This two-day conference brings together leading experts on integration issues, policy-makers and hands-on practitioners from Estonia and around Europe to share visionary ideas, research results and best practices for the effective integration in diverse societies.
Why
In Estonia, 2024 is the theme year of cultural diversity, the aim of which is to highlight and preserve the multi-faceted culture of Estonian communities and peoples. However, richness in culture and cultural diversity are also increasingly relevant issues worldwide. What does cultural diversity mean today? How can we maintain cohesion when there are more and more things that set us apart from one another? In an age of information overload, where artificial intelligence is shifting the boundaries of knowledge and experience, it is difficult to separate truth from fiction. The economic downturn and unprecedented globalisation are causing the exclusion of other nationalities, religions, and worldviews, leading to a loss of security and confidence for many people in these turbulent times.
What
The core of the 2024 integration conference is cultural diversity: How can we maintain cultural diversity but also cohesion today, all over the world? What are the most important lessons that can help to alleviate polarisation and societal tensions? How is it possible to stay in a shared information and value space when it is ever easier to live in a digital bubble? How might cultural diversity evolve in the coming years? What is it worth preparing for as a society to be more cohesive? How to resist radicalisation? These are just a few of the issues we will be discussing with renowned practitioners and academicians in Tallinn on 14–15 November 2024.
Three reasons to attend the conference
Visionary
We bring together leading academics, practical experts and policy-makers
Interactive
Engage in discussion after presentations
Practical
We focus on actual programs and experiences of facing and overcoming the integration challenges