Special Events

Enjoy sweeping views of the Potomac River and the nearby monuments with your fellow delegates to kick off Congress. Cocktails and hearty hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Transportation will depart from the Intercontinental Hotel to allow attendees to have a special look at one of the most architecturally impressive and symbolically important buildings in the world, the United States Capitol. Visit the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, the Rotunda, Statuary Hall and the Crypt with a member of the US Capitol Historical Society.  Experience the underground tunnel system linking the Capitol building to additional government buildings as we make our way to the Library of Congress. Here, we will be introduced to the research library of the United States Congress and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States, the largest library in the world by shelf space and number of books!

Following our exciting tour of the U.S. Capitol and Library of Congress, delegates are invited to gather for an evening cocktail reception with light hors d'oeuvres to network and grab a few colleagues to view the sights of Washington D.C. from the best place to do so, on the water!  Sign-up is available onsite at registration. Thank you to event sponsors, Brunswick and Freedom Boat Club.

Join us for a glamorous collision of two eras: the extravagance, decadence and romance of Gatsby's world in the Roaring 20s; and the power, prestige and elegance of Washington D.C. to celebrate the 60th anniversary of ICOMIA and the closing of a successful 2026 Congress.

Guests will be whisked away from The Wharf by coach to Meridian House, one of Washington D.C.'s most beautiful historic mansions. Built in the early 20th century for diplomat Ambassador Irwin Boyle Laughlin, this French-inspired Neoclassical mansion is surrounded by century-old linden trees, a walled formal garden and inside adorned with chandeliers, ornate plasterwork ceilings and period furnishings and art collected by Ambassador Laughlin.

Our evening will begin with a cocktail reception in the garden, followed by dinner, and finish with live music and dancing evoking the exuberance and grandeur of the 1920s. Guests are encouraged to step into the jazz age in vintage-inspired cocktail or evening attire.