Thank you for your interest in submitting a proposal for the NAFSA Annual Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida! We hope that you join us as we explore this year’s theme: Designing Our Shared Future. Please use the resources below to help you prepare the best proposal possible.

About the 2021 Call for Proposals and Theme

The Annual Conference Committee invites you to submit a session, poster, or workshop proposal for the NAFSA 2021 Annual Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida. Session proposals can be submitted for 60-minute and 25-minute presentations. Workshop proposals can be submitted for two-hour, four-hour, or eight-hour timeframes. Poster proposals can be submitted across 15 themes.

Annual Conference Theme: "Designing Our Shared Future"

NAFSA 2021 conference will be an opportunity for the international education community to reconvene and reconnect in person. We will discuss our shared responsibility to each other, share best practices, and design new ways to engage our global community in building new bridges and responding to the needs of the next generation. As we plan for a sustainable future in the international education field, we will “dream big,” write a new story together, imagine new possibilities, and advocate for change. We will build on our diversity, resilience and interdependence, set the stage to be creative and imaginative, and shine a special focus on the region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

NAFSA welcomes proposals that highlight:

• creative design and technology in international education programs and services;
• access, diversity, and inclusion in international and higher education;
• sustainability of international education during and in recovery from times of crisis
• international education as a research field and foundation for a sustainable future;
• ways to navigate legalities, risk, and ethical challenges around global programs and operations;
• best practices in measuring outcomes and impact;
• mental health and self-care in the international education field and support strategies for students, scholars, and staff;
• international education in the context of climate change;
• designing sustainable programs, campus communities, and partnerships to advance the future of international education;
• international education leadership in the next decade in response to changing demographic, technological, and economic trends;
• internationalization strategies at Hispanic-serving institutions and community and technical colleges;
• student outcomes and employability;
• global and local advocacy for a shared responsibility and dialogue;
• the role of Latin American and the Caribbean in international education innovation; and
• strengths and challenges of intercultural, intergenerational, and multilingual collaboration.