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Artificial Intelligence Notice: ISA prohibits the entry of any ISA intellectual property (“ISA IP”), including standards, publications, training or other materials into any form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT. Additionally, creating derivatives of ISA IP using AI is also prohibited without express written permission from ISA’s CEO. In the case of such use, ISA will suspend a licensee’s access to ISA IP, and further legal action will be considered. Please review ISA's policies for Use of AI Tools, Intellectual Property and Terms and Conditions for further information or contact permissions@isa.org.

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Event and Activity Policy

Events and Activities that carry the ISA brand must be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the Society’s mission and values. The use of any element of the ISA brand family must be expressly permitted by ISA headquarters and will only be permitted if ISA has oversight of the technical program. Sections may use the section logo for local section activities provided the activities are allowable under this policy.

Naming

Members and customers should know from the title of any activity who is hosting it, what content is covered, and in what format. Recurring events should have a consistent title that is relevant from year to year.

  • “ISA” must be at the beginning of all event names.
  • Section activities must include the complete section name in the title. 
  • The name must correctly reflect the content of the technical program.
  • The name may not be similar to that of an ISA event.

Section Activity Regulations and Approvals

Sections may host and promote activities only within the section’s jurisdiction. If the section wants to hire a contractor to organize the event, the section must submit the contract to sections@isa.org for approval in advance of signing.

Sections are permitted to host the following local activities without any approval through ISA:
  • Local technical meeting
  • Local networking or social events 
  • Virtual technical meeting with up to 2 other ISA sections
  • Single day technical seminar or meeting with vendor-neutral presentations and 8 or fewer local sponsors with tabletops 
  • Single day exhibit provided any technical programming does not exceed 4 hours nor include keynotes
Sections may exhibit at or give a presentation about ISA at a non-ISA event provided that:
  • Neither the ISA nor the section logo are utilized in conjunction with the event in any way
  • No email promotion is sent to the section members
  • The section emails content@isa.org a copy of the presentation 30 days in advance so staff may assist with up-to-date assets and ensure your presentation includes the appropriate permissions for any ISA copyrighted material.
Sections are not permitted to, without approval through ISA:
  • Host conferences defined as a full-day technical program with more than 8 sponsors/exhibits
  • Partner on non-ISA conferences
  • Sponsor non-ISA conferences
  • Work with third-party organizers

Training

  • Sections that want to offer training must involve the ISA Education Department. 
  • Sections are not permitted to offer training through other entities without approval through ISA. 
ISA reserves the right to selectively audit venue and any other contracts signed by the section to ensure the appropriateness of the financial arrangements and proper liabilities and signatories.

The Executive Board delegates compliance responsibility to the Conference Advisory Committee for all activities other than training. Training activities are delegated to the COO. 
 

Working With Other Entities

Any partnership or participation with other organizations requires a staff-negotiated and signed memorandum of understanding. Representation that is satisfactory to the Society will be required in technical programming. Agreements or affiliations may not jeopardize ISA’s nonprofit status. Sections are permitted to engage with local organizations in permitted activities but are not permitted to create standing partnerships or MOUs.

Approved July 2026.