Immigration Events, 11/13/18
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1. 11/14, San Diego - Discussion on the aftermath of deportation in Mexico
2. 11/14-18, San Jose - Immigration at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting
3. 11/15, DC - Senate hearing on nomination of Ronald Vitiello as Assistant Secretary for ICE/DHS - [New Listing]
4. 11/15, DC - Tribute to former EOIR director Juan Osuna and discussion on immigration issues
5. 11/15, DC - Discussion on global refugees and migration in the 21st century
6. 11/15, North America/Europe - MPI webinar on understanding migrant return and reintegration - [New Listing]
7. 11/15-17, NYC - Conference on global initiatives in migrant and refugee education
8. 11/16, DC - Release of report on factors impacting state immigration laws
9. 11/16, San Diego - Conference on forced migration
10. 11/20, DC - Release of the Global Education Monitoring Report on Migration and Displacement
10. 11/20, DC - Discussion on a reset for U.S.-Mexico relations - [New Listing]
12. 11/20, Toronto - Discussion on settlement services for immigrant women, youth, and seniors in Canada - [New Listing]
13. 11/23, Mainz, Germany - Conference on changing discourses of migration
14. 11/27, Brussels - Discussion on young unaccompanied migrants and refugees traveling across Europe
15. 11/27-28, Ottawa - Entrepreneur and Investor Immigration Summit 2018
16. 11/28, Fairfax, VA - Discussion on immigration after the mid-term elections
17. 12/4, DC - CIS Newsmaker conversation with Rep. Bob Goodlatte
18. 12/10-11, Paris - Annual conference on immigration in OECD countries - [New Listing]
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Beyond the Wall: The Aftermath of Deportation in Mexico
6:15-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Huerta-Cruz Room, Old Student Center, First floor
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uc-san-diego-beyond-the-wall-the-aftermath-of-deportation-in-mexico-registration-50871919280
Description: Special guests include members of Otros Dreams en Accion (ODA), including Co-Director Maggie Loredo, who work on both sides of the border with Mexicans deported during the Obama and Trump administrations. Loredo and ODA members will discuss the realities of the aftermath of deportation, the effect of U.S. and Mexican policies on deported communities, their advocacy work in Mexico and the U.S., and the lives of undocumented, deported and returned communities now living in exile.
The event will conclude with an audience question and answer session.
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American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting
Tuesday-Sunday, November 14-18, 2018
San Jose Convention Center
150 W. San Carlos Street
San Jose, CA 95113
http://www.americananthro.org/AttendEvents/landing.aspx
Immigration-related sessions:
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
2:15-4:00 p.m.
Children, Families and Migration: Adapting, Imagining and Resisting
Gabrielle Oliveira, Boston College; Maureen E. Hoffmann, University of Arizona; Anna R. Beresin; Serah Shani, Westmont College; Rebecca S. New, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Michelle Bellino, University of Michigan, SOE; Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, University of California, Los Angeles
Migrant Imaginaries: Temporality and Emplacement in Europe Part One
Helena Wulff, Stockholm University; Caroline B. Brettell, Southern Methodist University; Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY, University at Buffalo; Simon M. Coleman, University of Toronto; Karen Fog Olwig, University of Copenhagen
States of exception, governments of exclusion: shifting notions of citizenship and the struggle for migrant rights.
Katherine McCaffrey, Montclair State University; Maurizio Albahari, University of Notre Dame; Miguel Diaz-Barriga, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Christine Kovic, University of Houston-Clear Lake; Susan J. Terrio, Georgetown University
4:30-6:15 p.m.
Emergent Spaces II: Migration, Place-Making and New Socialities
Petra Kuppinger, Monmouth College; Friederike Fleischer, Universidad de los Andes; Megan A. Sheehan University of Arizona; Mariel Gruszko, University of California, Irvine; Timothy E. Murphy, Worcester State University; Sarah Grace Fessenden, University of British Columbia; Andrew S. Nelson, University of North Texas; Marilynne Diggs-Thompson
4:30-6:15 p.m.
