Intercultural Competence Conference

03/03/2026

Logan "DirtyVerbs" Phillips was our DJ at Friday night's reception at ICC 2026. Congrats to him!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE         Contact Information Kelly Wiehe Cultural Affairs Officer City Manager’s Office [email protected] 520-540-7508 Gia Del Pino Communications Manager Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona  [email protected] 520-624-0595, ext. 4 […]

02/24/2026

registrants: check your email for an invite to the Cvent platform!

02/14/2026

The forecast during the conference is about 27° C / 80° F, but it was cooler, cloudy and rainy yesterday. Check out the ICC location in those conditions and early morning, before people arrive!

01/29/2026

TODAY is the deadline to book a hotel room at the reduced conference rate! See the information about the Marriott University Park hotel (as well as other nearby lodging options) on our website: https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/location/

01/07/2026

UPDATE: We have added a few rooms to the block on Thursday, February 26, so if you are quick you can still book the three nights at the Marriott!

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The room block is full on Thursday February 26, though you can still book for the 27th and 28th. We have updated the location page with other lodging options, while we try to add space on the 26th at the Marriott. Take a look here:

2026 ICC Location and Lodging The ICC Conference The 2026 conference is the 10th and final iteration of the Intercultural Competence conference. We will mark the occasion by hosting it in the Environment and Natural Resources 2 building (ENR2) on the University of Arizona campus (at 1064 E Lowell St...

01/05/2026

Happy New Year everyone! The University of Arizona was closed over the holidays, but we are back today. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟮!

Please let folks know that they have 7 more days to get the discounted rate for the conference and/or post-conference workshops. Registration information is here: https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/register/

11/17/2025

TODAY is the deadline for presenters to register for ICC 2026! https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/register/

11/06/2025

We have updated the ICC website with everything you need to know for the 2026 conference, including a link to the registration platform!

https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/register/

10/18/2025

Proposal status notifications for the 2026 ICC conference went out...check your email!

08/14/2025

The deadline has passed: thank you for your ICC 2026 proposals!

08/11/2025

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSALS TODAY!

FINAL HOURS TO SUBMIT!
Today is your last chance to submit proposals for the 10th International Conference on the Development and Assessment of Intercultural Competence!
Theme: "Intercultural Competence in a Rapidly Changing World: Supporting Sustainable Futures for All"
Deadline: TODAY at 11:59 PM Pacific
Don't miss this opportunity to share your research and insights with the global intercultural competence community.
Submit now: https://icc.cercll.arizona.edu/cfp26/

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ICC 2026 is hosted by the Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) and co-sponsored by the College of Humanities at The University of Arizona, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Program, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arizona International, Center for East Asian Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, and Center for Middle Eastern Studies, all at The University of Arizona; and by CALPER-Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research at Pennsylvania State University, CARLA - Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition at the University of Minnesota, Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) at the University of Oregon, and the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.