Berchtesgaden (RWH) The date of the 64th Conference of the International Luge Federation (FIL) has now been set. The FIL announced in Berchtesgaden that the annual meeting of the international organisation would take place on 17 and 18 June 2016 in the previously selected location of Lake Placid in the US state of New York. The 2017 Conference will be held in Romania, as decided by the 63rd FIL Conference in PyeongChang in June. The precise location is still to be decided.