The CTBUH is a registered American Institute of Architects (AIA) Continuing Education Credits (CES) provider. Registered professionals can expect to accumulate up to 30 hours of CES credits during the six-day event (including AIA Health and Safety & Welfare credits). A Certificate of Completion will be provided to registrants upon request.

The Council holds at least one conference per year and a world congress every five years in an active tall building city around the world. Larger in scale than the annual conferences, world congresses are substantiated by paper-based proceedings and encapsulate a geographic audit of the best developments happening in each region around the world.