as companion animals.
International Packet Switched Service The International Packet Switched Service (IPSS) was created in 1978 by a collaboration between the UK's General Post Office, Western Union International, and Tymnet. This network grew from Europe and the US to cover Canada, Hong Kong and Australia by 1981, and by the 1990s it provided a worldwide networking infrastructure.
International Paneuropean Union The International Paneuropean Union claims to be the oldest European unification movement and is also referred to as the Paneuropean Movement and the Pan-Europa Movement. It began with the publishing of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi's manifesto Paneuropa (1923), which presented the idea of a unified European State.
International Paper International Paper () is an American pulp and paper company, the largest pulp and paper company in the world and the largest private owner of timberland in the United States. It has approximately 83,000 employees.
International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is an international non-profit organisation of elite sports for athletes with disabilities. Founded on September 22, 1989, the mission of the organization is To Enable Paralympic Athletes to Achieve Sporting Excellence and Inspire and Excite the World.
International Partnership for Microbicides The International Partnership for Microbicides or IPM is a non-profit product development partnership (PDP) established in 2002 to prevent HIV transmission by accelerating the development and availability of a safe and effective microbicide for use by women in developing countries.
International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza President George W. Bush announced the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in his remarks to the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on September 14, 2005, in New York.
International Patent Classification The International Patent Classification (IPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system created under the Strasbourg Agreement (1971) and updated on a regular basis by a Committee of Experts, consisting of representatives of the Contracting States of that Agreement with observers from other organisations, such as the European Patent Office. The Strasbourg Agreement is one of a number of treaties administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
International Patent Institute The International Patent Institute (or IIB standing for Institut International des Brevets, its French name) was an intellectual property organisation established on June 6, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands, by a set of European countries, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It was integrated into the European Patent Organisation on January 1 1978.
International Patching System The International Patching System (commonly called "IPS") is an old file format that became a standard to patching various files near 16 megabytes in size with an unlimited amount of 1–65,535 byte clusters and RLE. Its fame was gained for patching translations to video game ROMs.
International Peace Operations Association The International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) is a non-governmental trade association committed to promoting high operational and ethical standards of firms active in the Peace and Stability Industry; engaging in a constructive dialogue with policy-makers about the growing and positive contribution of these firms to the enhancement of international peace, development, and human security; and informing the concerned public about the activities and role of the industry. The organisation was founded by Doug Brooks in April 2001.
International Peace Prize International Peace Prize was an award, established on the First World Congress of Peace followers, held in April, 1949, in Paris. It was awarded by the World Peace Council to people, who worked in various fields of science and arts, for works of art and literature, scientific papers and films, that promoted strengthening peace among peoples.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a Pentecostal Christian body whose history, name, and theology bear the marks of two major American revival movements: the holiness revival of the late 19th century, and the pentecostal revival of the early 20th century. The Methodist Episcopal Church, South adopted a statement in 1894 which opposed the growing holiness movement in the church.
International Permafrost Association The International Permafrost Association (IPA), founded in 1983, has as its objectives to foster the dissemination of knowledge concerning permafrost and to promote cooperation among persons and national or international organisations engaged in scientific investigation and engineering work related to permafrost and seasonally frozen ground. The IPA became an Affiliated Organisation of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) in July 1989.
International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative The International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative, or IPCI, is a group of bowmakers seeking solutions to the increasing rarity of Brazilwood, or Pernambuco. This wood, which is the favourite material of violin bows, is obtained from an endangered species, Caesalpinia echinata.
International Petroleum Exchange The International Petroleum Exchange, based in London, is one of the world's largest energy futures and options exchanges. Brent Crude is a world benchmark for oil prices, but the exchange also handles futures contracts and options on Oil gas, natural gas, electricity (baseload and peakload), and, as of 22 April, 2005, European Climate Exchange (ECX).
International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes killed for their views. It is the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization.
International Pharmaceutical Federation The International Pharmaceutical Federation or Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique, abbreviated as FIP, is an international federation of national organisations that represent pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. It was founded in 1912 and is based in The Hague in the Netherlands.
