2026 Intermountain Chapter Conference and Training

2026 Intermountain Chapter Conference

We’re excited to welcome you to the 2026 IAP2 Intermountain Chapter Conference in West Jordan, Utah at Conservation Garden Park on June 25–26, with a Fundamentals of Public Participation training on June 24 in Salt Lake City. 

This will be our first chapter conference since 2019, and we’re looking forward to re-engaging with professionals from across our five-state region and beyond.

This year’s conference is centered on what makes the Intermountain region unique. With a focus on being intentional in our approach, interactive in our process, and impactful in our outcomes, the conference is designed to be practical, engaging, and rooted in real-world experience.

You’ll hear from professionals navigating complex challenges, share lessons learned, and connect with others doing this work every day. Whether you’re new to public participation or have been in the field for years, you’ll leave with ideas you can apply immediately.

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IAP2 Certificate Training
Fundamentals of Public Participation

This event requires a separate registration fee. Please see the event listing for more information and to register to participate.

June 24, 2026 
Salt Lake City, UT  ** This is an in-person training **

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Course details and registration 

The Fundamentals of Public Participation (P2) course is a prerequisite to other courses in the Global Learning Pathway that sets out the underpinning models and frameworks of engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community.

The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the practices of meaningful and effective P2 and what participants need to know to do this well. The training explores best practices, and how to design and apply this knowledge to your P2.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Define P2 and related terms and what makes it unique

• Identify what makes P2 meaningful, and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2

• Identify the role that values play in P2 work, and the leadership attributes that will serve them in practice 

• Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to P2 situations

• Apply the Profiles of P2 model to P2, and explore organization- and community-led engagement and how that impacts the engagement process

• Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the roles and impacts of power and influence

• Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to P2 situations and practice

• Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process, and assess the quality of the process