From Strawberries to Software: Immigration to Silicon Valley

From Strawberries to Software:  Immigration to Silicon Valley
San Jose State University, College of Social Sciences
April 10-11, 2008

This conference will bring together academic and community stakeholders to discuss multiple facets of immigration, make policy recommendations, and foster on-going collaboration.  Community stakeholders who are interested in sharing “best practices” in working with immigrant communities or models of immigrant integration are particularly encouraged to participate.  They may do so by submitting a summary of their best practices and/or models. 

The conference will feature a Keynote Address by Dr. Annalee Saxenian, Dean and Professor of the School of Information and Profesoor in the Department of of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.