International Pharmacy Graduate Program The International Pharmacy Graduate (IPG) Program (link) is an educational bridging program for foreign-trained pharmacists to allow them to meet entry-to-practice requirements in Canada. It was designed to provide foreign pharmacists with the knowledge and cultural understandings in order to practice pharmacy as it is meant to be in Canada.
International Philosophy Olympiad The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is an international philosophy competition for high school students organized by the FISP (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie) and supported by the UNESCO.
International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists. It is intended to provide a standardized, accurate and unique way of representing the sounds of any spoken language, and is used, often on a day-to-day basis, by linguists, speech pathologists and therapists, foreign language teachers, lexicographers, and translators.
International Photo-Engravers Union of North America International Photo-Engravers' Union of North America (IPEU) was a labor union formed in 1904 to represent halftone photoengravers in the printing industry. Its successor union is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Change to Win Federation.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) is a worldwide grouping of 60 national medical organizations. IPPNW uses research, education and advocacy to help prevent nuclear war and encourage the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
International Planned Parenthood Federation The International Planned Parenthood Federation is a global non-governmental organization with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning. It was first formed in 1952 in Bombay, India, and now consists of more than 149 Member Associations working in more than 189 countries.
International Plant Protection Convention The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is an international treaty organization that works to prevent the international spread of plant diseases. Among its functions are the maintenance of lists of plant pests, tracking of pest outbreaks, and coordination of technical assistance between member nations.
International Plaza and Bay Street International Plaza and Bay Street is a large upscale shopping mall located in the Westshore business district of Tampa, Florida. The mall, which opened in 2001, was built to give travelers an option to shop and dine in high-class surroundings, while at the same time be able to stay near Tampa International Airport (which borders the property).
International Plus, Advanced & Challenge Square Dance Convention The international Plus, Advanced & Challenge Square Dance Convention, also known as iPAC is an international square dance event that has taken place every two years in Barmstedt, Germany since 1993. It usually occurs in the middle of July, the first week after school gets out in the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.
International Poetry Festival of Rosario The International Poetry Festival of Rosario (in Spanish, Festival Internacional de PoesĂa de Rosario) is a cultural event organized in Rosario, Argentina. It gathers public and poets from Argentina and other countries, especially Latin American ones, and includes poetry readings, workshops, lectures, and stage plays.
International Polar Year The International Polar Year (or IPY) was a collaborative, international effort researching the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian navy officer, motivated the endeavor, but died before it first occurred in 1882-1883.
International Mission Board The International Mission Board (or IMB) is a missionary sending agency affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention which operates in virtually every nation except the United States and Canada (these nations are serviced by the SBC's North American Mission Board). The IMB receives most of its funding through the Cooperative Program and the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering taken up in Southern Baptist congregations.
International Mobile Equipment Identity The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) is a number unique to every GSM and UMTS mobile phone. It is usually found printed on the phone underneath the battery and can also be found by dialing the sequence *#06# into the phone.
International Mobile Satellite Organization Inmarsat plc is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organization. It operates a fleet of eleven (as of 2005) geosynchronous telecommunications satellites.
International Mobile Subscriber Identity An International Mobile Subscriber Identity, or IMSI [im-zee], is a unique number that is associated with all GSM and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network mobile phone users. The number is stored in the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM).
International Modeling and Talent Association IMTA, also known as the International Modeling & Talent Association, is an association of schools and agencies around the world. These agents scout, develop, and present their fashion models, actors, singers, and dancers to some of the worlds top agents, managers, and industry professionals from New York, Los Angeles, Europe, and Asia.
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union of North America International Molders and Foundry Workers Union of North America was a labor union founded in 1864 to represent craftsmen who made molds and malleable castings for iron, glass, ceramic and other types of industrial foundries.
International Monarchist League The International Monarchist League (generally known as the Monarchist League) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the monarchical system of government and the principle of monarchy worldwide, and has been particularly active in advocating the restoration of the monarchy in countries that have become republics in the twentieth century, particularly since World War II.
