Moving Forward Together in a New Era
Over 300 representatives from the immigrant integration field attended the National Immigrant Integration Conference, held June 24-26 in Denver, to discuss best practices, current challenges, and strategic opportunities for moving immigrant integration forward at the national, state and local levels.
For the conference agenda, click here.
For a description of the strategy sessions, click here.
Resource papers based on each strategy session will be available soon and will be posted on this website.
Conference Feedback
An on-line satisfaction survey was sent to all conference participants, and about 1 out of every 3 participants responded. Feedback was very favorable, with highlights including:
- Main reasons for attending the conference were content (66% of respondents); networking (46%); professional development (27%) and speakers (6%)
- 95% of participants felt the conference met or partially met their expectations
- 90% found pre-conference sessions to be appropriate and informative
- 79% rated the strategy session format to be productive and beneficial
- 90% found the content of the conference panel discussions to be appropriate and informative
- 94% found the conference to be well-organized
- 94% reported leaving the conference feeling more prepared and enthusiastic to keep advancing immigrant integration
Some of the most beneficial aspects were reported to be networking, strategy sessions, panel discussions, and the film preview.
Some of the suggestions for improving the conference included: more networking opportunities, additional small group work, more involvement from public policy and business sectors, adding cultural activities and suggestions for restructuring strategy sessions.
