Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The AIG Conference in New Orleans, November 5-7 2013

The annual AIG conference was held in the wonderful city of New Orleans this year.
Most students from the MPA-IG Online program attended as well as several professors.
This years conference was about how to incorporate technology in solving problems as well as working together with other organizations to solve problems that arise.

The conference ran over three full days. The days started early at 7 am with a continental breakfast and the conference started right after. We got to enjoy some amazing lunches together with all the professionals that attended the conference as well.

The speakers were amazing and presented their topics with great knowledge and excitement. This year a lot of the focus was on Louisiana and the previous and ongoing corruption that has been going on for years within many of the different organizations.

On Wednesday evening the students got to take an IG to dinner and have some interesting conversations which was a great success just like last year. This is a great opportunity to network as well as ask questions about the profession itself.

On Friday the last day of the conference the students had a nice lunch together with the faculty where we discussed the future of the MPA-IG Online program and the students had the opportunity to let their voices be heard in regards to potential changes they want to see as well as new classes they would like to take.

Overall the conference was a great success and the students left feeling more motivated than ever and excited about their future potential.

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