International Monarchist League In Australia The International Monarchist League in Australia Limited, IMLIA, is an initiative of a group of Australians including those who are Life Members of the world’s leading monarchist organization, the [International Monarchist League] which was founded in London in 1943.
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by observing exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering financial and technical assistance when requested. Its headquarters are located in Washington, D.
International Monetary Market The International Monetary Market (IMM), largely the creation of Leo Melamed, is part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the largest futures exchange in the United States and the second largest in the world after Eurex, for the trading of futures contracts and options on futures. The IMM was started on May 16, 1972.
International Monohull Open Classes Association The International Monohull Open Classes Association (IMOCA) is an international association within the sport of sailing which administers the monohull Open 50 and Open 60 classes of sailboats. The association is responsible for defining and updating the class rules for Open-class boats, and has the additional aims of co-ordinating events involving Open boats, and promoting their use.
International Mother's Day Shrine The Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church, the Mother Church of Mother's Day, was incorporated as the International Mother's Day Shrine on May 15 1962, as a tribute to all mothers. beautiful structure, built in 1873, is located on Main Street in downtown Grafton], [[West Virginia|WV and was designated a National Historic Landmark October 5 1992.
International Motor Sports Association The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body. It was started by John, a former employee of SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) and Peggy Bishop in 1969 with help from Bill France of NASCAR.
International Motorcycle Shows The International Motorcycle Shows are a series of motorcycle expositions that take place across the United States. Open to the public, people can see the latest innovations, products, services, aftermarket products, as well as new motorcycles, custom bikes, ATVs, and scooters.
International Motorsports Hall of Fame The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to auto racing either as a driver, owner, developer or engineer. Although people of many nationalities have been inducted (including racing legends such as Fangio, Moss, Senna) the main focus is on Americans who competed in domestic series - particularly NASCAR.
International MTM Directorate The International MTM Directorate, originally constituted in Paris on June 25, 1957, is a Federation of National MTM Associations incorporated under the laws of Ohio on November 6, 1968. Membership in the International MTM Directorate is held by National associations acknowledged by IMD as representing MTM (Methods-Time Measurement) activities in their respective countries.
International Municipal Signals Association (IMSA) The International Municipal Signals Association (IMSA) is one of the two main professional organizations contributing input to the Federal Highway Administration in revising and developing highway standards concerning traffic signals and control devices. Primarily these standards are represented by the most current edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).
International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment The International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (or MICE) is a high energy physics experiment dedicated to finding an efficient method to focus a beam of muons. As of 2004, MICE is in simulation, although much of the design has also been completed.
International Museum of Naive Art The International Museum of Naïve Art (French: Musée International d'Art Naïf) is situated at 15, rue de la Mairie, in the village of Vicq, 25kms from Versailles at the centre of the Yvelines departement in France.
International Museum of Surgical Science The International Museum of Surgical Science is a museum located in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by the International College of Surgeons and features exhibits dealing with various aspects of Eastern and Western medicine.
International Music Camp The International Music Camp is a summer youth camp held annually at the International Peace Garden on the North Dakota-Manitoba border. The camp offers week-long and month-long intensive programs in the fine arts.
International Music Council The International Music Council (IMC) was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France, where it functions as an independent international non-governmental organization.
International Music Feed The International Music Feed is a music channel that plays music from around the world. It is the only channel in the US that combines music from American artists with music from other countries across the globe.
International Music Score Library Project International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is an internet-based project to create a virtual library of musical scores which are in the public domain. It will also encompass scores from composers who are willing to share their music without charge.
International Mutoscope Reel Company A Mutoscope is term for a type of moving picture arcade machine and its films. As for the machine, a coin is dropped in, cranked, and a succession of cards of pictures are sequentially shown resulting in a moving picture.
International nongovernmental organization An international nongovernmental organization (INGO) is a voluntary association of organizations or individuals for worldwide or regional action. The term nongovernmental organization or NGO is sometimes used to describe these groups.
International Narcotics Control Board The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB or Board) is the independent and quasi-judicial control organ for the implementation of the United Nations drug conventions. It plays an important role in monitoring enforcement of restrictions on narcotics and psychotropics and in deciding which precursors should be regulated.
