In 2014, the Research Community, Electronic Media (Electronic Media eV Forschungsgemeinschaft elektronische Medien e.V. – FeM), supported the streaming & recording technology and personnel requirements for the 31st Chaos Communication Congress (31C3), an annual four-day conference on technology, society and utopia.
The Congress offers lectures, workshops and various events on many topics including, but not limited to, information technology, developing critical-creative attitude towards technology, as well as discussions about the effects of technological advances on society.
Electronic Media eV (FeM) is the largest student association of the Ilmenau University of Technology. The association was founded in 1997 and now has about 1,800 members.