The Institute for Professional and Executive Development, Inc. (IPED) is a Washington, D.C.-based seminar company founded in 1975 to provide high-quality continuing education for professionals in a variety of industries. We are well known for our conferences on affordable housing, community development, tax credits, and other aspects of government-assisted development, and we recently have expanded our programs into areas such as energy, venture capital, environment, and business. Our offerings are designed to serve professionals from many fields and disciplines, including real estate development, accounting, law, government, management, lending, energy, equity investment, intellectual property and other financial services.

IPED provides on-site instruction-based educational conferences on the most current industry practices to help professionals succeed in today's ever-changing competitive and regulatory environments. Our faculty members are nationally recognized authorities in their fields, whose informed presentations are complemented by extensive practical experience. Thousands of executives and professionals from across the United States have attended IPED programs, and we routinely receive praise for our high educational quality, knowledgeable faculty, responsive organization, and timeliness of our offerings. IPED, Inc. is an affiliate of Nixon Peabody LLP.