Conferences
June 18, 2026 | CONFERENCE
Eliminating Conditions of Vulnerability for Foreign-Born New Yorkers at the Intersections of Minoritized Social Identities
Leveraging Opportunities for Immigrant Integration in New York State
The Institute on Immigrant Integration Research & Policy is hosting its inaugural annual conference on immigrant integration on May 22, 2024. This conference, held at the University at Albany, brings together practitioners, policymakers, policy implementers, and researchers to explore opportunities for integrating immigrants in New York State, regardless of their length of stay or year of arrival. Key topics include the cost-benefits of immigrants’ social, economic, and political integration, measuring immigrant integration, inclusive governance, and the implementation of promising models and evidence-based integration practices and policies.
The Conference features a keynote presentation and four consecutive sessions:
(a) Fair employment and workforce development;
(b) Health equity for New Americans;
(c) Access and quality of education for immigrant students; and
(d) Welcoming communities and the role of governance
The conference is convened with the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society at the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy and the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
Engineering Cohesive Communities: Social Integration of Foreign-Born Americans
Join us for our annual conference on immigrant integration. This year’s theme is “Engineering Cohesive Communities: Social Integration of Foreign-Born Americans.” It will be a dynamic one-day virtual conference dedicated to discussions of strategies that can be used to forge genuine social cohesion and champion the full inclusion of foreign-born communities. Building on the insights of our 2025 webinar series, this event dives deep into the transformative roles that government bodies, civil society, and the private sector play in shaping an equitable future. You’ll discover cutting-edge models for empowering immigrants and host communities as active architects of social integration. By bringing together a diverse cohort of practitioners, policymakers, implementers, and researchers, we will tackle today’s most urgent challenges and reveal pathways for building unified, resilient communities—where everyone feels they belong, collective well-being thrives, and trust in our institutions flourishes.
