AIEA: Events

Each seminar involves a small group of participants, usually no less than ten and no more than fifteen.
It is conducted as an intensive three-day retreat seminar, often in a low cost "rustic" retreat camp or conference center in an isolated location.
Continuity from one seminar to the other is provided by having one or two previous participants as the coordinators of each seminar.
Though a general format for the seminar is determined prior to the seminar itself, the participants determine the final format (and topics) once they arrive and are first engaged in the seminar.
The agenda of topics for discussion is determined by the participants, based on issues that they identify as important prior to the seminar. Issues/topics can include: best practices in international education, effectiveness of SIOs (senior international officers), internationalization and new technology, international partnerships, advancing comprehensive internationalization, connecting internationalization to institutional initiatives, educational diplomacy, joint/dual/double/shared degrees, impact of Bologna, health/safety/liability issues in education abroad, effective collaboration with other institutions/organizations, understanding the international context of our work, international education research.
There is high participant participation within small groups, as well as within the overall seminar group.
Some time is scheduled within each seminar for reflection and recreation.
The participants are diverse and include, to the degree possible, representatives from a wide range of institutions and backgrounds. When held in the US, dialogue seminars usually include the following groups: new AIEA members, long time AIEA members, potential AIEA members, from small private liberal arts colleges, community colleges, regional state supported universities, large private universities, and flagship state universities and land grant universities.
The coordinators of each dialogue seminar prepare a report on that seminar and its results that is submitted to AIEA's Professional Development Committee. These reports are also posted on AIEA's website.