IAEE Membership Packages
IAEE is a trade association, which means your IAEE membership is a company membership. We offer a wide array of membership packages to accommodate businesses of all sizes. What are you waiting for? Join the IAEE community today!
Company Advantages with Membership
The organization enjoys unlimited employees on your roster and roster contacts may be added/removed/updated at any time.
No Transaction Fee
- There is no membership application fee to join.
Significant Savings
- Membership provides discounts on other services included IAEE Career Center where you may search for resumes and post open job opportunities.
- Enrolled employees receive additional registration discounts on IAEE events and the Certified in Exhibition Management (CEM) Learning program.
Employee Advantages with Membership
Employees have access to tools and resources including MemberLink – IAEE’s online community, Chapters, Member Directories, member-only marketplaces and community discussions.
Employee Opportunities:
- Enrolled employees become eligible to apply to serve on one of IAEE’s Global community committees, councils or task forces. They may also be eligible to serve as local chapter leaders on IAEE Chapter boards and volunteer committees.
- New organizer members receive a full meeting pass to Expo! Expo! at a discounted rate to their first event for any employees on the membership roster.
Membership Types
Industry Membership
Industry Membership
Definitions and Conditions of Industry Membership
Industry Membership Definition
An organization that is engaged in the exhibitions and events industry as an organizer/planner or supplier of products, services, and or solutions (consultative or other). Dues for industry members are based on gross annual exhibition and events revenues derived from the industry. While the primary member representative of the company can allow for any number of members on the company roster, this classification receives one vote per member organization. Listed below are the categories of membership.
Please note: The IAEE Membership Department verifies the information provided by an organization via the company website and has the right to change membership type or category, including denying membership based on the application submission.
Organizer/Planner Industry Member
An organization is eligible for Organizer/Planner membership if they organize, manage, and or plan exhibitions, events, conferences, congresses, and or meetings. This includes organizations that have a team or department that spends more than 51% of its time planning or organizing exhibitions, events, conferences, congresses and/or meetings.
Other Conditions of Membership
- All members on the company roster must be employees of the company. (1099 contracted service providers may join IAEE separately.)
- Company must provide the name(s) of shows produced and corresponding information on the largest show produced.
- This category is not eligible to solicit services through IAEE, therefore, will not have a listing as a supplier member.
Supplier Industry Member
An organization is eligible for Supplier membership if it is engaged in providing/selling products and/or services to customers related to exhibitions, events, conferences, congresses, and/or meetings. *This includes any independent or third-party event companies that also provide consulting services, sales support, sponsorship, digital platform, and official service contracting to their customers.
Other Conditions of Membership
- All members on the company roster must be employees of the company. (1099 contracted service providers may join IAEE separately.)
- This category is eligible to solicit services through IAEE.
Industry Membership Pricing
“Annual exhibition and event revenue” is defined as income received from your exhibition(s) and events(s), or if a supplier, revenue related to the industry, for the last completed fiscal year.
Annual Revenues
Annual Dues
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$0 to $500,000 $639
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$500,001-$2,000,000 $1,179
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$2,000,001-$5,000,000 $1,799
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$5,000,001-$10,000,000 $2,809
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$10,000,001-$18,000,000 $4,209
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$18,000,001-$30,000,000 $6,499
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$30,000,001-$60,000,00 $11,009
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$60,000,001-$100,000,000 $16,449
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$100,000,000-$200,000,000 $24,499
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$200,000,001-$500,000,000 $32,099
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$500,000,001-$1,000,000,000 $40,599
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$1,000,000,001 + $49,659
Event Facility Membership
Event Facility Membership
An organization, such as a convention, conference, exposition center or hotel, which provides space for conducting exhibitions and buyer-seller events in North America. Dues are based on gross square footage of exhibition, conference and meeting space. This classification receives one vote per member organization.
“Gross square footage” is defined as the total square footage available for use in meetings, buyer-seller events and exhibitions.
Any organization that may be classified under either of the categories may use either method of dues calculations.
