Over the years, the College has hosted or sponsored a variety of international conferences and symposia. These include:

In 2001, the College hosted the annual meeting of Human Services Information Technology Applications (HUSITA). HUSITA is an international cultural association that promotes the ethical and effective use of information technology to serve humanity. The organization, which was created in 1983, focuses on the development of knowledge and the transfer of technology within human services. HUSITA meets at locations throughout the world to bring together social work education and practitioners as well as professionals from other areas of human services. (For more information on HUSITA, visit www.husita.org.)

In 2004, the College and its Korean partner, Kangnam University, co-sponsored a conference in Korea. This meeting, with the theme of "Social Welfare Issues and Social Worker's New Roles in the Era of Globalization," brought together social work educators and practitioners from countries throughout the worls.

The College has also served as a sponsor of two international meetings of the International Consortium for Social Development—ICSD (formerly known as the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development). ICSD is an international organization that is concerned with empowering people to bring about economic and social improvement in their lives. It is comprised of scholars, practitioners and students from social work and other disciplines from throughout the world. In 2003 the College, under the leadership of Dr. Goutham Menon, planned the biennial meeting which was held in India. In 2005, with Dr. Julie Miller-Cribbs serving as planner, the College, planned the organization’s meeting in Brazil. In both instances local schools of social work served as co-planners and sponsors of the meetings. The College’s Director of International Programs, Dean Emeritus Frank Raymond, is currently President of ICSD, and is involved in the planning of the 2007 conference, which will be held in Hangzhou, China. The College of Social Work will be a co-sponsor of that conference, along with Boston College. (For more information regarding ICSD, visit www.IUCISD.org.)