Migrant Imaginaries: Temporality and Emplacement in Europe Part Two
Deborah Reed-Danahay, SUNY, University at Buffalo; Greg Feldman, Simon Fraser University; Helena Wulff, Stockholm University; Paul Stoller, West Chester University; Peter Hervik, Aalborg University; Vered Amit, Sociology & Anthropology, Concordia University
Thursday, November 15, 2018
8:00-9:45 a.m.
Remaking work/remaking lives: Women, migrants, the underemployed, and the urban poor
Patrick William Beckhorn – University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology; Susan Hill, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Louise Ann Lyon; Rebecca Richart, University of California, Irvine; Anabelle Rose Suitor
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Im/migrant Realities in Latinamerica
Maria Victoria Barbero, Florida International University; Daniel Joseph, University of Kentucky; Melanie Leon; Martin R. Rosales, Creighton University; Diana Karina Soto-Olson, Tulane University; Leela Tanikella, Lesley University
Border Crossings and Transgressions: Refugees, Migrants, and The Category of the Criminal
Elizabeth C. Dunn, Indiana University; Marnie J. Thomson, University of Colorado; Georgina Kathleen Ramsay; Caitlin Fouratt, California State University, Long Beach; Irina Levin, Queens College, CUNY; Elena Popa, Indiana University, Bloomington
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Morality of Mobility: Situating Ethics and Freedom in the Politics of Transnational Migration
Suma Ikeuchi, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; Nicole D. Newendorp, Lecturer and Assistant Director of Studies, Social Studies, Harvard University; Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes; Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer, Yale University
2:00-3:45 p.m.
Precarity, Intimacy, and the Pursuit of Dignity in Migrant Lives: A Roundtable Conversation on Three New Ethnographies
Nolan Kline, Rollins College; Wendy A. Vogt, Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis; Sarah S. Willen, University of Connecticut; Heide Castañeda, University of South Florida; Sarah A. Smith, SUNY, Old Westbury; Shahram Khosravi, Stockholm University; Deborah A. Boehm, University of Nevada, Reno; Leo R. Chavez, University of California, Irvine
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Gallery Session: Immigration, Migration, and Citizenship
Luzny Dusan, Palacky University; Angela E. Arzubiaga, Arizona State University; Jana Koreckova; Hannah Wang; Lilia Loera, University of Texas-Austin; Kathryn Hudepohl; Jessica Ann McLeod, Michigan State University; Jeanne Rey; Francesca Declich; Antonio Umberto Mosetti, La Sapienza University of Rome; Faith R. Warner; Emily E. Esteban, Oregon State University; Jillian Schulte; Rachel C. Kingsley, Oregon State University
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Mental Health of Muslim Immigrants in Western Countries: Social Suffering, Stress and Resistance
Natalia Zotova, Ohio State University; Kenneth C. Maes, Oregon State University; Nichola Khan, University of Brighton; Massarra Eiwaz; Karim Mitha; Tatiana Rabinovich; Michael R. Duke
Friday, November 16, 2018
8:00-9:45 a.m.
An Anthropology of Resistance should be Radical, Queer, Feminist, Anti-Racist, Immigrant, Decolonial, and Accessible: the complex struggles and experiences of Guatemala, Mexico and the U.S.
Meztli Yoalli Rodriguez, The University of Texas at Austin; Manuel Guadalupe Galaviz, University of Texas at Austin; Noe Lopez; Elizabeth Velasquez Estrada; Blanca A. Pacheco; Adriana Maria Linares-Palma, The University of Texas at Austin
10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Primate migrations and adaptations
Andrea L. DiGiorgio; Achsah Dorsey; Leslea Hlusko, University of California-Berkeley; Corinna Most, Iowa State University
Anti-Immigration, Anti-Gender: Toward an Anthropology of Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Central and Eastern Europe, and Russia
Joanna Mishtal, University of Central Florida; Hadley Z. Renkin, Central European University; Victor Trofimov, European University Viadrina; Anastasia Rogova, University of British Columbia; Karolina Follis, Lancaster University; Agnieszka Koscianska, University of Warsaw; Valentina Napolitano, University of Toronto
Forced Migrants in Urban Spaces: Adaptation and Resilience across Borders
Dianna J. Shandy, Macalester College; Nina K. Muller-Schwarze, Southern Food and Beverage Museum; Faedah M. Totah, Virginia Commonwealth University; Amir Mohamed; Brynn Champney; Ashvina Patel; Ashvina Patel
2:00-3:45 p.m.
