european university information systems (eunis) was created in 1993. following an organisation for economic co-operation and development (oecd) study and seminar in 1993 on "impact of information technology on higher education", a first meeting was held in amsterdam considering the value of a european organization. the actual founding meeting took place in paris. it was attended by scholars from eight countries: belgium (bruno paternostre), denmark (ole carsten pedersen), finland (kristel sarlin, pentti korhonen), france (yves epelboin), germany (jan von knop), ireland (john moriarty), the netherlands (chris hendriks) and the united kingdom (mike collin, john heap, robin mcdonough).