By the grace of Allah, we have come a long way. Alhamdulillah, this is our 8th convention. You can read about the previous conventions below: RIS1 (Jan. 4th - 5th, 2003) RIS2 (Jan. 2nd - 4th, 2004) RIS3 (Dec. 24th - 26th, 2004) RIS4 (Dec. 23rd - 29th, 2005) RIS5 (Dec. 22nd - 28th, 2006) RIS6 (Dec. 24th - 31st, 2007) RIS7 (Dec. 26th - 28th, 2008)