Joe Bates

Joe Bates

Senior Research Consultant
ACEC Research Institute

Joe Bates serves as a senior research consultant for the ACEC Research Institute.

Joe has nearly 30 years of experience in the research profession and is an expert in qualitative and quantitative research design, implementation, analysis, and consulting. Before founding his firm, The Institute for Association and Nonprofits, in 2016, Joe led the research efforts at several large associations including the Consumer Technology Association, the Global Business Travel Association, and the American College for Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Joe is a seasoned speaker and media spokesperson, presenting research hundreds of times in dozens of cities around the world and serving as a guest lecturer at several universities and numerous industry conferences. Joe has been interviewed or quoted by hundreds of media outlets across the globe, including the NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio (NPR), CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Forbes and Investor’s Business Daily.

Sessions

Opening General Session

Featuring Linda Bauer Darr, John Rathke, Joe Bates, Gregory Kelly, Jon Meacham at 8:00 AM on Monday, May 4th.

The Opening General Session brings the full Convention audience together for a powerful and purposeful start to the week. The session will begin with a welcome from ACEC’s Chair John Rathke, setting the tone for the days ahead, followed by remarks from President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr, offering perspective on the forces shaping the…

Aligning AI and Talent: Building the Engineering Workforce of the Future

Featuring Joe Bates at 10:45 AM on Monday, May 4th.

As AI-enabled technologies become embedded across engineering workflows, firms face a fundamental strategic question: how do we prepare, reskill, and organize the workforce to fully leverage these tools without losing the human expertise that defines the profession? This in-depth breakout session explores that question through the findings of the ACEC Research Institute’s latest Firm of…