Hosted By: BCCIE

For Practitioners: Maximizing Your Time Abroad

Date: Jan 27, 2023

Time: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Format: In-person

Cost: $65 + taxes, or Maximizing your Time Abroad and Consular Corps Reception: $100 + taxes

Address: Pan Pacific Vancouver

With the sector travelling again, join BCCIE for an informative day on how to make the most of your time abroad. This full-day event will cover planning and strategies in three areas: pre-travel, while traveling, and follow-up from travel. Our featured speakers will cover key topics within these areas, such as the optics of your travel, canvassing your institution, environmental considerations of travel, self-care while abroad, making the most of your agenda, and follow-ups with trip reports, MOUs, and workplans.

Included in the cost of registration is attendance to the full-day event, coffee and light refreshments in the morning, and a catered lunch.

Program

Time	Activity
8:30 am – 9:00 am	Check-in. Coffee and light refreshments provided
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Welcome and introduction
9:15 am – 10:45 am	Pre-travel session Anne-Marie Leclerc, Trade Commissioner – Education, Creative Industries, EdTech Salima Jethani, Director, Global Engagement, SFU CJ Tremblay, Founder and Managing Director, Alethea Global Cooperative
10:45 am – 11:00 am	Coffee break
11:00 am – 12:15 pm	While travelling session Marc Bevin, Director, Global Office of Engagement, UVic Maki Natori, Manager, International Recruitment, Strategic Partnerships, UBC Hyeyoung Kang, Manager of Student Recruitment, Coast Mountain College
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm	Post-travel session Carolyn Russell, Associate Vice-President, International Education, VIU Jeff Davis, Director, International Students Program, Greater Victoria School District Yusuf Varachia, Vice-President, External Relations and Community Engagement, Langara College
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm	Discussion and questions

**Receive a discount on your registration by coupling this event with our Consular Corps Reception the day before where we will bring together the Consular Corps and BC’s education sector to connect and network. To find out more about this event, please visit the Consular Corps Reception event page.

Please note we are offering a stipend to help offset costs associated with attending both events. To apply for this stipend please complete the following application. Please note there is a limited amount of funding and funding is not guaranteed. Priority will be given to applicants from regions outside of Metro Vancouver.

Registration deadline: Thursday, January 19, 2023.

In alignment with BCCIE’s commitment to environmental sustainability at our in-person events, we encourage you to consider your chosen method of transportation to Vancouver and how it impacts your carbon footprint. Where possible, avoid air-travel and instead opt to carpool, walk-on the ferry, or take public transportation.