Rainer Malaka attended the IFIP Board Meeting in Toronto, Canada from march 25th to 27th. The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organization in Information and Communications Technologies and Sciences and is recognized by the United Nations and other world bodies. It represents IT Societies from over 38 countries or regions, covering all 5 continents with a total membership of over half a million. Rainer is an elected Councillor of the IFIP Board consisting of 16 members.