“This was ASAE’s first-ever Annual Meeting in Cleveland and, by many measures, it qualifies as one of our most successful meetings anywhere,” said ASAE President and CEO Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE. “Special thanks to our attendees, partners, speakers and our host city of Cleveland for embracing the theme of the conference, ‘In Unity, We Thrive,’ and really exemplifying the power of our community to come together and explore new thinking, address challenges and unlock opportunities that propel our industry forward.”

As the largest annual gathering of the association industry worldwide, the ASAE Annual Meeting serves as a cornerstone for the association community to connect, share insights and shape the future of the profession. With more than 100 education sessions spanning every facet of association management, attendees experienced unparalleled opportunities to learn, network and collaborate with peers from around the world. Attendees also made valuable connections to providers at the sold-out Expo. The buyer-to-seller ratio at the 2024 ASAE Annual Meeting was 63% buyers to 37% sellers.

Mason noted ASAE’s special partnership with Destination Cleveland, which not only included months of preparation to host more than 5,000 ASAE attendees, but also collaboration on ASAE’s Meeting Community Needs initiative and support for the ASAE Research Foundation’s Future Leaders Professional Development Scholarship program. Destination Cleveland was the first destination marketing organization to support ASAE’s newest scholarship, which supports the career advancement of young association professionals.

For ASAE’s 2024 Meeting Community Needs program, ASAE and Destination Cleveland worked with Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.), which serves teens and young adults in Northeast Ohio, to bring 25 students to experience the ASAE Annual Meeting firsthand, giving them behind-the-scenes access to different roles and responsibilities required to make the meeting a success. As ASAE’s identified Meeting Community Needs partner, Y.O.U. received all proceeds collected from Cleveland Experience tours and the 5K Run/Walk that took place during the meeting.

The 2025 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition will be held August 9-12, 2025, in Los Angeles.

ASAE thanks its Alliance Partners for their ongoing support. ASAE’s Alliance Partners include:

Strategic Alliance Partners

Aplusify
Atlanta CVB
Destination Canada Business Events
Experience Columbus
Community Brands
Discover Puerto Rico
Visit San Antonio
Visit Tampa Bay

Corporate Alliance Partners

Visit Baltimore
Charlotte
Destination Cleveland
DelCor Technology Solutions
Visit Detroit
Fonteva
Forj
Higher Logic
Visit Indy
Visit Lauderdale
Louisville Tourism
Greater Miami CVB
Naylor Association Solutions
Visit Omaha
Visit Orlando
The Palm Beaches
Visit Greater Palm Springs
Visit Phoenix
Travel Portland

 

Event Alliance Partners

Visit Austin
Bostrom
Credivera
D2L
Glue Up
IHG Hotels & Resorts
iMIS by ASI
Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board
Meet Minneapolis
Mighty Citizen
New Orleans
Personify
Visit Reno Tahoe
Virginia Beach CVB

MEDIA CONTACT: Chris Vest, CAE, 202-626-2798, cvest@asaecenter.org

About ASAE
ASAE is a membership organization of more than 50,000 association executives and industry partners. Since it was established 100 years ago, its members have and continue to lead, manage, and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. With the support of the ASAE Research Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession and provides resources, education, ideas, and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community. Visit ASAE at Welcome to ASAE — American Society of Association Executives (asaecenter.org)