3rd Annual Gap Year Conference

Service Year Alliance is pleased to partner with the American Gap Association as we work together to promote and facilitate service-focused gap years. We are excited to invite you to attend 3rd annual Gap Year Conference in Denver, CO, on May 7-9, 2017.

Service Year Alliance will be speaking on Service Years as Gap Years to highlight the benefits of a service year between high school and college where young people can get paid to develop real-world skills through hands-on service.

The conference will be held in advance of, and in partnership with, the IECA Spring conference and is slated to have some exciting opportunities. This year, any Gap Year Conference attendee who has not attended an IECA conference in the last year, will be eligible for a $100 discount from their IECA conference fees – details can be found in your registration confirmation or by emailing Ethan@amreicangap.org. The 2016 conference doubled our attendees over the previous year in Baltimore, and we expect to do the same in Denver, limiting the number to 300 attendees. We will have some incredibly valuable discussion and presentations on key topics, some great networking, an experiential component, and some great food! As well, we are proud to reprise the highly successful “Gap n Go” all-day speed dating option (for an additional fee) to meet with registered IECA Members in a more intimate setting. This promises to be a collaborative and growth-forward event bringing together Colleges that offer and support the Gap Year, Gap Year Providers, Gap Year Partners, and of course, Educational Consultants and Specialists. We are making specific efforts to be inclusive and of value to our College partners this coming year, and look forward to a fantastic event!