Gain insights on how to integrate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into programs and services. Learn the fundamentals about this global agenda and discuss various approaches that advance the SDGs while also directly supporting campus internationalization. This workshop guides participants to identify practical and meaningful contributions they can make individually and collectively to strengthen their institutions’ commitment and progress toward the SDGs.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain knowledge of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs and the role higher education institutions play in advancing these shared global goals.
• Explore different ways to integrate the SDGs into programs and services with partners at the campus, local, regional, and international levels.
• Build professional networks with other higher education professionals who are supporting the SDGs and share experiences and best practices.
• Determine realistic action steps to implement over the next year at the personal or institutional level.

Audience: Shared Interest
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Navigating change—be it at the local, national, or global level—can dominate managers’ focus and strategies. A diverse group of international education leaders shares tools, resources, and insights in this interactive workshop. Participants actively learn, engage, and (re)define purpose, place, and partnership as they navigate their managerial roles. Explore different perspectives on case studies and scenarios and leave with increased knowledge, deepened perception, and an expanded network of colleagues.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the basics of change leadership in international education, which includes but is not limited to geopolitical impacts, interest-holder engagement, people management, and resource and budget considerations.
• Develop strategies for navigating a constantly shifting landscape by approaching situations collaboratively and with a partnership perspective.
• Define new ways to create networks and communities of practice as a support tool, set reasonable workload expectations, and model a healthy work-life balance.
• Apply resources and tools to real-life management scenarios to better understand and navigate future situations.

Audience: Shared Interest
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Learn how to handle the most common requests made of new U.S. Designated School Officials (DSOs). Topics covered include issuing I-20s, maintaining status, employment, practical training, travel and reentry, and program extensions. SEVIS is discussed in relation to international student advising practices and procedures.

Learning Objectives:

• Interpret student requests and accurately advise them on how to maintain their F-1 status.
• Make informed decisions using a process that will incorporate the myriad influences affecting the decision.
• Comply with legal and institutional reporting requirements.
• Educate key parties on important matters involving international students.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $320, Nonmember $460, Student Member $208

As a seasoned F-1 Adviser, you have learned that most student advising cases are not as straightforward as they initially seem. This workshop allows you to walk through nuanced situations and learn how to integrate federal regulations with your campus’ own rules to build sound institutional policies that create accurate and consistent advising. Take a deeper dive into student advising through case studies and learn model practices you can apply at your own campus. Designed for experienced international student advisers.

Learning Objectives:

• Be a self-sufficient adviser by knowing your resources.
• Develop interpretations of F-1 regulations and guidance.
• Interpret and develop institutional policy.
• Learn techniques to advise F-1 students on situations where clear guidance is not available.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $320, Nonmember $460, Student Member $208

New to the H-1B petition process? Gain a foundational understanding of the process and discover the coordination necessary among prospective employees, the hiring department and government agencies. Learn key regulatory information from experts in the field who provide guidance and insights into the common pitfalls that come with these petitions. This workshop helps you prepare the petition and also learn model practices from other institutions on creating efficient and consistent hiring processes for your own campus.

Learning Objectives:

• Assemble an H-1B petition including establishing eligibility, determining prevailing wage, and filing essential documentation.
• Reference relevant sources of authority and regulatory guidance to ensure compliance when filing H-1B petitions.
• Advise your institutions and international employees on H-1B obligations and responsibilities.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $320, Nonmember $460, Student Member $208

Designed for the new Responsible Officer or Alternate Responsible Officer, learn all of the basic regulatory aspects of the J Exchange Visitor Program. You will explore key J-1 advising issues including eligibility, DS-2019 issuance, health insurance, maintenance of status, extension, transfer, 212(e), repeat participation, and employment. New advisers will gain a relevant overview of the current regulatory issues and have the opportunity to think through how these concepts are applied to your specific educational context.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe principal components and characteristics of the Exchange Visitor Program.
• Identify resources to assist with J program administration.
• Resolve basic exchange visitor issues, problems, and situations.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $320, Nonmember $460, Student Member $208

This workshop compliments and broadens your knowledge gained after completing the J-1 Advising for Beginners workshop since it goes more deeply into grey areas of J advising. This workshop is designed to help you think through the development of policies, procedures, and practices necessary to maintain a healthy J program for your institution. Ample time is provided to focus on model practices based on current scenarios as well as to reflect on how these practices could improve your own J program.

