ICIP aims to bring together practitioners, policy makers and academics from around the world to share their experiences, learn from one another and discuss the future development of intergenerational programs, research and policies. As an international multi-disciplinary organisation ICIP focuses on promoting intergenerational strategies and public policies from a global perspective.

The 2006 Melbourne conference builds on the aims of the previous two ICIP conferences to provide a forum for national and international academics, policy makers and practitioners to advance a shared understanding of how intergenerational programs act as agents of social change and to promote the development of intergenerational programs and practices.