Professional associations

This is a list of professional organizations.

International

• AABB (formerly American Association of Blood Banks)
• Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE International)
• American College of Forensic Examiners - International (ACFEi)
• Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Association for Operations Management (APICS)
• Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
• Association of International Product Marketing & Management (AIPMM)
• Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA International)
• Cardiovascular System Dynamics Society (CSDS)
• Commonwealth Lawyers Association
• Drug Information Association (DIA)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Institute of Food Technologists
• Chartered Clinical Trialist Institute (CCTI)
• Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
• Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)[1]
• Institute of Professional Psychologists (IPP)[2]
• Institute of Transportation Engineers
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
• International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering (IABSE)
• International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
• International Association of Forensic Linguists (IAFL)
• International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
• International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
• International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
• International Public Health Forum (IPHF)
• International Project Management Commission (IPMC)
• Knowledge Management Professional Society (KMPro)
• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
• NACE International
• National Academic Advising Association (NACA
• Painting and Decorating Contractors of America (PDCA)
• Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)
• Professional Association of Intuitive Consultants (PAIC)
• Professional Information Security Association (PISA)
• Professional Photographers of America
• Professional Risk Manager's International Association
• Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International)
• Society for Clinical Data Management (SCDM)
• Society for Technical Communication (STC)
• Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA)
• Society of Indexers (SI)
• Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals (SPCP)
• Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC)
• Urban Land Institute (ULI)
• Usability Professionals' Association (UPA)
• World Organization of Web Professionals (WOW)

Canada

• Canadian Association of Professional Speakers (CAPS)
• Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists (CCTT)
• Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
• Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA)
• Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP)
• Canadian Linguistics Association (CLA)
• Chartered Association of Business Administrators (CABA)
• Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
• Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE)
• Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
• Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians (OAVT)

New Zealand

• Chartered Secretaries New Zealand
• Financial Services Institute of Australasia
• New Zealand Computer Society
• Pharmaceutical Society Of New Zealand

United Kingdom

• List of British professional bodies, British professional qualifications

Europe

• EFFAS (European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies)
• Transilvania Guitar Association

United States

• American Academy of Financial Management
• American Accounting Association
• American Anthropological Association (AAA)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
• American Bar Association
• American Board of Forensic Experts
• American Congress on Surveying & Mapping (ACSM)
• American Counsel Association
• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)
• American Chemical Society
• American Copy Editors Society
• American Dental Association
• American Economic Association
• American Evaluation Association (AEA)
• American Finance Association
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
• American Hospital Association
• American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) [3]
• American Institute of Architects
• American Institute of Building Design
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• American Institute of Floral Designers (AIFD)
• American Institute of Parliamentarians (AIP)
• American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• American Library Association
• American Marketing Association (AMA)
• American Mathematical Society
• American Medical Association
• American Nursing Association
• American Physical Society (APS/physics)
• American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
• American Planning Association & American Institute of Certified Planners
• American Political Science Association
• American Psychological Association
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Public Works Association (APWA)
• American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
• American Security Association
• American Society for Public Administration
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
• American Society of Indexers (ASI)
• American Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
• American Water Works Association (AWWA)
• Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG)
• Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFM)
• Association for Strategic Planning
• Association of American Geographers
• Art Museum Partnership
• Construction Specifications Institute
• Engineers Without Borders (EWB-USA)
• Georgia Political Science Association
• Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
• Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
• National Apartment Association (NAA) NAA Web site
• National Association of Fleet Administrators
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
• National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP)
• National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses
• National Association of Parliamentarians (NAP)
• National Association of Systems and Recovery Professionals (NASRP) Official website
• National Council on Interpreting in Health Care
• National Ground Water Association (NGWA)
• National Rural Water Association (NRWA)
• National Society of Accountants
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• Naval Intelligence Professionals
• Professional Association of Intuitive Consultants (PAIC)
• Sigma Xi
• Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)
• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE)
• Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
• Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES)
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Society of Vacuum Coaters
• Society of Women Engineers
• Vistage International (formerly known as The Executive Company or TEC)
• Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)
• Western States Roofing Contractors Association (WSRCA)
• Wedding and Event Videographers Association International (WEVA)

India

• The Institution of Engineers (India),Kolkata.[4]
• The Institution of valuers, www.institutionofvaluers.org