New IASA Registration Fee Structure Will Feel Like Déjà Vu

By Joe Pomilia

So much has changed in the past 10 or so years, in fact the year 1999 seems like a lifetime ago.  Just think, back then only about one out of three people even had a cell phone!  Thinking how attached we all are to cell phones and gadgets these days, that seems truly amazing to me.  Further, we didn’t know about “social networking,” Facebook, MySpace and the like, but come to think of it perhaps living without social media wasn’t all that bad.  From a personal career standpoint it feels like I have been at IASA for a very long time, but back in 1999, I was still a year removed from joining the association.  I bet if you think back to what you were doing in 1999 you will probably feel the same as I do. 

Along that line of thinking, IASA may not have mastered time travel, but the association is committed to making certain insurance industry professionals and IASA members get a “blast from the past.”  For the 2010 IASA Annual Educational Conference & Business Show, our “new” registration price rollback opportunity should give a lot of people the feeling the new millennium hasn’t yet happened.  For the very first time, IASA is going to offer a tiered registration rate that will allow companies to significantly reduce the average per attendee registration price.

The new tiered registration rate will mean that hundreds of 2010 conference attendees will experience all that IASA has to offer this June, in Texas, for as little as $500.  That is basically the same rate that attendees paid way back in 1999!  At a time like this, where value is the driving force for many expenditure decisions, and training dollars are hard to come by, IASA has found a way to improve on our already impressive value proposition.

Just think, more than 75 educational sessions in three tracks (Accounting, Risk Management & Finance or A.R.F., Career Skills Development or C.S.D., and Technology or TECH), super sessions for each track, keynotes by thought leaders and motivators, access to the industry’s largest exhibit hall, networking opportunities and more…all for a new low price!  Here’s how it works.

The new tiered rate provides a $150 discount off the applicable registration rate ($650 early bird member or $850 regular rate member) once two individuals from a company have already registered to attend the conference.  The $150 discount has no limit level either, so any number of additional attendees will all be afforded the $150 rate discount.  What that means is that a company that sends, for example, ten people, all by the early bird discount cutoff would pay a total of just $5,300 (two at $650 and eight at $500) in registration fees, or an average registration rate per person of just $530 overall.

So, enjoy a little Déjà vu when you register for the 2010 IASA Annual Educational Conference & Business Show this year. Think about the good old days of the past.  The conference program will be cutting edge and up-to-date, but the price will remind you of a bygone era. We’re looking forward to seeing you in Orlando!

Joe Pomilia is the executive director of IASA.  He can be reached via email at jpomilia@iasa.org.