On April 18, 2008, the Muslim Student Association hosted the 2009 Islam Conference in Regents Hall. The conference featured professor Jamie Schillinger and professor Adil Ozdemir as key note speakers. During his speech, Schillinger addressed how the relationship between Islam, poetry, politics, and architecture calls for us to rethink of how we relate Islam and cultural context. Ozdemir spoke about his own personal and spiritual journey and the parallel transformations in his native Turkey. The four-hour conference concluded with a Mediterranean lunch and a panel of Muslim student which spoke about growing up Muslim in the United States.
