The decision to create the International Mediterranean & Latin American Council of Simulation in order to establish a Modeling & Simulation reference was supported by a rationale that justified the institution of a Mediterranean network.

In fact our proposal was based on the existing situation in Europe, Mediterranean and Latin America even considering feedback, indications as well as requests from the scientific simulation community.

We consider our responsibility and duty to represent the potential of simulation in this area and to promote I-M-CS. This Simulation Networking Initiative was motivated by the need to guarantee that an extended scientific community, such as the Mediterranean and Latin American Cultural Area (South Europe, South America, North Africa), were properly represented and active at an international level. This action was helpful to avoid any unbalanced clustering and concentration of the activities that extend over a much wider context into some restricted areas.

In fact the role of Mediterranean and Latin American Cultural Countries in the simulation research and development sector was defined along with actions to ensure that the I-M-CS will remains as permanent Institution and not just as a temporary initiative. In effect, modern computer simulation has been developed mainly in the Anglo-Saxon environment, and therefore we also want to contribute to the definition and development of modern M&S.

Since middle of '90 the Mediterranean Simulation Excellence Centers have been developing innovative projects, acting as major contributors in the worldwide scenario. International events in these areas were a real success as they attracted the world community through the presentation of extensive and outstanding regional activities while proposing new developments.

Based on such considerations in 2002, we decided to overcome the vagueness of the current panorama, where everything is defined as useful and correct, while in reality no new projects or long-term strategies are focusing on our geographical areas. Our feeling was based on the awareness of our current expertise and cultural roots, in which sites, times and historical events are combined in a complex matrix worthy of further analysis: historical Mediterranean episodes are sometimes more famous for their cultural impact than the events themselves, and evidence has shown that simulation issues were being addressed even in the ancient past.

As result of these actions, I-M-CS was established as Regional Council of the International Society for Modeling & Simulation (scs) since 2004.

Among first step the I-M-CS has taken charge of organizing the European Fall Conference (European Modeling & Simulation Conference) in conjunction with other classical events such as: MAS and IMAACA; in the same years HMS Conference was organized in Brazil to promote Simulation among Latin American Communities.

Along the last years I-M-CS raised to become one of the most active Networks in Modeling & Simulation, organizing events with over 500 attendees from 54 countries; in 2011 the National Modeling & Simulation Society involving several active groups and institutions in Russia joined I-M-CS and currently the Society is growing up to become a major reference in Simulation Community.