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One fee. Your whole organisation. No headcount admin.
Corporate Membership opens ICS to everyone in your organisation for a single annual fee. Not just the ICT function: ICS communities serve clinicians, privacy and data protection staff, service managers, architects, AI practitioners and the people in HR, finance and operations whose work now requires AI risk assessment, data governance and privacy compliance.
No per-person invoicing, no re-invoicing when people join or move, no cap on numbers.
€4,995 per year. Unlimited staff.* Fee fixed for two years.
Who in your organisation this is for
Technology has stopped being one department. ICS communities reflect that:
- HISI — Health Informatics Society of Ireland. Clinicians, nurses, health service managers, informaticians. Anyone working on digital health, EHR implementation or clinical systems.
- ADPO — Association of Data Protection Officers. DPOs and privacy staff, but also HR, finance, legal, procurement and marketing colleagues handling personal data.
- ICS CyBridge — Where Cyber Meets Law. Security, compliance, risk and legal teams working on NIS2 and the National Cyber Security Bill.
- SAIN — Strategic AI Network. AI governance, EU AI Act compliance, responsible deployment. Relevant well beyond the technical teams.
- IASA Ireland — Business, software, data and infrastructure architects.
- itSMF Ireland — IT service management.
- New Practitioners Network — Early-career staff and career changers.
One membership gives every enrolled person access to all of them. They choose what’s relevant.
ICS CIO Network
Ireland’s senior IT leadership community. Approximately 100 CIOs and IT Directors across the public and private sectors, meeting under Chatham House rules.
The CIO Network operates its own eligibility criteria and is not automatically included with Corporate Membership. Where a Corporate Member organisation has a CIO, IT Director or Head of ICT who would be a fit, ICS will discuss an invitation directly.
What every enrolled employee gets
- 40+ events a year across all ICS specialist communities, many free of charge
- Professional recognition pathway: AMICS (Associate), MICS (Member), FICS (Fellow)
- Membership of every ICS specialist community
- Up to 20% off ICS training and certification
- At least €150 off delegate rates at ICS national conferences
- Members-only document library, research papers and webinar archive
- Professional members hold voting rights and are eligible to serve on Council and Executive Committees
- Representation nationally and internationally through ICS, CEPIS and IFIP
Membership is personal and portable. It travels with the individual and builds over their career.
What your organisation gets
Corporate Membership is a relationship, not a subscription. ICS builds its training, events and policy work around what members tell us the profession needs, and Corporate Members have a direct line into that.
Put your experts in front of their peers
- Nominate staff to speak at ICS events, webinars and specialist community sessions
- Put people forward for technical committees, working groups and expert panels
- Nominate candidates for ICS professional recognition, including Fellowship
- Development opportunities that build your people’s profile and your organisation’s standing in the profession
Influence what ICS delivers
- Quarterly check-in with the ICS CEO to raise skills gaps, emerging risks and training needs
- Propose topics for CPD events, webinars and specialist community programmes
- Early sight of new ICS training and credential pathways
Visibility and recognition
- Listed as an ICS Corporate Member on ics.ie
- Position your organisation as one that invests in professional standards
- 10% off conference exhibition and sponsorship packages
- Promote your non-commercial activities via ICS Channels e.g. recruitment opportunities, STEM outreach
Is Corporate right for you?
Corporate makes sense where you want organisation-wide access without managing a list. If you’re enrolling a defined cohort rather than opening membership across an organisation, Team billing may suit better.
Corporate Membership: €4,995 per year. Unlimited staff. Fee fixed for two years.
Team Billing: €150 per person with volume discounts. Note: above 42 members, Corporate is always better value.
Need an invoice or quote before proceeding? Please email memberservices@ics.ie to request a call back or schedule a meeting here.
How it works
- Pay the annual fee
- Schedule an introduction call with the CEO
- Send us your enrolment list: names and work email addresses
- ICS issues onboarding to each person directly
- Add or replace people at any time at no extra cost; just let us know
Questions
For questions about corporate membership or CIO Network eligibility, please contact the CEO.
Tom O’Sullivan FICS, CEO
tom.osullivan@ics.ie
Or use this link to book an online meeting.
Data Protection
ICS will contact enrolled staff directly about membership, events and CPD. Before submitting an enrolment list, please make sure the people on it know their details are being shared with ICS for this purpose. ICS processes member data according to its Privacy Notice.
What is an organisation?
For ICS purposes, an organisation is an entity with its own technology leadership and its own ICT budget: typically a CIO, IT Director or Head of ICT with authority over systems and spend. Entities meeting this test are separate organisations for membership purposes even where they share a payroll, a parent body or an ultimate employer. Hospitals, health regions, agencies, subsidiaries and operating divisions will often each qualify. Where the position is unclear, contact the ICS CEO.