The 7th International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE11) was held July 25–28 2011 at the Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. The general chairs were Ahmad Lotfi (Nottingham Trent University), and Sean Hanna (Bartlett School of Graduate Studies, University College London). Juan Carlos Augusto (University of Ulster) and Achilles Kameas (Hellenic Open University and Computer Technology Institute), served as program chairs. This article presents a report of the conference.

The development of intelligent environments is considered the first and primary step toward the realization of the ambient intelligence vision and requires input from research and contributions from several scientific and engineering disciplines, including computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, architecture, social sciences, art, and design. IE conferences create a unique blend of researchers in these disciplines and foster crossdisciplinary discussions, debate, and collaborations. The Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE 10) was held July 19-21 at the Sunway campus of Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The general chairs were Simon Egerton of Monash University and Ichiro Satoh of the Japanese National Institute of Informatics. Vic Callaghan of the University of Essex, UK, and Achilles Kameas of the Hellenic Open University and Computer Technology Institute, Greece, served as program chairs.

The development of intelligent environments is considered an important step toward the realization of the ambient intelligence vision. Greece, served as program chairs. The previous four editions of the IE conference have been held at the University of Essex, UK (in 2005), at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (in 2006), at the University of Ulm, Germany (in 2007), and at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA (in 2008). The development of intelligent environments is About 120 delegates attended the workshops considered the first and primary step toward the and the conference. These included representatives realization of the ambient intelligence vision.