International Navigation Company The International Navigation Company was the official name of the holding company that ran both the American Line and the Red Star Line from their foundation in 1871 to their merger into the International Mercantile Marine Co. in 1902.
International Necronautical Society The International Necronautical Society is a semi-fictional organisation devoted to exploring the concept of death and spatial analogies, closely modelled on European avant-gardes of the 20th century. It has mounted several events at the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
International Network for a United Nations Second Assembly The International Network for a United Nations Second Assembly, or INFUSA, is an organization devoted to the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly. According to Citizens for a United Nations People's Assembly, "In 1982, during the second UN Special Session on Disarmament, Jeffrey Segall presented a proposal for a study on 'a UN Second or Peoples Assembly' which became the basis for an International Network for a UN Second Assembly (INFUSA).
International Network for Social Network Analysis The International Network for Social Network Analysis is the professional association of social network analysis. The rapid increase in awareness of social networks, social network software, and social networking has led to lively discussions and influence beyond sheer numbers.
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) was established in 1992 by the International Council for Science (ICSU) to "improve access to information and knowledge through a commitment to capacity building in emerging and developing countries."
International Network for the Independent Oversight of Policing (INIOP) The International Network for the Independent Oversight of Policing, also known as INIOP was created to bring together organisations from around the world which are involved in the oversight of policing. The network's principal aims are to champion the effective oversight of policing; to provide opportunities for oversight bodies to share learning and best practice; to create minimum standards for oversight of policing; and to provide support to countries looking to maintain or setup effective oversight mechanisms.
International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) is a "world wide organization dedicated to the support of traditional building, the maintenance of local character and the creation of better places to live", based in the United Kingdom and under the patronage of Prince Charles. It operates the INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners (ICTP), a professional school for architects working in traditional styles.
International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials The International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials, also known by the acronym INLGO, is an organization of elected and appointed officials with their partners, activists, and others interested in networking with openly lesbian and gay officials.
International Networks (country code) International Networks is the name given by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to country calling code 882, and serves as a catch-all for telephone services not dedicated to a single country. Satellite telephone carriers, especially those with worldwide service, are allocated within the Global Mobile Satellite System (GMSS), country code 881, with the exception of non-terrestrial Inmarsat, country codes 870-874.
International New Thought Association International New Thought Alliance (INTA) is an umbrella organization facilitating the functioning of numerous branches, organizations, and individuals of the more than century-old New Thought movement. New Thought is a positive approach to living that emphasizes the practice of the presence of God for practical purposes.
International Nonproprietary Name An International Nonproprietary Name (INN; also known as rINN, for recommended International Nonproprietary Name) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO). The plethora of named proprietary preparations containing a given substance can lead to confusion about the identity of the active ingredient.
International Nuclear Event Scale The International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) was introduced by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents. A number of criteria and indicators are defined to assure coherent reporting of nuclear events by different official authorities.
International observance International observance (also known as international dedication or international anniversary) denotes a day, week, year, decade or other period of time under the Gregorian calendar which is set aside to observe some principal or issue of international interest or concern, to commemorate, promote and mobilize for action. Many of these periods have been established by the United Nations General Assembly, Economic and Social Council or by UNESCO.
International of Anarchist Federations The International of Anarchist Federations (IAF or IFA) was founded during an international anarchist conference in Carrara in 1968 by the three existing European federations of France, Italy and Spain as well as the Bulgarian federation in French exile. To counter the internationalisation of state and capitalist powers that are developing their influences ever rapidly on a global scale, the IFA has since aimed to build and improve strong and active international anarchist structures.
International organisations in Europe The following table lists the independent European states, and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties, and their use of the euro (€). Selected states in Asia, bordering Europe, have also been included.
International organization An international organization, or more formally intergovernmental organization (IGO), is an organization whose members are sovereign states or other IGOs (like the European Community and the WTO). Such organizations function according to the principles of intergovernmentalism, which means that unanimity is required.