Cycling Through Undocumented Migration: Social Relations and Subjectivity along Precarious Migrant Pathways
Wendy A. Vogt, Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis; John Doering-White, University of Michigan; Lynn M. Stephen, University of Oregon; Tobin Hansen, University of Oregon; Rebecca B. Galemba, University of Denver; Alejandro Olayo-Méndez; Amelia Frank-Vitale, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Minimum wage, Migration, #Metoo, and Media: Restaurants at the Center of Social Change
Rachel E. Black, Connecticut College; Sarah Bianchi Fouts; Judith Williams; Jesse Dart; Chloe E. Landrieu Murphy, NYU; David I. Beriss, University of New Orleans; David I. Beriss, University of New Orleans
Mobility, Resilience and Resistance: Migration in Historical Perspective
Yannis Hamilakis, Brown University; Parker VanValkenburgh, Brown University; Jason Patrick De Leon, University of Michigan; Michelle A. Lelievre, The College of William and Mary; Melissa Rosenzweig, University of Chicago; Naor Ben-Yehoyada, Columbia University; Rui Alexandre da Graca Gomes Coelho, Rutgers University; Stacey L. Camp, University of Idaho
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Adapting Discourses of Migration and Mobility through Media(tiza)tion
Lynnette Arnold, Brown University; Briana Nichols, University of Pennsylvania; Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas, Emory University; Marco Jacquemet, University of San Francisco; Alejandro Ivan Paz, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Falconi, Wellesley College; Alex E. Chavez; Hilary Parsons Dick, Arcadia University
Immigration and Mental Health in the Age of Trump
Alissa Ruth, Arizona State University; Carina Michelle Heckert, University of Texas at El Paso; Alayne Unterberger, Florida International University; Amy Non; Melanie A. Medeiros, SUNY Geneseo; Alyshia F. Galvez, Lehman College, CUNY; Megan Anne Carney, University of Arizona; Thurka Sangaramoorthy, University of Maryland, College Park
Migrant Precarities and the Everyday Ethics of Remaking the World
Janet A. Hoskins, University of Southern California; Lisa I. Knight, Furman University; Kalpesh Bhatt, University of Toronto; Alex B. Stewart, University of California, San Diego; Torang Asadi, Duke University; Hanna H. Kim, Adelphi University
New Migrant Subjects and The Shifting Boundaries of Belonging
Benjamin Burgen, University of Florida; Ashidhara Das; Ting Deng; Ting Deng; Emily W. Manetta, University of Vermont; Jaroslava Pallas, Wayne State University; Kyeyoung Park, University of California, Los Angeles; Jessica Steinman, Leipzig University
Coping with Displacement: Experiences of Forced Migration, Conflict, and Uncertainty
Rebecca E. Bryant; Deborah A. Jones, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Tetiana Bulakh; Gorkem Aydemir Kundakci, George Washington University; Enkelejda Sula-Raxhimi, University of Sherbrooke; Michele Bianchi; Jill P. Koyama, University of Arizona
Saturday, November 17, 2018
8:00-9:45 a.m.
