Teleclasses, webinars, and live workshops take place throughout the year, but nothing can compare with a professional organizers conference. Spending entire days hearing expert speakers in the company of like-minded professionals is something you must experience, if at all possible, so grab your planner and decide which conference(s) you’ll attend this year!

April 21 – 24, 2010
NAPO 2010 Annual Conference & Organizing Exposition
Columbus, Ohio
September 13 – 14, 2010
2010 Australasian Association of Professional Organisers (AAPO) Conference
Christchurch, New Zealand
September 23 – 25, 2010
NSGCD Fall 2010 Conference
Austin, Texas
October 1, 2010
Orvention 2010
Gelderland, The Netherlands
Fall 2010
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Professional Organizers
If you really like to plan ahead, mark these dates as well:
April 6 – 9, 2011
NAPO 2011 Annual Conference
San Diego, California
March 21 – 24, 2012
NAPO 2012 Annual Conference
Baltimore, Maryland
List Planit posted some great tips this week about preparing to attend an out-of-town conference. Be sure to read right through to the end of the post, where you can download a free Conference ePlanner.
I would love to go to all of these events so I can share the information with readers who aren’t able to be there, but unfortunately, neither my schedule nor my budget will allow it. If you’re attending a conference this year, and you’d like to be my eyes and ears in the field, please contact me about being a guest blogger.
This list is not complete, but is all the information I was able to locate at this time. If you have details for this year’s POC or POAA Conferences, or know of other events which should be listed here, please note them in the Comments section.











The 10th Annual POC Conference will be held in Montreal at the Hilton Bonaventure Hotel from November 5th-7th.
This year’s conference theme is “Communication”
Proposal information will be posted soon!
Thanks for letting us know. It’s been many years since I’ve visited Montreal (driving through does not count, no matter how slow the traffic was moving) so I will definitely have to think about this one!