More frequent and intense intercultural experiences are what lie ahead for most of us. Despite a world economic crisis and often extreme border controls, millions move around the globe for tourism, adventure, work and a better life. The European Union is a reality.Does increasing migration, tourism, and international business challenge the idea that separate cultures exist?What part of our heritage should we carry forward?What is our place as interculturalists in this new world, and what tools will be necessary?This congress will invite us to engage with new trends in the intercultural domain and acquire new skills, to focus on developments now loose in the world that affect our everyday contact with virtual realities. We will ask how these new worlds affect our experiences, our expectations.The SIETAR Europa congresses have always served as a forum for interculturalists to come together to share their knowledge, insights, and questions with other members of the intercultural field. Members of SIETAR Europa represent a wide range of professions and disciplines and share a passion for deepening our understanding of cultures, increasing intercultural competence in ourselves and others, and in continually fostering culturally respectful and inclusive ways of making the world a better place to live and work.