2023 AIGA In-Person Conference FAQs
Office hours for support are 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET (Monday-Friday, excluding holidays).
Please be mindful of these times near deadlines. Emails received after 5:00 p.m. ET and prior to midnight the day of a deadline will be reviewed and resolved the following morning and registrations/refunds will be honored. If contacting AIGA, emailed is preferred.
We are a small, but mighty team. We will respond in the order emails are received. Thank you in advance for your patience!
COVID & Vaccination Policies
Proof of vaccination is not required to attend in-person AIGA events. While not required, AIGA encourages attendees to consider a booster per CDC recommendations.
All COVID-19 policies are subject to change per local and national guidance.
No, AIGA will not require proof of vaccination in order to attend 2023 AIGA In-Person Events.
All COVID-19 policies are subject to change per local and national guidance.
No, a COVID-19 test will not be required for admittance to 2023 AIGA In-Person Events.
All COVID-19 policies are subject to change per local and national guidance.
If you test positive for COVID-19 in advance of your arrival on-site, please do not travel to the event venue. Email aiga_registrar@aiga.org to inform our team.
If you test positive for COVID-19 on-site, you will be asked to leave the meeting area. Return to your hotel room and contact your health provider if symptoms develop.
Masks can be worn at the discretion of attendees.
Masks may be required based on local government guidelines at the time of the event. AIGA will communicate any mask requirements in advance of the event start date if applicable.
Registration
For in-person, yes! Day Passes (Thursday, Friday, or Saturday) are available to flex with your schedule and budget. Login to my.aiga.org to purchase single-day conference programming from the Store.
At this time, Day Passes are not available for virtual attendance. Click here to purchase a three-day virtual conference registration.
We offer a discounted rate to active members at the Educator level. Click here to learn more about membership.
We offer a discounted rate to active members at the Student level. Click here to learn more about membership.
Groups of 4 or more registering together will receive $100 off of each registration. Group discounts do not apply to registrations at our already discounted rates (student, educator, nonprofit, or government). Cancellations of one or more registrations are subject to AIGA’s cancellation policy. Group discounts are available only to groups of four or more. If a cancellation brings the total group size to fewer than four attendees, remaining registrants will be charged at the full registration rate.
Through the support of AIGA event speakers, as well as that of its members, AIGA is able to provide professional development credits for individuals in need. Recipients will be selected quarterly by a random drawing conducted by the AIGA national office. Credits may be applied to AIGA membership, events, certificates, or other eligible professional development offerings.
This opportunity is available to unemployed and under-employed designers, as well as to those who identify as a member of an underrepresented group. AIGA members and nonmembers are eligible to apply for AIGA Professional Development Credits.
There is value in AIGA membership, including discounts to the AIGA Design Conference. Use our Convince Your Boss letter to advocate for your professional development (and don’t forget to put in a good word for your colleagues too!).
AIGA recruits current members to serve as volunteer conference associates to help in on-site event management. Conference associates work approximately 30 hours between Wednesday and Saturday, and are able to attend conference sessions for free when not working.
If you prefer to register by mail or pay offline with the assistance of an AIGA representative, an invoice can be created by request: please email AIGA_registrar@aiga.org; a $25 per-person conference registration processing fee applies.
Conference rates are based on membership status at the time of registration. Memberships are non-transferable.
Design Leadership and Advocacy Conference
AIGA will refund 50 percent of conference fees paid for cancellations made before February 20, 2022. In lieu of cancellation, in-person attendees who wish to convert their attendance to a virtual ticket may do so, and the difference will be refunded.
After February 20, converted tickets will remain at the same rate as the in-person ticket. No refunds will be made.
Due to guarantees AIGA must make to its host venue, no refunds will be available after February 20, one month prior to the event start date.
Design Conference
AIGA will refund 50 percent of conference fees paid for cancellations made before May 26, 2022, and 20 percent of conference fees paid for cancellations between May 27 and September 8.
In lieu of cancellation, in-person attendees who wish to convert their attendance to a virtual ticket may do so. Conversions made before September 8 will incur a $50 administrative fee, and the remainder of the difference will be refunded. After September 8, converted tickets will remain at the same rate as the in-person ticket. No refunds will be made and no fee will be charged.
Due to guarantees AIGA must make to its host venue, no refunds will be available after September 8.
