Calendar of Events
June 18 – July 15, 2006
June 19 - June 24 Social Dimensions of Migration
Monday – Friday (1) Discrimination against Migrants and Community Relations
Tuesday – Saturday (2) Citizenship in Transatlantic Perspective
Artist: Mr. Kent Rogowski, filmmaker, “Al Otro Lado”
June 26 - July 1 Migration, Security, and Rights
Monday – Friday (3) Migration and Rights
Tuesday –Saturday (4) Migration and Security
Keynote: Mr. Trevor Phillips, Chair, Commission on Racial
Equality, UK
Artist: Ms. Theresa Thanjan, filmmaker, “Whose Children are
These?”
July 3 - July 10 Economic Dimensions of Migration
Monday – Friday (5) Migration and Developing Countries: Assessing
Opportunities for Growth and Development
Wednesday – Sunday (6) Migration, Labor, and Trade: Economic Impacts for Receiving
Countries
July 10 - July 13 (7) Migration and Development Challenges: Perspectives from
the South
Monday – Thursday (organized by Oxford Refugee Studies Center)
Keynote: Dr. Rita Süssmuth, Former President of the German
Parliament and Member of the Global Commission on
International Migration
July 12 - July 13 Preparations for Closing Conference
Wednesday Working group prepares conclusions and recommendations
– Thursday
July 14 - 15 Closing Conference (see full agenda below)
Friday - Saturday
Closing Conference Agenda
July 14-15, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
3 p.m. Opening Remarks
Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, The German Marshall Fund
of the United States
3:20 p.m. Migration and Labor: How should industrial countries balance
the demographic need for migrants against efforts to get
more residents working longer? What is the best way to think
about offsetting the negative impacts of immigration?
Keynote Address:
Ms. Ana Avendaño, Associate General Counsel and Direct of the
Immigrant Worker Program, AFL-CIO
Response:
Dr. Agustín Escobar, CIESAS, Occidente
Open discussion
5 p.m. Adjourn
7 p.m. Reception, Dinner
Dinner Keynote Address:
Senior U.S. Official
Saturday, July 15, 2006
9 a.m. Migration and Development: What are the role and impact of
diasporas in sending country development?
Keynote Address:
Mr. Peter Sutherland, Special Representative of the Secretary
General of the United Nations on International Migration and
Development
Response:
Mr. Manolo Abella, Senior Research Fellow at the Center on
Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford
Open discussion
11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:15 a.m. Migration, Security, and Rights
Immigration policies aim to facilitate the entry of foreigners
whose presence is desired, and to identify and deter the entry of
unwanted foreigners. How can immigration policies best balance
these sometimes competing interests in facilitation and control?
Keynote Address:
Senior European Official
Responses:
Dr. Sarah Spencer, Director of Policy Research, Center on
Migration, Policy and Society
Dr. Susan Martin, President, International Association for the Study
of Forced Migration
Open discussion
1 p.m. Lunch
2:30 p.m. Civic Participation and Community Relations
Many of today’s immigrants differ from the majority population in
terms of race, religion and ethnicity. How are local communities
dealing with ethnic and religious pluralism and what are the
challenges for traditional values, identities, and the social and the
legal systems of receiving countries?
Keynote Address:
Ms. Barbara John, Former Commissioner for Migration and
Integration of the Berlin Senate
Responses:
Dr. Alejandro Portes, Director of the Center for Migration and
Development, Princeton University
Dr. Patrick Weil, Director, Center for Immigration, Integration, and
Citizenship Policies, University of Paris I-Sorbonne
4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
5 p.m. Adjourn
6 p.m. Closing Festivities
Performance by Maestro Luis Haza, first violin section, National
Symphony Orchestra and Cuban migrant
Lakeside reception
8 p.m. Closing Dinner in Villa
