In the late 1980s, Multimedia Ventures' partners worked at the UK 's National Interactive Video Centre, Europe 's first support centre for interactive media Founded in 1991, Multimedia Ventures serves a European client base and has a proven track record of working with multinational companies, government departments and agencies, the European Commission, trade associations, charities and SMEs Having provided the Secretariat to the British Interactive Multimedia Association and organised the annual BIMA Conference and Awards for several years, we went on to launch our own awards' event for the smart card industry in 1999 and to provide full service event management services for a range of organisations