Africa on the Move: Migration and Trafficing in Physical and Conceptual Spaces
Liza S. Buchbinder; Yolanda D. Covington-Ward, University of Pittsburgh; Barbra Lukunka, American University; Mingyuan Zhang, Department of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
Anthropologists adapting to Anti-Immigrant Climates: Resistance and resilience on campuses and in communities
Kristin E. Yarris, University of Oregon; Wendy A. Vogt, Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis; Ruth M. Gomberg-Munoz, Loyola University Chicago; William D. Lopez, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Mariela Nunez-Janes, University of North Texas; Heide Castañeda, University of South Florida; Sarah B. Horton, University of Colorado, Denver; Christina Marisa Getrich, University of Maryland, College Park; Lauren D. Heidbrink, California State University, Long Beach; Deanna E. Barenboim, Wesleyan University; Whitney L. Duncan, University of Northern Colorado
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Art, Anthropology, and Artistry: New Treatments in Stories of Labor Activism, Migration, Community, and Kinship
Marc Edelman, CUNY, Hunter College & Graduate Center; Caitrin Lynch, Olin College; Maria D. Vesperi, New College of Florida; Alisse Waterston, City University of New York, John Jay College; Frances Benson; Robbin Henderson
12:15-1:45 p.m.
CORI: Committee on Refugees and Immigrants
Faedah M. Totah – Virginia Commonwealth University; Jeffry Maskovsky, CUNY, Graduate Center
2:00-3:45 p.m.
The Under-Explored Realities of (Im)migration and Schooling: Transfronterizo Students in Mexican Schools
Edmund T. Hamann, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Eric Bybee, Brigham Young University; Sarah Gallo, The Ohio State University; Betsabe Roman Gonzalez, Center for US-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego; Norma E. Gonzalez, University of Arizona; Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Imagining Im/migrant Futures: Potentiality in Im/migration Studies
Jennifer A. Cook, Southern Methodist University; Georgina Kathleen Ramsay; Diana Ibanez Tirado; Marry-Anne Karlsen; Jaeeun Kim; Susan C. Bibler Coutin, University of California, Irvine; Samuel Martinez, University of Connecticut
Sunday, November 18, 2018
8:00-9:45 a.m.
Intersections of care and wellbeing with resilience and adaptation in the migrant experience
MinSoo Kim-Bossard, The College of New Jersey; Elizabeth A. Holdsworth; Wai-Chi Chee, Hong Kong Baptist University; Rosalynn Adeline Vega, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Heidi L. Bludau, Monmouth University; Angele P. Smith, University of Northern British Columbia, CANADA
From Global Migration Crises to Local Responses: Narratives, Perceptions and Actions
Deborah R Altamirano – SUNY Plattsburgh; Amy L. Mountcastle, SUNY Plattsburgh; Ilona M. Flores, SUNY Plattsburgh; Michelle Ouellette; Faedah M. Totah, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jayne Howell, California State University, Long Beach
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Nominations of Ronald D. Vitiello to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 15, 2018
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-342
Washington, DC, 20510
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-of-ronald-d-vitiello-to-be-assistant-secretary-for-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-us-department-of-homeland-security-and-richard-s-tischner-jr-to-be-director-of-the-court-services-and-offender-supervision-agency-for-the-district-of-columbia
Witnesses:
Ronald Vitiello
Nominee to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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A Tribute to Juan Osuna: Access to Justice, Due Process and the Rule of Law in the US immigration System – Present Realities and a Vision for the Future
Thursday, November 15, 2018
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., November 15, 2018
Hogan Lovells US LLP, 13th Street NW
Washington DC 20004
http://cmsny.org/event/osuna-due-process/
Description: This event will honor the legacy of Juan P. Osuna, an exemplary public servant, lawyer, scholar and friend. As Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) at the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Juan oversaw the agency that houses the US immigration court system. Prior to joining EOIR, he served as Associate Deputy Attorney General at DOJ, where he oversaw immigration policy. He also served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in DOJ's Civil Division, where he was in charge of immigration-related civil litigation in the federal courts. Juan also served as Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the highest administrative tribunal on immigration law in the United States. Prior to his government service, Juan worked as a highly respected editor and partnered with a variety of agencies in the immigration community on many important projects.
