IOA Announces Conference Details and Opens Registration

The 2008 International Ombudsman Association 3rd Annual Conference, "Making a Difference — The Ombudsman Impact," will be held in Boston, April 14-16, 2008. Pre-conference trainings set for April 13, include a full-day course on conflict coaching, and half-day courses on IOA Standards, interviewing skills, challenges to informality, and current legal issues. Details on keynote addresses and speaker bios are forthcoming. A commendable improvement this year is the availability of speaker presentations on-line prior to the conference. Early bird rates are available on or before Friday, March 14, 2008. (IOA 2008 Annual Conference.)