KAAN is a community where people seek to improve the lives of adoptees and their families through education and support. Since 1999, KAAN has provided an annual conference located in the United States or Korea. These conferences are unique assemblies of those with ties to each other... Korean-born adoptees of all ages as well as family through birth, adoption or marriage, other Koreans and Korean-Americans, social workers, adoptees from other backgrounds, community leaders, and more. Through gathering together, we find what we have in common and where we can help one another.

Our conferences provide over thirty sessions on ethnic ties, search and reunion, racial identity development, family relationships, and more. Each block includes an adoptee-only session as well as many choices open to all. Cultural and social activities are offered as well as vendors, exhibits, and film screenings. Our 2012 conference theme is Journeys. Together we will explore the many journeys--physical, emotional, legal, spiritual--that we as individuals and as a community travel.

Conference forms are available here:

• Program Advertising Form
• Exhibitor/Vendor Application Form
• July 28 Gala Dinner Table Purchase Form
• Other Sponsorship Opportunities

Online registration opens February 17, 2012.