EMDC History
1st —Sept 2010, Germany, 130 people (32 organizations)
No pre-EMDC training (just 3.5 days of EMDC)
2nd—March/April 2012, Germany, 200 people (70 organizations)
3 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (75 participate in the training)
Video, Audio, Web
3rd—April 2013, Thailand, 224 people (81 organizations)
9 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (120 participants in the training)
Video 1, Video 2, Audio 1, Audio 2, Web Development, Orality/Storytelling,
Ethnoarts, Mobile Production (using only mobile), Mobile Applications
4th—April 2014, Thailand, 320 people (99 organizations)
11 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (194 participants in the training)
Added Tracks: Culturally Intelligent Media (Anthropology), Discovery Scripture Groups
5th—April 2015, Netherlands, 380 people (130 organizations)
15 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (201 participated in the Training)
Added Tracks: Becoming an On-Line Trainer, Animation, Research Methods for Effective Media and Communication, Digital Engagement including Archiving
6th—April 2016, Thailand, 450 people (138 organizations)
14 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (270 participated in the Training)
Added Tracks: Storyboarding; Scripture Engagement Games; Scripture Engagement and Trauma Healing
7th—April 2017, Netherlands, 420 people (146 organizations) (Over 30 registrants were denied visas)
15 Tracks of pre-EMDC training (270 participated in the Training)
Added Tracks: Culture Meets Scripture; Scripture Engagement; Film Dubbing.
8th—March 2018, Thailand , 725 people (193 organizations), 18 Tracks of pre-EMDC (490 people). Added Tracks: Using Bloom in Scripture Engagement; Creating eLearning Content and Curriculum; Added Korean Workers’ Summit (25 March).
9th—April 2019, Netherlands, 602 people (210 organizations), (Over 55 registrants were denied visas, representing many organizations). Added post-EMDC with total of 27 Tracks of pre-EMDC and post-EMDC Training (400+ people).
10th—30 March – 02 April, 2020, Thaiand, pre-EMDC Training (25-28 March), and post-EMDC Training (03-06 April). Around 900 people were registered when the decision was made in February (2020) to cancel due to Covid.
10th—June 2022, Netherlands, 250? people (210 organizations), (Over 100 registrants were denied visas due to covid and vaccines, representing many organizations). This was only 4-days fo EMDC with no EMDC training before or after.