Attend a Meeting or Event

Make key connections in your local community!
Chapters offer education programs and events, and provide you the opportunity to gain leadership skills and give back to your community. Attend networking and social events with your local chapter.

Annual Conference 2026
Join us as we return to the stage after a brief hiatus, bringing together valuation professionals in the vibrant and musically enriched city of Nashville. This year’s conference theme celebrates harmony, innovation, and revitalized connections within the appraisal community.
Learn through hands-on demos of today’s most relevant valuation tools and technology, network with hundreds of appraisers from across the country, gain insights from industry leaders shaping the future of appraisal, participate in interactive sessions, quizzes, and competiti!ons, explore business strategies to strengthen your practice, and earn continuing education credit while advancing your expertise.
Join us April 14-15!
Learn through hands-on demos of today’s most relevant valuation tools and technology, network with hundreds of appraisers from across the country, gain insights from industry leaders shaping the future of appraisal, participate in interactive sessions, quizzes, and competiti!ons, explore business strategies to strengthen your practice, and earn continuing education credit while advancing your expertise.
Join us April 14-15!

2025 Joint Region Meeting and Chapter Leadership Program (CLP)
Joint Region Meeting, Tuesday, October 7
Chapter Leadership Program, Wednesday, October 8
Location: Hyatt Regency Mission Bay in San Diego. Much more to come in the months ahead.

Leadership Development and Advisory Council
The Leadership Development and Advisory Council (LDAC) is a group of dedicated appraisers who come together once a year in Washington, D.C., to formulate solutions to challenges faced by the appraisal profession.
LDAC fosters creative thought from talented real estate appraisal professionals and generates future leaders of the Appraisal Institute. LDAC also establishes an appraiser presence in Congress demonstrating that the Appraisal Institute recognizes the importance of active involvement in the political process.
LDAC 2026 Information Coming Soon
LDAC fosters creative thought from talented real estate appraisal professionals and generates future leaders of the Appraisal Institute. LDAC also establishes an appraiser presence in Congress demonstrating that the Appraisal Institute recognizes the importance of active involvement in the political process.
LDAC 2026 Information Coming Soon

Expand Your Professional World
When you attend in-person events, you can:
- Share best practices.
- Stay apprised of changes in the profession.
- Gain strategies for current challenges.
- Learn ways to expand your practice.
- Connect with future employers, or employees.
- Take advantage of leadership opportunities.
- Give back to your local community.
Unlock the potential to build stronger professional relationships and grow your practice.