Urbana (conference)

== Conference Elements ==

Each conference is filled with a variety of activities and seminars for students to engage in.  Highlights include an exhibit hall in which students are encouraged to network with leaders from 250+ missions organizations and seminaries.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://urbana.org/urbana-15-exhibitors | title=Urbana 15 Exhibitors}}</ref> Furthermore, each morning and evening all participates gather in the Edward Jones Dome to hear from engaging and relevant world mission speakers and [[Christian worship|worship]], with a focus specifically on multi-ethnic worship.  The conference concludes with the conference participants welcoming in the [[New Year's Eve|New Year]] and participating in communion.  Students are also encouraged to participate in a variety of seminars and "tracks", which specialize in specific topics.  For example, topics are known to include  Business and technology, global issues, healthcare, justice, proclamation, and world religions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Seminars & Tracks |url=https://urbana.org/seminars-tracks |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222230028/https://urbana.org/seminars-tracks |archive-date=2018-02-22 |access-date=24 Sep 2023 |website=Urbana.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Thomas|first=Amber R.|date=June 2016|title=Postwar American Evangelicals and World Religions: A Case Study of Intervarsity's Urbana Student Missionary Conventions|journal=International Bulletin of Missionary Research|language=en|volume=40|issue=3|pages=228–242|doi=10.1177/2396939315625980|s2cid=148180382|issn=2396-9393}}</ref>  Students participating in a "track" allows them to complement their experience by focusing on particular issues during the afternoons at Urbana. Topics have been known to include the role of technology,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://urbana.org/hack4missions |title = #Hack4Missions}}</ref> business,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Business Track |url=https://urbana.org/seminars-tracks/business-track?action |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051341/https://urbana.org/seminars-tracks/business-track?action |archive-date=2018-02-23 |access-date=24 Sep 2023 |website=Urbana.org}}</ref> International Students,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://urbana.org/international-students-track |title = International Students Track}}</ref> Poverty,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://urbana.org/poverty-track |title = Poverty Track}}</ref> and Pastors/Church Leaders.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://urbana.org/pastors-and-church-leaders-track | title=Pastors and Church Leaders Track}}</ref> In addition to the seminars offered, students are encouraged to participate in Bible Studies.