WCIT was founded in 1978. Since then the World Congress has become the world's leading information technology gathering with prominent speakers from all over the world.

Overview hosts:

2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2006 Austin, USA
2004 Athens, Greece
2002 Adelaide, Australia
2000 Chinese Taipei
1998 Fairfax, USA
1996 Bilbao, Spain
1994 Yokohama, Japan
1992 London, England
1990 Washington D.C., USA
1988 Paris, France
1986 Toronto, Canada
1984 Tokyo, Japan
1982 Copenhagen, Denmark
1980 San Francisco, USA
1978 Barcelona, Spain