International Office Centers The International Office Centers Corporation was on the 79th Floor of Building One of New York's World Trade Center. They provided temporary office space for remote, new and international companies on a month-to-month basis.
International Oil Company An International Oil Company (IOC) is an oil company that is majorly private owned. IOCs are opposed to National Oil Companies (NOCs), which have become increasingly dominant in the international petroleum market.
International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference The International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference or International Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht is the convocation of bishops in the Old Catholic Churches of Europe that are in communion with the Archbishop of Utrecht. It is similar to the Lambeth Conference in the Union's sister church, the Anglican Communion.
International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp The International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp (IOITC for short) is a one fortnight long annual training camp held in India to select and train students to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics. IOITC is the third and last stage of the Indian Computing Olympiad.
International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 396 AD. Its membership is 203 National Olympic Committees.
International Olympic Stadium International Olympic Stadium (Arabic: الملعب الأŮلمبي الدŮŮ„ŮŠ) is a 22,400 capacity multi-use stadium in Tripoli, Lebanon. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities .
International Online Music Awards The International Online Music Awards (IOMAs), is a music award competition organized by R Cat Communications. The IOMAs were established by R Cat Communications in October 2003 to give independent recording artists (who had music available for preview or download) the chance to vote for their fellow artists in a number of meaningful awards categories that had never previously existed before online.
International Open Source Network The International Open Source Network has as its slogan 'software freedom for all'. It is a Centre of Excellence for free software (also known as FLOSS, FOSS, or open-source software) in the Asia-Pacific region.
International Opium Convention The International Opium Convention, signed at The Hague on January 23, 1912, was the first international drug control treaty. The United States convened a 13-nation conference of the International Opium Commission in 1909 in Shanghai, China in response to increasing criticism of the opium trade.
International Order of Job's Daughters Now officially named Job's Daughters International (Sometimes abbreviated to JDI) and known throughout the world simply as Job's Daughters, is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Master Mason. It is the oldest of five Masonic sponsored organizations for girls, dating from 1920.
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls (IORG) is a youth service organization which teaches leadership training through community service. Girls (ages 11-20/21) learn about the value of charity and service through their work and involvement with their annual local and Grand (state or country) service projects.
International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor The International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor is a black fraternal organization and was best known as the sponsor of the Taborian Hospital. It was founded in 1872 in Independence, Missouri by Moses Dickson, an ex-slave.
International Organisation of Good Templars The International Organisation of Good Templars (formerly known as the International Order of Good Templars and the Independent Order of Good Templars) describe themselves as "the largest international non-governmental organisation working in the field of temperance".
International Organization for Migration The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization. It was initially established in 1951 as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM) to help resettle people displaced by World War II.
International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standards bodies. Founded on February 23 1947, the organization produces world-wide industrial and commercial standards, the so-called ISO standards.
International Organization for Sustainable Development The International Organization for Sustainable Development (IOSD) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting an understanding of Sustainable Development anchored in the needs and realities of developing countries.
International Organization of Legal Metrology The International Organization of Legal Metrology or Organization Internationale de MĂ©trologie LĂ©gale (OIML) is an intergovernmental treaty organization. It is made up of approximately 60 nations from around the world.
International Organization of Securities Commissions The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is an international organization that brings together the regulators of the world’s securities and futures markets. It, along with its sister organizations, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, together make up the Joint Forum of international financial regulators.
International Orienteering Federation The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is an international confederation of national orienteering organizations. Its primary activities are organized through standing Commissions that are each responsible for some aspect of the sport's development worldwide.
International Ornithological Committee The International Ornithological committee is a group of about 200 international ornithologists, and is responsible for the International Ornithological Congress and other international ornithological activities, undertaken by its Standing Committees.
International Ornithological Congress The International Ornithological Congress series forms the oldest and largest international series of meetings of ornithologists. It is organised by the International Ornithological Committee, a group of about 200 ornithologists.
International Orthodox Christian Charities International Orthodox Christian Charities, Inc. (IOCC), based in Baltimore, Maryland, was established in March 1992 as the official international humanitarian organization of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA).
