Events

NAFSA(Association of International Educators is the world's largest nonprofit association dedicated to international education and exchange)'s 10,000 members are located at more than 3,500 institutions worldwide, in over 150 countries.

A global professional learning and networking event for all international educators and organizations that support international education for the NAFSA 2019 Annual Conference & Expo, "Global Leadership, Learning, and Change." will take place May 26-May 31, 2019, in Washington, D.C., and will feature outstanding informational engagement opportunities, professional development programs, and the largest international education exposition.

The 2019 annual conference theme encourages reflection on the current state of the field and on how to work through the changes and challenges faced by our profession. We will examine how to effectively deal with uncertainty and ambiguity in critical areas such as immigration, health, and safety and consider the differences in perceptions of how countries welcome others. We will study current standards of successful leadership, at all levels of the field, in the face of change. We will discuss how the present affects the future of our field.

The 2019 Annual Conference Committee (ACC) is seeking proposals that reflect the best thinking in the field.

The committee invites proposals that highlight:

• Leading and managing international education in times of change and unpredictability such as change in student enrollments and destination choices, demographics, government agency policy, employment-based visas, and other
• Security and safety of students, faculty, and staff
• Access, diversity, and inclusion in international and higher education
• Assessing technological shifts in international education, such as virtual exchange
• Innovations in digital communications, digital marketing, digital recruitment
• Comparative perspectives across national boundaries
• Navigating legalities, risk and ethical challenges around global operations in international education
• Integrating and supporting student global learning at various touch points on and off campus including curriculum development, co-curricular activities, campus events, working with faculty, and other

URL:

https://www.nafsa.org/Annual_Conference/Annual_Conference___Expo/