The Engagement Institute (formerly IAP2 Australasia) champions the world’s largest community of engagement professionals and seeks to promote and improve the practice of community and stakeholder engagement globally. As the home of engagement professionals, our mission has always been clear: to drive change through meaningful engagement – building trust, improving decisions and shaping better futures.
The Engagement Institute provides skills-based learning to people and organisations on what they need to know and do, so that they can successfully develop, deliver, and lead authentic engagement processes.
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Engagement Institute is pleased to be exhibiting at the Australian Energy Producers Conference & Exhibition, taking place in Adelaide from 18–21 May 2026.
Australia and New Zealand’s first certification and maturity assessment tool for the engagement sector developed by the sector to meet contemporary engagement standards.
The Engagement Institute’s Annual Conference will be held in Melbourne and brings together engagement practitioners, community development practitioners, communications and marketing professionals and academics to engage, learn, share and network.
When: Monday 27 October – Wednesday 29 October 2025
Where: Grand Hyatt, Melbourne
If you have completed one of the IAP2 Australasia Certificate of Engagement key training modules –Engagement Methods – then you might know and regularly use the Engagement Methods Tool. The Engagement Methods Tool is available for engagers.