International Osteoporosis Foundation The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), registered as a not-for-profit, non-governmental foundation in Switzerland, functions as a global alliance of patient, medical and research societies, scientists, health care professionals, and international companies concerned about osteoporosis and bone health. IOF headquarters are in Nyon, Switzerland, with a second secretariat, IOF France, located in Lyon, France.
International Oversight Advisory The IOA (or International Oversight Advisory) is a fictional civilian oversight committee in the television series Stargate SG-1. It was created after the existence of the Stargate program was revealed to the other permanent members of the UN Security Council "Disclosure" (Stargate SG-1).
International paleopsychology project The International paleopsychology project is an international scientific group founded in 1997 by multi-disciplinarian Howard Bloom to "trace the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10-32 seconds of the Big Bang to the present."
International political economy International political economy (IPE) is a perspective in the social sciences and history that analyzes international relations in combination with political economy. Ultimately, IPE is about the consequences on an international level of the interaction between the state (politics) and the market (economics).
International premium rate service International premium rate service (IPRS) refers to internationally available telephone-based premium services. It is analogous to "900" or "976" numbers in North America, which always incur a recipient-defined charge in excess of regular call charges.
International primate trade The international trade in primates sees 32,000 wild-caught primates sold on the international market every year. They are sold for food, for use in animal testing, for exhibition in zoos and circuses, and for private use as companion animals.
International Packet Switched Service The International Packet Switched Service (IPSS) was created in 1978 by a collaboration between the UK's General Post Office, Western Union International, and Tymnet. This network grew from Europe and the US to cover Canada, Hong Kong and Australia by 1981, and by the 1990s it provided a worldwide networking infrastructure.
International Paneuropean Union The International Paneuropean Union claims to be the oldest European unification movement and is also referred to as the Paneuropean Movement and the Pan-Europa Movement. It began with the publishing of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi's manifesto Paneuropa (1923), which presented the idea of a unified European State.
International Paper International Paper () is an American pulp and paper company, the largest pulp and paper company in the world and the largest private owner of timberland in the United States. It has approximately 83,000 employees.
International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is an international non-profit organisation of elite sports for athletes with disabilities. Founded on September 22, 1989, the mission of the organization is To Enable Paralympic Athletes to Achieve Sporting Excellence and Inspire and Excite the World.
International Partnership for Microbicides The International Partnership for Microbicides or IPM is a non-profit product development partnership (PDP) established in 2002 to prevent HIV transmission by accelerating the development and availability of a safe and effective microbicide for use by women in developing countries.
International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza President George W. Bush announced the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza in his remarks to the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on September 14, 2005, in New York.
International Patent Classification The International Patent Classification (IPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system created under the Strasbourg Agreement (1971) and updated on a regular basis by a Committee of Experts, consisting of representatives of the Contracting States of that Agreement with observers from other organisations, such as the European Patent Office. The Strasbourg Agreement is one of a number of treaties administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
International Patent Institute The International Patent Institute (or IIB standing for Institut International des Brevets, its French name) was an intellectual property organisation established on June 6, 1947 in The Hague, Netherlands, by a set of European countries, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. It was integrated into the European Patent Organisation on January 1 1978.
International Patching System The International Patching System (commonly called "IPS") is an old file format that became a standard to patching various files near 16 megabytes in size with an unlimited amount of 1–65,535 byte clusters and RLE. Its fame was gained for patching translations to video game ROMs.
International Peace Operations Association The International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) is a non-governmental trade association committed to promoting high operational and ethical standards of firms active in the Peace and Stability Industry; engaging in a constructive dialogue with policy-makers about the growing and positive contribution of these firms to the enhancement of international peace, development, and human security; and informing the concerned public about the activities and role of the industry. The organisation was founded by Doug Brooks in April 2001.
International Peace Prize International Peace Prize was an award, established on the First World Congress of Peace followers, held in April, 1949, in Paris. It was awarded by the World Peace Council to people, who worked in various fields of science and arts, for works of art and literature, scientific papers and films, that promoted strengthening peace among peoples.
