Kick off your IAF experience with our Registration & Welcome Coffee session. As you check in and pick up your materials, take a moment to grab a cup of coffee and start connecting with fellow attendees. Who will you meet this morning? This is your first opportunity to engage with the diverse mix of professionals, thought leaders, and innovators gathered for the event. Whether you're here to catch up with familiar faces or introduce yourself to new ones, this informal gathering sets the stage for the networking and discussions ahead. Enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, settle in, and get ready for an inspiring day of insights and connections.

with Kai Troll, President of ASSOCIATIONWORLD and CEO, EuropeActive

As we kick off this exciting event, we’ll start with an engaging Icebreaker to get to know who’s in the room. Who are the association thought leaders, innovators, and change-makers joining us today? This session is designed to help you connect with fellow attendees right from the start, breaking down barriers and setting the tone for collaboration and open dialogue. Share a bit about yourself, your organization, and what you’re hoping to gain from IAF. This is your chance to make meaningful connections, discover potential partnerships, and ensure that you maximize your experience over the next two days. Let’s find out who’s here and start building the community that will drive the conversations and insights at this year’s forum. 

Interactive moderated leadership and governance panel discussion.

What are YOUR challenges? Let's hear from the delegates.

Interactive Discussion and Workshop. Facilitated Session.

The Coffee Break offers a perfect opportunity to recharge and connect with fellow attendees in a relaxed, informal setting. How can you make the most of these brief moments between sessions? Use this time to discuss the insights you've gathered so far, exchange ideas with peers, and expand your professional network— this pause is as much about building relationships as it is about taking a breather.

This session focussed on the development of the right membership value propositions to your association members. Emilia Happel will share her best-practice and the transformation of EuropeActive's approach towards improve membership models and the value propositions to the organisation's diverse membership commmunities. 

What are YOUR challenges in this areas?

In this session you will learn about:

• the challenges of the transformation process
• the conclusions coming from a wide performed membership analysis
• the new membership levels and value propositions
• new membership engagement oppotinities

A tour of The CCD. 

Partnership and collaboration between Failte Ireland, associtions and event planners:

1. How can associations and Failte Ireland work together as partners to create more impactful events in Ireland? What support can Failte Ireland provide to associations when organizing events? What funding support is available for events and conferences in Ireland?

2. Sharing of best practice cases on collaboration between Failte Ireland and associations.

Session overview

• Introduction to the Fáilte Ireland's Impact & Legacy programme and the intentional Impact Projects
• Intentional Impact Projects Spotlights
• Cases:  Autism Europe + International Social Housing Festival  
• Impact intention – providing an overview of the event's impact intention Challenge → Legacy/impact initiative → Change achieved
• Group Breakout Discussions, Reports and Reflections
• Advice and Recommendations

Best Practice shared by a leading medical association on events fundraising.

Interactive keynote, sharing insights on building genuine digital communities, using social media as a force for positive impact, and translating passion into meaningful engagement for associations, charities, and nonprofits.