What’s on for association planners?
Discover networking and education specially designed for association planners
Our program is tailored to meet the needs of association professionals.
Experience a day of specialist education at Association Focus, build new contacts at Association Social, and meet with global suppliers for your future events.
Association Focus
Whether you’re an association leader or an association events professional looking for a way to navigate the unprecedented challenges facing associations today, this is the event for you.
Led by expert global speakers, our collaborative program offers insight, inspiration and resolutions.
AV provided by Encore
For more information contact: laura.lewis@imexevents.com
Hosted buyer program
If you regularly plan or commission international events, apply to join our hosted buyer program. You'll enjoy free and flexible flights (from Europe—and long-haul too if you're coming as part of a hosted buyer group), free accommodations and our acclaimed VIP treatment. Uniquely flexible, tailored to each group or individual, defined by mutual commitment and supported by our team of dedicated (and devoted) relationship managers, the IMEX hosted buyer program stands apart. Dare we say it? (Yes, we do.) It's simply better!
Head to our Knowledge Hub for articles on current trends, issues and opportunities for the global meetings industry, including these three:
Carbon measurement for the events industry: where to start
We spoke to Anna Abdelnoor, isla CEO and Founder, about isla’s purpose and the progress the UK events industry is making on sustainability, set out in their inaugural Temperature Check Report.
Ready to take the next step?
Join us at IMEX Frankfurt 2026.
Association Social
After Association Focus, join us for an informal networking evening of drinks and canapés. This is a great way to catch up with your peers, make valuable new contacts and celebrate the start of IMEX.
If you’re registered as an association executive for Association Focus, you’re automatically on our guest list for Association Social.
Exhibitors who are members of AIPC, ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership, DI, ESAE, IACC, IAEE, IAPCO, ICCA or PCMA are also invited to join the celebration.