Learning Objectives:

• Build a conceptual foundation and practical knowledge for J-1 advising.
• Develop critical analytical skills for resolving common J-1 Exchange Visitor dilemmas.
• Balance and manage the interests of key constituencies.
• Establish solid professional networks in the J-1 visa community.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $320, Nonmember $460, Student Member $208

Unlock the complexities of managing lawful permanent residence based on employment. Clear institutional policies and procedures are essential for employment-based lawful permanent residence. The carefully curated content is geared to towards empowering participants to engage effectively with key campus stakeholders who play a crucial role in shaping institutional permanent residency sponsorship policies. During this engaging hands on workshop participants will examine faculty and non-faculty employment-based permanent residency cases to define issues, review required forms and processes, and develop strong institutional policies.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the essential eligibility criteria, procedures, and regulatory underpinnings of lawful permanent residence for common employment-based categories.
• Recognize issues affecting the employment-based permanent residence process.
• Initiate or review institutional policies for permanent residence sponsorship.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $320, Nonmember $460, Student Member $208

Offering faculty-led education abroad programming provides a winning result for the institution and its students. This workshop is relevant for those seeking to add programming along with learning best practices to improve your current education abroad portfolio. Gain foundational information that will help you implement successful and intentional programs. Learn how to create more program options while collaborating in a structured manner with faculty in the global learning agenda for your campus.

Learning Objectives:

• Facilitate partnership and communication among stakeholders when planning, delivering, and evaluating faculty-led short-term education abroad programming.
• Define critical roles and processes for faculty-led programs reflecting your institution’s unique make up and requirements.
• Employ strategies improving program development and implementation.

Audience: Education Abroad
Fees: Member $275, Nonmember $400, Student Member $175

As the field of education abroad continues to advance, the demands placed on advisers grow. Learn the skills you need to be effective in the dynamic setting of education abroad. Explore the different roles required of an adviser to be successful. Discuss the advising profession with others in the field while interacting with each other and the workshop content in a multi-faceted way. Grow as a professional by gaining a comprehensive view of your role within the larger educational context.

Learning Objectives:

• Adapt your advising strategy to meet the programmatic needs of your education abroad students through all stages of their program.
• Gain advising practice and insights in areas ranging from promotion and program selection to orientation and campus advocacy.
• Work efficiently, effectively, and collaboratively to support education abroad student needs within your institution and the program destination.

Audience: Education Abroad
Fees: Member $275, Nonmember $400, Student Member $175

Take your knowledge beyond the essentials and delve into the key components of secondary-level credentials. You can better assist international students when you have a deeper knowledge of their country’s educational credentials. This workshop provides guided practice of analyzing credentials with expert trainers so that you can feel confident in applying the skills in your institutional context.

Learning Objectives:

• Articulate learning, service, or program outcomes to guide assessment projects.
• Distinguish best practices for survey, focus group, and interview design.
• Analyze data to identify issues, patterns, or effectiveness or international programs or services.

Audience: International Enrollment Management
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

How do you reach your enrollment targets within your own resource limitations? From determining target markets to tailoring your communication strategy, you will build strategies and identify resources to help you plan a recruitment campaign that fits within the realities of your outreach goals and resources.

Learning Objectives:

• Obtain information about target markets and constituents.
• Identify communication methods and institutional marketing opportunities to meet enrollment targets.
• Plan a recruitment campaign including online, social media, and travel.
• Form and maintain relationships and communication with regional/institutional contacts.

Audience: International Enrollment Management
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

This workshop explores strategic partnerships in higher education, focusing on innovative practices for bilateral and multilateral collaborations. Topics of discussion include how trends like revenue generation impact partnerships, and ways to create partnerships that offer reciprocal benefits that align with institutional priorities.