Event Facility Membership
Gross Square Footage
Annual Dues
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0 to 199,999 $639
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200,000 to 399,999 $1,179
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400,000 to 699,999 $1,799
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700,000 to 899,999 $2,809
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900,000 to 1,499,999 $4,209
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1,500,000+ $6,499
Corporate Event or Exhibit Marketer Membership
Corporate Event or Exhibit Marketer Membership
An individual or organization that uses or creates experiential events to market programs, products and/or services to both business-to business and business-to-consumer organizations. Organizations producing their own event(s), will take precedence over event or exhibit marketer, and they would fall under the Industry Member Category. This classification receives one vote per member organization.
Global Memberships (Outside North America)
Global Memberships (Outside North America)
Outside North America (For Organizations)
An organization that meets the qualifications for Industry Member or Event Facility Member, except its established place of business is outside North America. Dues are based on a flat fee. This classification receives one vote per member organization.
Outside United States (For Individuals)
An individual that is engaged in the management, planning, production or promotion of exhibitions and similar events to bring buyers and sellers together and are located outside the United States. This membership is available for suppliers and organizers.
Academia Memberships
Academia Memberships
Educational Institution
An educational institution membership includes both faculty and students of the institution. All designated individuals employed as faculty in post-secondary academic programs, whose main employment, remuneration, direction and efforts must be in a recognized academic institution, and they must be considered an employee with their institution. Also included in this membership are all students engaged full-time in a program at the college or university recorded as an IAEE Educational Institution Member. This classification is non-voting.
For Faculty:
- Access to many different communities, such as Higher Ed Faculty, Women in leadership, Young Professionals, and many more – Communities IAEE
- Access to content and teaching tools as well as networking other faculty members within the IAEE’s online Higher Ed Faculty Community through IAEE’s MemberLink platform.
- Access to IAEE knowledge, learning and networking through our events: EXPO! EXPO! IAEE’s Annual Meeting and Exhibition, IAEE Leadership Institute, and Women’s Leadership Forum; educational webinars and Access Knowledge Hub; and IAEE Certification Journey (Certified in Exhibition Management (CEM) Professional Designation), Education – International Association of Exhibitions and Events
- Access to IMEX-IAEE Faculty Engagement Programs, IMEX Frankfurt and IMEX America.
- Access to Faculty Insights, a free, informal forum to connect and engage with your faculty peers.
- Engage with other faculty and students at our College and Student Meet-Up at Expo! Expo!
Member pricing on the 6th Edition of The Art of the Textbook, Skills Matrix and Job Descriptions Template and other publications. Opportunity to receive a PDF version of the Art of the Show textbook, sent upon request. IAEE – Publications
- Access for your students at your institution to receive many benefits, such IAEE’s Career Center, webinars, mentor programs, scholarships, networking, and connections to help with their education and experience to enter the industry. Students – IAEE
- Access to CEIR data and reports that supports the value of participating in face-to-face exhibitions and events.
Home – Center for Exhibition Industry Research - Review of academic research papers and faculty poster sessions dealing with innovation in meetings, exhibitions, events, hospitality, and convention industry.
- Connect with fellow professors throughout the U.S. and around the world.
- Receive tips and trends on the challenges of exhibitions and events to share with your students.
- Volunteer to speak at events, author articles, volunteer for a committee and much more. IAEE offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities: Governance – International Association of Exhibitions and Events
For Students:
- IAEE provides students with career resources through the use of IAEE’s Career Center and ExhibitionIndustryJobs.com
- Looking for scholarship opportunities, IAEE provides the Helen Brett™ Scholarship and the IAEE DE&I Scholarship
- IAEE offers free participation in IAEE’s monthly webinars ranging in topics such as career tips, event marketing, promotional products at trade shows and venue sustainability
- IAEE provides students with a quarterly young professional newsletter that provides tools to land their first job after graduation, and resources to network with industry professionals.
- Connect with young professionals in the industry throughout the U.S. and around the world through our Young Professionals website.
- Network with IAEE members and IAEE’s young professionals through LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and IAEE discussion groups on MemberLink.
- Engage with other faculty, students, professionals and exhibitors in this industry at Expo! Expo! Annual Meeting and Exhibition
- Automatic enrollment in a chapter allows you to gain hands-on leadership experience and expand your industry knowledge, as well as gain prospective references.
