History of ITHET events: In the year 2000, UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics of Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey initiated a conference series, under the title; Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training -ITHET. Below is a list of the conferences held to date.

• ITHET 2000: Istanbul, Turkey, July 3-5, 2000
• ITHET 2001: Kumamoto, Japan, July 4-6, 2001
• ITHET 2002: Budapest, Hungary, July 4-6, 2002
• ITHET 2003: Marrakesh, Morocco, July 7-9, 2003
• ITHET 2004: Istanbul, Turkey, May 31-June 2, 2004
• ITHET 2005: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, July 7-9, 2005
• ITHET 2006: Sydney, Australia, July 10-13, 2006
• ITHET 2007: Kumamoto, Japan, on July 10-13, 2007

Almost all of these conferences enjoyed the technical co-sponsorship of IEEE IES and the proceedings appeared on IEEE Xplore. Many prestigious institutions, such as ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education), IGIP (International Society for Engineering Education) and EAEEIE (European Association for Education in Electrical and Information Engineering) have extended their technical co-operation to the conference and encouraged their members to participate. Thre has been a lull period during the last 2 years and ITHET 2010 will now be held in Cappadocia, Turkey, during 29 April - 1 May 2010.