AEP: Connect, Explore + Inspire
What is AEP?
Since The Special Event Company founded AEP in 2006, it has transformed from a single breakout session to a multi-day conference and now a dynamic, year-round community for academic event pros.
AEP is a vibrant community that lives for creating extraordinary academic experiences. For almost 20 years, AEP has been empowering and supporting event planners in academia to deliver truly transformative events that leave a lasting impression. We’re passionate pros dedicated to raising the bar.
Share and Create Best Practices Together
The AEP conference provides a rare opportunity for event planners in academe to receive tailored professional development, network with one another, and visit vendors specializing in products for academic environments. Attracting both seasoned planners and industry newcomers, the conference focuses on topics unique to higher education events and helps them share – and create – best practices for the field. Today, The Special Event Company remains as the official event planning company for the conference.
Become an AEP Fellow
As an AEP member, a “Fellow”, you’ll gain so much more than just another professional affiliation. You’ll gain access to a collaborative network of peers who truly understand the highs and the challenges of producing outstanding academic events.
Whether you’re producing a mind-blowing conference, an epic lecture series, or a graduation celebration for the ages, you’ve found your people.
With year-round access to colleagues across the US, you can crowdsource insights, swap venue tips, and forge the kind of connections that become lasting partnerships.
Click HERE to learn more and to become a Fellow today!
AEP Conference 2025: NORTH MIAMI, FL
February 23 – 24, 2025, in North Miami, FL, at the Florida International University Biscayne Bay Campus.
Explore the full lineup of breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and expert panels, all designed to help you advance your event planning expertise.
AEP Attendee Feedback
AEP is one of the few conferences that focus on topics relevant to academic event professionals.
I will be taking more ideas home with me than any of the conferences I’ve attended in the past two years.
AEP is an excellent experience and a great opportunity to meet colleagues who face the same challenges every day!
I was a first-time attendee and felt the conference had a huge amount of validity and impact for this targeted group.