The event will include expert panels on a series of themes and issues of great importance to Juan, including the rule of law in the immigration system; political asylum and protection of survivors of violence; due process; immigration court reform and management; and responding to large-scale migrant and refugee flows. The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) will also publish a series of papers on these themes and issues following the conference. The panels will analyze current policies and set forth a vision for the future. The event will also include keynote addresses and a panel comprised of former public servants who will speak on Juan's contributions and legacy.
Speakers:
Eleanor Acer, Senior Director of Refugee Protection, Human Rights First
Robert Carey, Leadership in Government Fellow, Open Society Foundation
Rena Cutlip-Mason, Chief of Programs, Tahirih Justice Center
Karen Grisez, Public Service Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Lucas Guttentag, Professor of the Practice of Law, Stanford Law School
Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Center for Migration Studies
Alejandro Mayorkas, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Lindsay Nash, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
Stephen W. Yale-Loehr, Professor of Immigration Law Practice, Cornell Law School
Wendy Young, President, Kids in Need of Defense
Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoduOjv0dTVZFH4DgbkZHffDTq_D4VLmt4fvA_tY83dxOZBw/viewform
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Global Refugees and Migration in the Twenty-first Century: Policies and Narratives of Inclusion
1:00-6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 15, 2018
Copley Hall Copley Formal Lounge
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs
3307 M Street NW, Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20007
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/global-refugees-and-migration-in-the-twenty-first-century-policies-and-narratives-of-inclusion
Description: Since 2000, the numbers of refugees and displaced persons have skyrocketed worldwide. These population movements have created vast challenges for the international community, as well as for destination countries and local communities where refugees and displaced persons settle. Effective polices to address the refugee crisis must, therefore, consider three different levels—global, national, and local—and how they interact in practice. Just as critically, they must foster inclusion by countering the xenophobic narratives that exacerbate the politics of the refugee issue worldwide.
Panelists will discuss the admission and initial integration of refugees and migrants in the United States and Europe, addressing whether and how practices of other countries offer any lessons for the United States. They will examine the long-term integration processes of refugees and migrants and suggest how and why local responses matter for successful integration.
Program:
1:00-1:15 p.m.
Welcome Remarks
Thomas Banchoff, Vice President for Global Engagement, Georgetown University
1:15-2:45 p.m.
Admission and Early Integration: Lessons for the United States
Mike Mitchell, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Rachel Peric, Welcoming America
Joan Rosenhauer, Jesuit Refugee Service
Hans Van de Weerd, International Rescue Committee
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Local Responses and Long-Term Integration
Ali Al Sudani, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
Sonia Lin, New York City Office of Immigrant Affairs
Linda Lopez, Los Angeles Office of Immigrant Affairs
4:45-6:00 p.m.
Keynote and Audience Q&A
Denis McDonough, White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama
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Understanding the Policy Context for Migrant Return and Reintegration
9:00 a.m. ET, Thursday, November 15, 2018
MPI Webinar
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/policy-migrant-return-reintegration
Speakers:
Kathleen Newland, Senior Fellow, MPI
Bernhard Braune, Head of Unit 224, Return/Reintegration, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Nicola Graviano, Head, Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Unit, International Organization for Migration
Moderator:
Natalia Banulescu-Bogdan, Associate Director, International Program, Migration Policy Institute
Description: In December in Marrakech, UN Member States will adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Among the compact's many groundbreaking ambitions is a commitment to facilitate the return, readmission, and reintegration of migrants that recognizes the priorities of both origin and destination countries. Implementing this commitment may, however, prove extremely challenging.
Migrant returns take place along a spectrum ranging from wholly voluntary—at times even solicited by countries of origin—to compulsory or, at the extreme, physically forced. The ways in which returns are carried out vary widely, from individualized legal proceedings with due process and reintegration support, to coercive mass returns with no legal or humanitarian safeguards.
This webinar will examine the policies, practices, and contextual factors that make compulsory returns such a difficult issue for international cooperation, and the programs that are being implemented to make reintegration of returnees sustainable. Speakers will explore the competing perspectives migration policymakers must attempt to reconcile when considering returns—from the rule of law to humanitarian, development, security, and stability concerns. With all eyes turning towards the challenges of compact implementation, speakers will discuss the possibility for international cooperation on returns and how reintegration assistance and development cooperation can mitigate shocks to often-fragile communities of origin, add positive incentives for return, and ameliorate the conditions at origin that motivate people to migrate.
