Global Events Calendar
Join Upcoming Events Across the Globe
The Alliance keeps an updated list of conferences, events and webinars taking place around the world on topics related to the social service workforce.
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ISPCAN Congress: Working Together to Protect Children in Time of Crisis
Date: August 18-21, 2024 Location: Uppsala, Sweden Event Type: In-person Conference
The Congress theme Working Together in Times of Crisis will emphasize the difficult realities and new challenges that children face, and the innovative solutions the global community is employing in research and practice. The increasing violence, armed conflicts, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change along with stress and cultural practices all threaten mental health and wellbeing. Child protection professionals and front-line workers are challenged more than ever to work with fewer resources to support children and families to become resilient beneficiaries of systems of protection.
International Workshop on Social Policy and Social Work
Date: September 2-3, 2024 Location: Columbo, Sri Lanka Event Type: Workshop
Organized by the Sri Lanka Association of Professional of Social Workers (SLAPSW) in collaboration with the Association for International Social Work (AISW), this event will focus on challenges for social policy and social work in Japanese and South Asian contemporary societies.
International School Social Work Conference: Empowering Global Futures
Date: September 9, 2024 Location: Clemsford, United Kingdom Event Type: Conference
In 2022, the Social work in Schools International Collaboration (SWISIC) was developed to bring together school social work perspectives from across the world. This will be their first international conference. The focus will be to exchange ideas and create a platform to come together and share r knowledge and experiences in this growing field of speciality in social work.
Closing the Gap: Innovations in Mental Health
Date: November 4-6, 2024 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Event Type: Conference
The largest treatment gap for mental, neurological and substance use disorders to date exists in sub-Saharan Africa. The annual Africa Global Mental Health Initiative Institute’s (AGMHI) conference brings together expert and emerging researchers, clinicians, educators, policymakers and stakeholders from around the world to address these ongoing mental health challenges in Africa and the diaspora.
1st Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Violence Against Children
Date: November 7-8, 2024 Location: Bogota, Columbia Event Type: Conference
The Sustainable Development Goals commit the global community to end all forms of violence against children. Now, past the halfway point to the 2030 deadline, violence remains a reality for half the world’s children.This Ministerial Conference will drive policy change, marshal resources and demonstrate that violence prevention is possible. Ministerial delegations – along with children, young people, survivor and civil society allies – will unite behind a shared and bold vision to deliver an end to all forms of violence against children.
14th European Conference for Social Work Research
Date: March 12-14, 2025 Location: Munich, Germany Event Type: Conference
European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR) is the biggest annual social work research event in Europe. The conference is the primary space for members of the European social work research community to gather and get to know each other, to share high quality research and expertise, and to build collaborative relationships and networks.
IFSW Africa Region Conference
Date: November 26-30, 2025 Location: Dakar, Senegal Event Type: Conference
The International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) Africa Region proudly announces that the 2025 Bi-Annual Social Work Conference will be hosted in Dakar, Senegal. This event will gather social workers, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from across the globe for a unique opportunity to connect with social work professionals and leaders from around the world; participate in workshops and sessions designed to provide practical knowledge and innovative practices; and hear from renowned experts and pioneers in the field of social work.
