Welcome!

This year we'll be offering you a new experience in personal and professional growth: a radically innovative and interactive congress

• where you will be part of the making
• where you will get to define your future in intercultural understanding and practice!

At traditional congresses you spend most of your time listening to other people talk. Often you end up with not much more than you'd get from reading the proceedings. Often you go away feeling like the time to network with your colleagues was far too short.

But at this congress, presentations will be made only on Wednesday afternoon. (We know that some of you are required to give a paper in order to attend).Then for three days, instead of listening to plenary speakers, panels, and people talking at you, you will get to do the talking, aided by expert facilitators

How will it work? In small groups, and rotating from group to group,

• you
• with other leading European interculturalists
• and representatives from the businesses, governments and agencies that may need your services

will share expertise, experience and ideas on this year's theme:

“COMMUNICATING & COLLABORATING ACROSS BORDERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY:

NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND STRATEGIES”

In lively, often surprising, and very energising ways, you will jointly develop your future as an intercultural professional. What is more, you will begin an ongoing process of online knowledge sharing and creation to exchange your discoveries with others. This process will be open even to those who will not be able to attend the congress in Budapest (places are limited!).

For an overview of the theory and practice that is involved, we have prepared a short .pdf that you can view online or a powerpoint presentation that you may download.

We look forward to sharing this empowering experience with you.