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IAC welcomes collaboration with a wide range of organisations (e. g. Counselling Associations, Institutes, Universities, and Groups) looking to organise events. There are three types of IAC event:

• IAC Annual International Conference: Large, annual event, minimum of 400 participants, lasting 2–4 days.

• Regional Conferences: May also be large (200+ participants) events, but mainly focus on counselling issues in the specific world region. IAC has eight world regions: Africa; Asia; North America; Latin America; Middle-East; Europe; Caribbean; and Oceania.

• Country Events: Workshops, Symposia, One-day conferences. These vary in participant numbers and are normally one-day events. Whilst organised 'Under the auspices of', or 'In Conjunction With' IAC, some country events may have less direct input by IAC.

• Ongoing virtual symposia, webinars and other online events. With the advent of COVID, IAC has increased online offerings throughout the year in cooperation with other associations and educational institutions.

There are multiple educational, cultural, economic, and social benefits of hosting such events. IAC International conferences and regional events bring together scholars and practitioners from around the world interested in a specific theme related to counselling. Hosting an IAC event can create an expanded network of both global and regional counsellors, and creates a major opportunity to place a spotlight on specific regional, or thematic, issues related to counselling. Events such as these advance the development of counselling through education, research, information-sharing (and fun!).

Hosting such events also raises the profile of host organisations, and counselling activity in that country. This is of interest to all those concerned about counselling’s development including practitioner’s, educators, and government departments (e. g. of health, education, and social affairs), as well as many other stakeholders. International events create enthusiasm and excitement from association’s members, students and partners.