Learning Objectives:

• Examine model practices in centering partnership goals that align with the institutional priorities of all parties.
• Develop a deeper understanding of how to create authentic and transparent partnerships that support reciprocity among partners.
• Explore and share practices that advance internal and external community building through partnerships.
• Learn techniques to communicate partnership outcomes through effective data collection and storytelling.

Audience: International Education Leadership (Advanced)
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

While international education (IE) continues to advocate social justice principles, there is room to deepen commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) through more intentional practices, as persistent policy and structural inequities make equity in IE elusive. This workshop critically examines current practices and empowers IE professionals with effective strategies to advance genuine equity.

Learning Objectives:

• Establish a common understanding of practices in IE that might perpetuate inequity and injustice at the local (individual, professional, and institutional), national, and global levels.
• Explore and articulate gaps and limitations in the current normative adherence to equity in IE practice through critical examination of IE policies and structures.
• Examine how equity in IE practice can be enhanced through the application of critical thinking, inclusive pedagogy, cultural humility, and advocacy skills.
• Develop transformative and practical strategies to enhance social justice practice and equity in IE work.

Audience: Shared Interest
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

In this fast-paced workshop, participants test their knowledge of the high-stakes world of H-1B filings for academic institutions. Designed in the style of an interactive game show, this workshop asks teams to navigate H-1B regulations, cap-exempt statuses, and compliance challenges. Compete and learn in multiple challenge rounds and real-world scenarios to become an H-1B filing champion in higher education.

Learning Objectives:

• Grow H-1B knowledge via interactive quiz rounds that challenge participants’ understanding of key H-1B concepts, from cap-exemption criteria to prevailing wage calculations.
• Solve complex H-1B case studies from real-world scenarios, learning how to apply regulations to actual academic situations.
• Develop winning strategies for filing H-1B petitions, including handling tough requests for evidence (RFEs) and streamlining communication with stakeholders.
• Discover how to stay compliant in a fun way via rapid-fire compliance rounds, ensuring institutions remain on the right side of the law.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Discover how higher education professionals can use an award-winning international student success model to improve student outcomes at their institution. Academic integration and engagement are key to increasing international student retention. The workshop explains the model’s rationale and conceptual framework and examines its five pillars. Participants leave with knowledge of how to apply the model at their institution.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the rationale and conceptual framework of an award-winning international student success model.
• Apply the five pillars of the international student success model.
• Evaluate the model and synthesize how to apply it at individual institutions. .

Audience: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Learn how to shift from reactive, deficit-focused approaches to climate-conscious education abroad policies to proactive, equity-focused approaches. Gain knowledge to proactively lead climate-conscious initiatives with an equity-focused lens, enabling advocacy for and implementation of inclusive policies that address systemic inequities. Workshop leaders address systemic inequities, promote sustainability, and empower educators abroad professionals to lead climate action through innovative and inclusive policy development.

Learning Objectives:

• Evaluate existing deficit models in climate education within education abroad policies and collaboratively conceptualize innovative, equity-focused solutions through a framework called “freedom dreaming.”
• Use inner developmental goals to learn about the disruption and mind shift required for inclusive, climate-conscious education abroad policies that address systemic inequities and promote sustainability for people and offices.
• Develop a communication strategy to effectively advocate for and lead policy changes to support equitable and climate-conscious education abroad practices.
• Use a toolkit to empower calls to action and mobilize education abroad communities in climate justice work.

Audience: Education Abroad
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

In this hands-on workshop for various institution sizes and budgets, participants create impactful programming and engagement initiatives that enhance student, scholar, and institutional experiences. Discover how to implement tailored programming that boosts engagement and success among an institution's diverse communities. Leave with action plans for new programs or updates to current programs. This workshop is intended for beginner to advanced professionals who plan events.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop programming and engagement strategies that cater to the unique needs of an institution—regardless of size or budget—enhancing student, scholar, and institutional engagement.
• Apply best practices in identifying and evaluating programming and engagement from various institutions, gaining insights into successful initiatives—regardless of the modality—that foster global partnerships and intercultural learning.
• Employ the to create actionable plans that can be implemented institutionally.
• Enhance collaboration skills and network building with colleagues from diverse institutions, expanding professional networks and exchanging ideas to support continuing development.

Audience: Shared Interest
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

A key competency of International educators is to provide intercultural guidance to students going abroad and incoming international students, as well as to other constituents on an increasingly diverse campus. How you navigate these intercultural experiences impacts cultural adjustment and inclusion. Move beyond intercultural theory to develop your own facilitative framework to support intercultural learning among students, scholars, faculty, and staff.

Learning Objectives:

• Use intercultural communication strategies to support cultural adjustment for incoming and outgoing students, faculty and staff
• Diagnose needs, provide training, and measure growth using intercultural development models and instruments
• Develop an intercultural learning framework to facilitate a responsive and inclusive community on campus

Audience: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Guidance from advisers is essential as international students and scholars navigate the nonimmigrant visa and port of entry processes to gain admittance to the United States. Through case studies, this workshop prepares advisers to help their advisees understand the processes and potential hurdles involved in gaining admittance to the United States as an F-1 student, J-1 exchange visitor, or H-1B worker. Topics covered include establishing residence abroad and nonimmigrant intent, overcoming bars and ineligibilities, and avoiding documentary insufficiencies.

Learning Objectives:

• Prepare students and scholars for required procedural steps to acquire nonimmigrant status.
• Draw on resources to advise those who encounter challenges in the process.
• Develop an office strategy to support students and scholars through the process of acquiring nonimmigrant status.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Build confidence to navigate complex F-1 immigration cases by exploring case studies, participants learn to work through the gray matter of F-1 regulations. Trainers draw on the hierarchy of authority and share advising best practices. Participants leave with a deeper understanding of immigration regulations. (Please note that this workshop is not for beginners; to gain this most from their participation, attendees must understand core F-1 regulatory matters and guidance.)

Learning Objectives:

• Explore advanced F-1 student case studies with real-life examples of complex situations; consider regulations and guidance, hierarchy of authority, institution policies, and advising best practices.
• Gain confidence in researching complex case studies and learn how to interpret the "gray areas" of F-1 regulations.
• Implement new advising best practices with international student and scholar services teams.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services (Advanced)
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Examine strategies for assessing the effectiveness of partnerships between educational institutions and their recruitment agents. Participants explore key metrics and evaluation techniques to measure the success of these relationships, including agent performance and overall return on investment. Through case studies and discussions, attendees gain insights into identifying strengths and areas for improvement and leveraging data to strengthen collaborations. This workshop, presented in partnership with ICEF, is designed for international education professionals who are likely to be already working with agents and who want to maximize the impact of these partnerships.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify evaluation frameworks for measuring the success of education agent partnerships.
• Learn how to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) to prioritize agent success.
• Understand regional differences in agency operations and strategies to maximize agent partnerships.
• Leverage metrics and data to enhance and optimize agent relationships.

Audience: International Enrollment Management
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Navigating discomfort is a fundamental aspect of education abroad, yet students often struggle to see discomfort as an opportunity for growth. By developing new strategies to communicate about potential discomforts and challenges, participants can better prepare students for the realities of experiential global learning. This workshop equips education abroad professionals with strategies to prepare students for their international experience and support them through challenging moments, ultimately fostering the development of flexibility and resilience.

Learning Objectives:

• Define the types of situations in which students generally experience discomfort during education abroad programs while ensuring attentiveness to the unique experiences that emerge from the intersection of personal identity, life experience, and host community context.
• Gain an understanding of key student development theories (e.g., growth mindset, self-authorship, and perspective taking) and develop the ability to explain these theories to education abroad participants, enhancing their ability to make meaning of their experiences.
• Analyze existing materials and programming for education abroad participants (e.g., marketing materials, predeparture orientations, on-site orientations, reentry programming, etc.) and identify opportunities for integrating content on resilience.
• Practice using intercultural activities, lesson plans, and tools in education abroad programming and demonstrate effective debriefing techniques to help international educators maximize student learning.

Audience: Education Abroad
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

The secret to student conversion is effective, strategic communication. Through interactive discussions and hands-on activities, workshop attendees explore evolving student preferences, master the art and science of crafting tailored nurture strategies, and transform their approaches to increasing international student conversion. Attendees learn how to design targeted communication campaigns, segment students effectively, and implement proactive measures to preempt FAQs and common roadblocks to enrollment. Gain insight on how to analyze engagement across communication channels, examine the “microsteps” within the student funnel, and utilize real-time data to identify opportunities for midcycle tactical adjustments to nurture strategies.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze shifts in student expectations and communication preferences in the landscape after the COVID-19 pandemic by using a customer service mindset in a higher education context.
• Assess various communication channels and nurture strategies, include one-to-one and one-to-many communication channels, and evaluate their effectiveness in improving student engagement and conversion
• Create and optimize nurture strategies for improved student engagement, using lean principles as a foundation for mapping the student journey from inquiry to enrollment and developing a tailored nurture strategy to drive conversion.
• Measure nurture strategy performance and student conversion rates for continued improvement.

Audience: International Enrollment Management
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Designed for international student and scholar services participants working at health care or academic medical institutions, this workshop offers an in-depth examination of the unique immigration options, institutional policies, and advising challenges affecting medical trainees and faculty.  Attendees analyze case studies of physicians’ journeys to practice medicine in the United States. Participants have multiple opportunities to collaborate and share approaches to the topics covered.

Learning Objectives:

• Articulate key immigration pathways, compliance requirements, and support strategies for international medical trainees and faculty in healthcare institutions.  
• Engage in discussions with fellow participants and share approaches to the subjects covered.
• Analyze the case studies of several physicians’ journeys to practice medicine in the United States.

Audience: International Student and Scholar Services
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Gain practical tools and strategies to facilitate challenging conversations in diverse educational settings. Leave this workshop better prepared to foster inclusive and respectful discussions and equipped with the confidence needed to manage difficult dialogues. Participants engage in role-playing, case studies, and discussions to enhance their skills in managing difficult dialogues and fostering inclusive, respectful interactions..

Learning Objectives:

• Identify common challenges and recognize typical scenarios where challenging conversations arise in international education settings.
• Develop strategies to manage and guide difficult dialogues effectively.
• Enhance skills in active listening, empathy, and constructive feedback to handle sensitive topics and conflicts.
• Promote inclusivity via the creation of safe spaces for open, respectful, and productive conversations.

Audience: Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Women’s paths to leadership are often challenging. Through reflection, discussion, and exercises, participants engage with a holistic leadership approach—including mindful, somatic, and coaching principles—to reimagine their leadership practice, integrate diverse ways of knowing and being, enhance authenticity and well-being, and connect with colleagues.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn three approaches to holistic leadership (mindful leadership, coaching principles, and somatic leadership) and how they can be applied within the field of international education.
• Reflect on and collaboratively reimagine women’s leadership in international education to include the integration of women’s personal and professional selves, enhance individual and communal well-being, and foster meaningful and inclusive leadership practices.
• Engage in praxis-oriented reflection and develop action steps for future leadership development and practice.

Audience: Shared Interest
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120

Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. (PT)

This hands-on workshop empowers international education leaders with essential data skills and innovative visualization techniques. Discover how to harness data-driven insights for strategic decision-making, ethical data use, and impactful communication, all tailored to meet the evolving challenges of global education..

Learning Objectives:

• Develop a foundational understanding of data collection and analysis techniques, enabling the identification and utilization of relevant data sources within the context of international education.
• Apply key principles of data visualization, including effective storytelling and visual design, to create compelling and clear visual representations that enhance communication with diverse stakeholders.
• Enhance decision-making and strategic planning skills by leveraging data-driven insights, allowing the management of challenges and opportunities in international education with greater precision and confidence.
• Foster an ethical and responsible use of data, ensuring awareness of the ethical considerations involved in data collection, analysis, and dissemination, particularly in a global education context.

Audience: Shared Interest
Fees: Member $200, Nonmember $300, Student Member $120