Forum on Education Abroad: Annual Conference and a Webnar

Annual Conference Expands

Thanks to the support of our growing membership, and to the conference committees’ work in developing excellent themes and sessions, the Forum’s annual conference has seen unprecedented growth over the past three years. The conference has become the field’s largest event focused exclusively on education abroad.



As the conference returns to the historic Boston Park Plaza Hotel, many changes have been made in order to accommodate the largest Forum conference ever. These include:

· More sessions. Most timeslots will feature 10 concurrent sessions focusing on a wide range of education abroad topics and issues.

· More space. All of the available hotel space will be devoted to the Forum conference, providing more rooms in which to hold sessions, and expanded meal and exhibit space.

· More precise room assignments. All attendees have been surveyed to indicate which sessions they are likely to attend, allowing the Forum to assign sessions to rooms with the most appropriate seating capacity.

· More space for meals. Each meal has been carefully planned to provide easy, efficient access during meals. Most dining events will feature table service. A special lunch on Thursday, April 7 will feature “lunchtime conversations” where participants can take lunches to pre-arranged meetings and discussions, or simply network with colleagues and friends.

· Expanded registration area. The registration area has been doubled in size.

For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.forumea.org/conference11.cfm





Webinar Discussion for Forum Members:

Lessons Learned During the Crisis in Egypt

The Forum will convene a webinar for Forum institutional members this Friday, February 11 at 11 a.m. EST. The purpose of the webinar is to share experiences regarding how institutions and organizations have responded to the events in Egypt. There is no fee for the webinar, but participants must register in advance, by emailing forumeawebinar@dickinson.edu



The webinar discussion will be recorded and archived in the Standards Toolbox for Forum members to access.





Registration Open for the Standards of Good Practice Institute at Northwestern University

Registration is now open for the second Standards of Good Practice Institute dedicated to health, safety and security in education abroad, to be held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois on June 24, 2011. For more information, and to register, please visit http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=940414


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