International Pentecostal Holiness Church The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a Pentecostal Christian body whose history, name, and theology bear the marks of two major American revival movements: the holiness revival of the late 19th century, and the pentecostal revival of the early 20th century. The Methodist Episcopal Church, South adopted a statement in 1894 which opposed the growing holiness movement in the church.
International Permafrost Association The International Permafrost Association (IPA), founded in 1983, has as its objectives to foster the dissemination of knowledge concerning permafrost and to promote cooperation among persons and national or international organisations engaged in scientific investigation and engineering work related to permafrost and seasonally frozen ground. The IPA became an Affiliated Organisation of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) in July 1989.
International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative The International Pernambuco Conservation Initiative, or IPCI, is a group of bowmakers seeking solutions to the increasing rarity of Brazilwood, or Pernambuco. This wood, which is the favourite material of violin bows, is obtained from an endangered species, Caesalpinia echinata.
International Petroleum Exchange The International Petroleum Exchange, based in London, is one of the world's largest energy futures and options exchanges. Brent Crude is a world benchmark for oil prices, but the exchange also handles futures contracts and options on Oil gas, natural gas, electricity (baseload and peakload), and, as of 22 April, 2005, European Climate Exchange (ECX).
International PEN International PEN, the worldwide association of writers, was founded in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere; to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes killed for their views. It is the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization.
International Pharmaceutical Federation The International Pharmaceutical Federation or Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique, abbreviated as FIP, is an international federation of national organisations that represent pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. It was founded in 1912 and is based in The Hague in the Netherlands.
International Pharmacy Graduate Program The International Pharmacy Graduate (IPG) Program (link) is an educational bridging program for foreign-trained pharmacists to allow them to meet entry-to-practice requirements in Canada. It was designed to provide foreign pharmacists with the knowledge and cultural understandings in order to practice pharmacy as it is meant to be in Canada.
International Philosophy Olympiad The International Philosophy Olympiad (IPO) is an international philosophy competition for high school students organized by the FISP (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie) and supported by the UNESCO.
International Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists. It is intended to provide a standardized, accurate and unique way of representing the sounds of any spoken language, and is used, often on a day-to-day basis, by linguists, speech pathologists and therapists, foreign language teachers, lexicographers, and translators.
International Photo-Engravers Union of North America International Photo-Engravers' Union of North America (IPEU) was a labor union formed in 1904 to represent halftone photoengravers in the printing industry. Its successor union is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Change to Win Federation.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) is a worldwide grouping of 60 national medical organizations. IPPNW uses research, education and advocacy to help prevent nuclear war and encourage the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
International Planned Parenthood Federation The International Planned Parenthood Federation is a global non-governmental organization with the broad aims of promoting sexual and reproductive health, and advocating the right of individuals to make their own choices in family planning. It was first formed in 1952 in Bombay, India, and now consists of more than 149 Member Associations working in more than 189 countries.
International Plant Protection Convention The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) is an international treaty organization that works to prevent the international spread of plant diseases. Among its functions are the maintenance of lists of plant pests, tracking of pest outbreaks, and coordination of technical assistance between member nations.
International Plaza and Bay Street International Plaza and Bay Street is a large upscale shopping mall located in the Westshore business district of Tampa, Florida. The mall, which opened in 2001, was built to give travelers an option to shop and dine in high-class surroundings, while at the same time be able to stay near Tampa International Airport (which borders the property).
International Plus, Advanced & Challenge Square Dance Convention The international Plus, Advanced & Challenge Square Dance Convention, also known as iPAC is an international square dance event that has taken place every two years in Barmstedt, Germany since 1993. It usually occurs in the middle of July, the first week after school gets out in the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein.
International Poetry Festival of Rosario The International Poetry Festival of Rosario (in Spanish, Festival Internacional de PoesĂa de Rosario) is a cultural event organized in Rosario, Argentina. It gathers public and poets from Argentina and other countries, especially Latin American ones, and includes poetry readings, workshops, lectures, and stage plays.
International Polar Year The International Polar Year (or IPY) was a collaborative, international effort researching the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian navy officer, motivated the endeavor, but died before it first occurred in 1882-1883.
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