2024 ISEA Annual Meeting

At the Annual Meeting, you’ll experience:

Interactive Product Group Sessions

Engage with your peers to discuss opportunities to create and innovate standards to keep workers safe.  The Annual Meeting is where our product groups and committees meet to accomplish the essential work of the association – developing standards, formulating policy positions, and planning for the future.

Rich Networking Opportunities

Between the popular Awards Reception & Dinner, Networking Reception, and more, the Annual Meeting is full of can’t-miss opportunities to connect with your peers. 

High Value General Sessions

Hear the latest safety trends straight from end-users. Get a deeper understanding of shifts in the regulatory and political landscape and how to capitalize on them to drive growth. It’s all at the ISEA Annual Meeting. 

Need to Know

Start: Dec. 9 (8am)
End: Dec. 11 (3pm)

We recommend arriving the evening of Sunday, December 8, flying into DCA.

All registrants and participants agree to adhere to our event policies.

Please familiarize yourself with our latest health & safety guidelines.

"The ISEA event delivered excellent insights into what's coming and how we need to pivot. I've already used information provided with my management staff."
John Doe
Designer

Registration Options

All Access Pass

$ 1,300 Increases to $1,500 after Oct 6
  • Product Group Meetings
  • All Evening Networking Events & Meals
  • Business Meeting & General Session (Dec 5)
Best Value

Awards Dinner

$ 250 + Add On for Product Group Only Attendees
  • Reception with appetizers and spirits
  • Full plated dinner
  • ISEA Foundation awards presentation
Add On

Product Group In-Person

$ 250 Increases to $500 after Oct 6
  • Access to Product Group Meetings
  • Breakfast & Lunch
  •  

Product Group Virtual

$ 175 VIrtual product group access
  • Virtual access to Product Group Meetings
  • Limited Visual Engagement
  • Microsoft Teams

Sponsorship Options

Are you interested in reaching decision makers at leading companies and their executives in the safety equipment industry? We have a limited number of sponsorship opportunities for our:

  • Awards Dinner & Networking Events
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Safety Partner Sponsorship

Agenda

Monday, December 9

Registration opens at 7:00am, and breakfast will be available between 7:00am and 9:00am. 

The Board will meet from 8am – Noon. Room assignment TBA

Stay tuned for a full schedule. Product Group meetings will take place all day, starting at 8:00am and concluding at 5:00pm. 

Lunch will be available starting at 12:00pm.

Join us for a special offsite networking reception followed by the ISEA Foundation Awards Dinner, where we present top awards to honor ISEA members and industry leaders helping to advance worker safety. Exact timing TBA. 

Tuesday, December 10

Registration opens at 7:00am, and breakfast will be available between 7:00am and 8:00am. 

New to ISEA and our Product Groups? Or maybe you’ve been involved for a few years and would like to learn about what’s new? This session will give you a primer on how standard development works, tips on getting the most value out of PGs, an overview of our new PG web platform, and more. 

This session will take place from 8:00 – 9:45am. 

Learn about all ISEA has done to advocate for the industry in the last year, and what member can expect for 2025.

10:00 – 10:30am

Abstract TBA

Expert

  • Ian Heller, Chief Strategy Officer, Distribution Strategy Group


10:30 – 12:00pm

Lunch will be available starting at 12:00pm.

In this session, the ISEA team will provide members with a rapid-fire overview of key standards, regulatory, and OSH issues that senior leaders need to be on top of. Experts
  • Dan Glucksman, Senior Director of Advocacy, ISEA
  • Cam Mackey, CEO, ISEA

1:30 – 2:00pm
This session will give ISEA members insights into latest anthropometric research, potential regulations, and end-user trends in PPE equity. That will better equip them to make decisions about equity issues that impact ISEA standard development & member product design. Experts
  • Dr. John Howard, Director of NIOSH (bio)
  • Chris Trahan Cain, Executive Director of CPWR (bio)
  • One additional panelist TBD

2:00 – 3:00pm

We’ve blocked 3:30 – 5:00pm for additional Product Group and Committee meetings. Stay tuned for a full schedule. 

Join us for drinks, heavy appetizers, and a debrief on the 2024 election season and what it means for our country and industry, featuring Bruce Mehlman

Wednesday, December 11

We’ve blocked 8:00am – 1:00pm for additional Product Group and Committee meetings. Breakfast will also be available. Stay tuned for a full schedule. 

On-Site Health & Safety Guidelines

ISEA is committed to providing an event experience where our participants, partners and staff can safely and effectively collaborate, learn, and network. As we make evidence-based decisions about how best to put health and safety first., we will continue to communicate to keep everyone safe. By participating in person, you understand and acknowledge that you risk exposure to and contraction of potentially dangerous diseases (including but not limited to COVID-19). You understand and acknowledge the risks associated with diseases and viruses and you are fully aware that exposure may result in, including without limitation, infection, illness, injury, or otherwise. In consideration of the above, you hereby release ISEA and its partners of any liability related to your attendance. By attending our Event, you agreed to abide by and engage in certain health-and-safety-beneficial conduct while attending the Event. This may include, but is not limited to, submitting to daily temperature checks, wearing a mask in public areas, engaging in appropriate physical distancing, and not attending the Event if you are ill or have been recently exposed to COVID-19. If you have questions regarding ISEA’s COVID-19 procedures or need accommodations, please contact ISEA at 703-525-1695.

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