How can I join the Wireless Power Consortium?

We have two types of membership: ‘regular’ and ‘associate’.

Associate membership will provide you (a) access to a Qi trademark license, (b) early access to draft versions of the specification, (c) the opportunity to influence the development of the specification by commenting on these draft specs, and (d) the possibility to participate in interoperability testing of prototypes. The annual membership fee is Euro 10,000.-.

Regular members are expected to make significantly higher investments of their own resources in terms of travel, participation in meetings, and in participation in prototyping and interoperability testing. The annual membership fee for regular mebers is also Euro 10,000.-.
The consortium charter sets a maximum to the number of regular members. In July 2010 we have increased the maximum to 18 and publisihed criteria for joining as regular member,

The procedure for joing the consortium is:

Step 1: download the Wireless Power Consortium Agreement and decide whether your company agrees with the terms of this agreement.

Step 2: fill in Annex B (for regular membership) or Annex C (for associate membership), and have it signed by someone authorized to sign on behalf of your company. Here are copies of both forms:

Annex C - application form for associate membership

Annex B - application form for regular membership

Step 3: Send two paper copies with original signatures, by courier service, to

The Wireless Power Consortium
c/o IEEE-ISTO, attn. Rosalinda F. Saravia
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
USA
Tel: +1-732-562-6037

Step 5: The Steering Group of the consortium decides the the approval of the membership application. This usually takes about two weeks for associate membership and will take longer for regular mmebership applications.

Step 6: The administrator will countersign the membership application, provided it is correctly filled in, and return one of the paper copies with original signatures. You are now a member of the Wireless Power Consortium.

Step 7: The financial aministrator of the WPC, IEEE-ISTO, will send you an invoice for the membership fee. Please pay the invoice on time, otherwise your membership benefits will be suspended.

New members receive an invoice for membership until December 31. The first year membership fee depends on the month of joining the Wireless Power Consortium: