​It is our mission to cultivate educators who champion high-quality education abroad experiences that ignite curiosity, impact lives, and contribute to a better world. To make our vision a reality, we strive to provide international educators with opportunities to learn, grow, and bond as a community so that they have the tools to offer students the best possible experiences abroad.

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TRAINING & EVENTS CALENDAR

The Forum hosts events and trainings across the United States, overseas, and online to all international educators:

Upcoming Events

​Accelerated Residency 

The Accelerated Residency is a unique opportunity to engage deeply with the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad and learn alongside colleagues. During this intensive three-day residency, you will attend all six of the workshops that make up the Professional Certification Program. By the end of the residency, you will have the foundation and resources needed to complete the program assignments when you return home. ​

​Annual Conference

Held every year, this multi-day event includes an ideal mix of upskilling and networking opportunities, complete with plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, community connections, and more. The annual conference is esteemed for its high-quality content, its critical conversations focused exclusively on education abroad, and the pathways it presents for partnership-building. This must-attend event also includes a celebration of colleagues and students with the presentation of Forum awards.

Careers, Internships and Global Learning Conference (CIGL)

​Internships and career-integrated global learning are among the fastest growing areas of education abroad, allowing students to access high impact international experiences with immersive engagement in the local community. Ranging from individual placements or industry-based projects to pre-program research or re-entry workshops to MNC site visits or NGO case studies, the opportunities to explore how current education applies to future professions are vast. And the challenges are real.

European, Middle East and Africa Conference (EMEA)

Held every other year, the EMEA Conference is a more intimate event than the Annual Conference with a European, Middle Eastern and African focus. This multi-day event is an excellent opportunity for open dialogue, updates, and upskilling for on-site staff and education abroad institutions and organizations from around the globe.

Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management Institute

The Annual Institute on Health, Safety, Security and Risk Management is the premiere event for education abroad professionals focused on risk management issues. The Forum’s Health and Safety Institute provides attendees with tools to strengthen institutional and organizational strategies for risk mitigation, incident prevention, emergency response, and overall wellbeing for education abroad participants.

Regional Seminars

The Forum on Education Abroad’s Regional Seminars  offer education abroad professionals the opportunity to deep dive into pressing topics in their region by developing strategies and receive tangible takeaways that they can begin implementing immediately in their everyday work. At these one-day, hands-on professional development events, participants gain best practices from experts in the field, learn about practical resources, and expand their professional network.  

Webinars

The Forum’s webinars offer participants an opportunity to gather virtually to learn about and discuss timely and important topics in the field of education abroad. Our webinars, which can be a single one-hour event or a segment of a larger series, give attendees the chance to gain knowledge from experts for free or a minimal fee.

Workshops

For educators and administrators who are looking to enhance their knowledge of best practices in education abroad, our Forum Workshops are an excellent way to learn how to apply the Standards of Good Practice in real-world situations and share best practices with colleagues in the field.

Past Events

Centering Justice Institute

Centering Justice Institute provides attendees with resources and strategies to create more inclusive policies and program structures with the goal of improving access and support for education abroad for first generation and other underrepresented college. The Institute uses the Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad as a foundation and the Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Actions Toolkit as a resource.

European Institute

The Institute will include workshops from a European perspective focused on equity, diversity and inclusion, supporting students’ mental health, and sustainability. A facilitated open forum will close the institute which will engage participants in producing a curated deliverable to share with the education abroad community.