- Become connected with a mentor who will help mold you into the industry professional you wish to become though the Mentor Match Program.
- Access to CEIR data and reports that support the value of participating in face-to-face exhibitions and events for writing papers and conducting research. Home – Center for Exhibition Industry Research
Faculty Membership
A Faculty Membership is a member who is teaching or directing a program at a college or university approved by the IAEE Board of Directors. Faculty Membership is for individuals employed as faculty in post-secondary academic programs, whose main employment, remuneration, direction and efforts must be in a recognized academic institution, and they must be considered an employee with their institution.
Benefits
- Access to many different communities, such as Higher Ed Faculty, Women in leadership, Young Professionals, and many more – Communities IAEE
- Access to content and teaching tools as well as networking other faculty members within the IAEE’s online Higher Ed Faculty Community through IAEE’s MemberLink platform.
- Access to IAEE knowledge, learning and networking through our events: EXPO! EXPO! IAEE’s Annual Meeting and Exhibition, IAEE Leadership Institute, and Women’s Leadership Forum; educational webinars and Access Knowledge Hub; and IAEE Certification Journey (Certified in Exhibition Management (CEM) Professional Designation), Education – International Association of Exhibitions and Events
- Access to IMEX-IAEE Faculty Engagement Programs, IMEX Frankfurt and IMEX America.
- Access to Faculty Insights, a free, informal forum to connect and engage with your faculty peers.
- Engage with other faculty and students at our College and Student Meet-Up at Expo! Expo!
Member pricing on the 6th Edition of The Art of the Textbook, Skills Matrix and Job Descriptions Template and other publications. Opportunity to receive a PDF version of the Art of the Show textbook, sent upon request. IAEE – Publications
- Access for your students at your institution to receive many benefits, such IAEE’s Career Center, webinars, mentor programs, scholarships, networking, and connections to help with their education and experience to enter the industry. Students – IAEE
- Access to CEIR data and reports that supports the value of participating in face-to-face exhibitions and events.
Home – Center for Exhibition Industry Research - Review of academic research papers and faculty poster sessions dealing with innovation in meetings, exhibitions, events, hospitality, and convention industry.
- Connect with fellow professors throughout the U.S. and around the world.
- Receive tips and trends on the challenges of exhibitions and events to share with your students.
- Volunteer to speak at events, author articles, volunteer for a committee and much more. IAEE offers a wide range of volunteer opportunities: Governance – International Association of Exhibitions and Events
Student Membership
A Student Membership is for an individual who is engaged full-time in a program at a college or university approved by the IAEE Board of Directors. Student members shall not be entitled to vote, hold office or be a Director in the association.
Benefits
- IAEE provides students with career resources through the use of IAEE’s Career Center and ExhibitionIndustryJobs.com
- Looking for scholarship opportunities, IAEE provides the Helen Brett™ Scholarship and the IAEE DE&I Scholarship
- IAEE offers free participation in IAEE’s monthly webinars ranging in topics such as career tips, event marketing, promotional products at trade shows and venue sustainability
- IAEE provides students with a quarterly young professional newsletter that provides tools to land their first job after graduation, and resources to network with industry professionals.
- Connect with young professionals in the industry throughout the U.S. and around the world through our Young Professionals website.
- Network with IAEE members and IAEE’s young professionals through LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and IAEE discussion groups on MemberLink.
- Engage with other faculty, students, professionals and exhibitors in this industry at Expo! Expo! Annual Meeting and Exhibition Home – Expo! Expo!
- Automatic enrollment in a chapter allows you to gain hands-on leadership experience and expand your industry knowledge, as well as gain prospective references.
- Become connected with a mentor who will help mold you into the industry professional you wish to become though the Mentor Match Program.
- Access to CEIR data and reports that support the value of participating in face-to-face exhibitions and events for writing papers and conducting research. Home – Center for Exhibition Industry Research
Retired Membership
Retired Membership
A Retired Membership is an individual who has been a member of IAEE, or a designated representative of a Voting Member of IAEE, for ten (10) or more years, and who is retired and no longer employed in the exhibitions and events industry. For the purpose of this definition, “employed” shall mean substantial remuneration for any labor. Retired members shall not be entitled to vote, hold office or be a Director in the association.
