IOA Posts Agenda for 2025 Annual Conference in Florida

The International Ombuds Association has opened registration for its 20th annual conference. The event is set for April 7-9, 2025 in Miami, Florida at the Hilton Miami Downtown. The conference is preceded by three days of training session. Registration is now open and IO has published the tentative conference agenda:

COFO Sets Agenda and Opens Registration for 2023 Annual Conference

The Coalition of Federal Ombudsman has opened registration is now open for its 2023 Annual Conference, which will be held for both in-person and virtual attendees from 9–5 on Friday, October 13, 2023. The in-person portion of the conference will be held at the Clara Barton Auditorium at the US Patent and Trademark Office, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. As always, the conference is free and open to all.

Free Demo for Ombuds Case Management App

On Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at noon Pacific, Clare Fowler of Mediate.com will offer a free demonstration of Ombuds.org, a cloud-based case management platform. (Mediate Registration.)

IOA Releases Detailed Agenda for 2022 Virtual Conference

For the second year in a row, the International Ombudsman Association will hold its annual conference virtually. IOA's 17th annual meeting will take place April 4 through 6, 2022. Social events will use Gather.town, a virtual world with video features. Registration has been open for a few weeks and now the detailed agenda has been posted.

Webinar to Explore Case Management for Ombuds

On Friday, March 11, 2022 (11-11:30 PST/2-2:30 EST), Colin Rule and Clare Fowler of Mediate.com will be discussing a few different case management platforms (what's available and what's coming), as well as data security for visitor information. The event is free and designed for Ombuds. (Mediate Registration.)

Webinar for Ombuds: Case Management and Data Security

Clare Fowler and Colin Rule of Mediate.com, and experienced guest Ombuds will discuss concerns and safeguards for keeping visitor data online in a webinar on July 14, 2021 at 2-2:30 pm EDT. Fowler has an article, "Designing Online Dispute Resolution Information Systems Effectively," which is recommended pre-reading. (Mediate.com.) The webinar is free and open to the public, and pre-registration is not required: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6492416033. 

Ombuds Head to Virginia for 2018 IOA Conference

The International Ombudsman Association will hold its 13th annual conference April 23-25, 2018 at the Richmond Marriott in Virginia. The event follows a now familiar format of keynote events from Ombuds and others professionals, plenary and concurrent sessions, and opportunities to hear from association leaders. An agenda for the conference is now available and registration is open.

IOA Posts Agenda for 2011 Conference

 The International Ombudsman Association has posted the tentative agenda for its sixth annual conference in Portland, OR on April 4-6.