Upcoming Conferences, from February 2025

  • If you'll also be in attendance at any of these conferences, please let us know. We'd love to see you. Here's where we'll be in February:

2/19-22: WISE (Winston-Salem, NC)
NEW this year for WorldKind! Meg Ramey, our Executive Director, will be traveling down to NC this week to join the WISE conference at Wake Forest University where she'll be co-facilitating a discussion on "Balancing Act: Walking Ethical Tightropes in International Education". If you'll be in attendance, join us on Friday (2/21) in Room A48 from 1:45 - 3:00 pm for a compelling, cathartic, and constructive conversation.
Panel Includes:
  • Todd Lee Goen (Global Puzzles)
  • David Puente (WorldStrides)
  • Meg Ramey (WorldKind)

2/26-27: Forum (Virtual)
Interested in "Scoring a Winning Goal! SDGs in Program Goals, Design, & Assessment"? On Wednesday, February 26 from 11:15 am - 12:15 pm, join us for this fun and interactive trivia session. Play along with us and test your own knowledge of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals while also gaining ideas on how to incorporate the SDGs into your programs and assessment.

Panel Includes:
  • Mav Henningsen (University of Tulsa)
  • Meg Ramey (WorldKind)
  • PJ Shoulders (Study Abroad Association)

3/19-21: Forum (Toronto, Canada)
If you missed the discussion at WISE, you'll have another opportunity to join us again for a compelling, cathartic, and constructive conversation on "Balancing Act: Walking Ethical Tightropes in International Education." This "Town Hall Meeting" will take place on Thursday, March 20 from 8:45 - 9:45 am.

Panel Includes:
  • Ann Hubbard (University of Minnesota)
  • David Puente (WorldStrides)
  • Meg Ramey (WorldKind)
  • Chris Thompson (Compear Global Education Network)

InnovateEA Competition!
And don't forget to stick around until the end of the conference because on Friday, March 2 at the Closing Celebration of The Forum’s Annual Conference in Toronto, WorldKind will be one of five finalists vying to win the InnovateEA Competition. Each finalist will give a 5-minute TED-style talk, and the audience will vote for the most innovative idea and select the winner in real-time. Come and vote for our "Belonging and Wellbeing" project!

4/23-25: Global Respectful Disruption Summit (Virtual)
NEW this year for us . . . WorldKind is an Advocate Sponsor for the 4th annual Global Respectful Disruption Summit, which will be a 2-day event. The Pre-Summit with JEDI Labs will be hosted on Wednesday, April 23rd, and the Main Summit Sessions on Friday, April 25th. Both days are included with registration, and Early Bird Registration is NOW OPEN. This event is a joint effort to unite like-minded individuals for learning, discussion, and coalition building. This will be real talk, uncensored and action-oriented.

5/27-5/30: NAFSA (San Diego, CA)
Finally, in May, Meg will be attending NAFSA and co-presenting on "What the Tech? Leveraging Technology to Enhance Education Abroad Experiences" on Wed, May 28 from 4:30-5:20 pm (PST).
Panel Includes:
  • Kodi Henderson (Baylor University)
  • Meg Ramey (WorldKind)
  • PJ Shoulders (Study Abroad Association)

WorldKind is also partnering with Patty Sagasti Suppes (Stockton University) on a poster session entitled “Once Upon a Time: Storytelling & Scenario-based Risk Prevention.” Come and check us out there!

You can always refer to our Webinars and Conferences page to see where we will be!