The discussion will draw on a recent policy brief that explores the policy frameworks of return and the role of reintegration and development assistance in international cooperation on safe and sustainable returns. The brief forms part of a collaboration between MPI and GIZ supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Register: http://my.migrationpolicy.org/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=88710
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Global Initiatives in Migrant and Refugee Education: Global Education Responsibilities
Thursday-Saturday, November 15-17, 2018
Manhattan College
4513 Manhattan College Pkwy
Bronx, NY 10471
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-initiatives-in-refugee-and-migrant-education-tickets-45887132649
Description: Refugee and Migrant Education Network, born in Rome in November 2017 during the conference hosted by Pontifical Gregorian University, is inviting faculty and NGO representatives working, both, in the academia and on the ground with refugees and migrants to talk about best practices and share solutions to improve refugee and migrant education.
The conference in November will be hosted at Manhattan College in New York City and is organized by RME Network, Being the Blessing Foundation and Center for Interreligious Understanding.
The conference will take place only two months after the Global Compact on Refugees will be discussed at the United Nations General Assembly, and major UN representatives have been invited to join the speakers.
The aim of the conference is also to share best practices in teaching, research and social responsibility regarding refugees as well as foster and expand collaboration between institutions committed to expanding refugee and migrant education. It also aims to further develop the Refugee and Migrant Education Network in order to answer the tragic rates of refugee youth enrollment to education.
Program:
Thursday, November 15, 2018
2:00 p.m.
Opening Session
Welcome by Conference Organizers Dr Brennan O'Donnell, President of Manhattan College
Anthony Cernera, Being the Blessing, RME Network
2:45 p.m.
Keynote Addresses
Perspectives of the Global Refugee Realities
Stephen Rasche, President, Catholic University of Erbil, Iraq
The Migration Crisis: A Different Approach
Ambassador Diego Gomez Pickering, counsel general of Mexico (invited)
5:00 p.m.
Refugee Voices: Personal Accounts from Refugees
Naouras Mousa Almata, Manhattan College
Student 2
Student 3
Friday, November 16, 2018
9:00-10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session on Teaching
9:00 a.m.
Best Practices in Refugee Education: Roundtable
Michele Pistone, Villanova University, CHAIR
Representative of CRS Faculty Learning Commons
Armando Borja, Chief Operations Officer, Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Suha Tutunji, director, Jusoor Refugee Education, Lebanon
Kirk Chamberlain, World Refugee School
9:55 a.m.
Best Practices in Refugee Education: Short Videos
Syria/Iraq Teaching Models
Refugees at our campus/Europe: Bard University, Berlin
10:15 a.m.
A Teaching Model: New Course for Non-Lawyers
Michele Pistone, Villanova University
10:45-11:30 a.m.
Plenary Session on the UN Global Compacts
The Global Compacts and the Challenge for Universities
Kevin Appleby, Center for Migration Studies
12:00-1:15 p.m.
1st Workshop Session: Teaching
Keeping Refugee Girls in School
Fr. Michael Smith, Jesuit Refugee Service
Tina M. Facca Miess, Academic Director of Americas and Africa, Jesuit Worldwide Learning
Technology and Higher Education for Migrants – how to make good use of blockchain?
Ashish Gadnis, BanQu
Teaching about Refugees
Andrew Rasmussen, Psychology professor, Fordham University
Brinton Lykes, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College
Kelly Bystrom, Bard College Berlin
2:30–3:00 p.m.
Panel on Recognizing Degrees
The European Passport Model
Rolf Lotstad, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (invited)
3:00-4:30 p.m.
Plenary Session on Social Responsibility
The Moral and Ethical Responsibilities of Universities in Response to the Global Realities of Migrants and Refugees
Fr. René Micallef, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome: CHAIR
Keynote
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to UN
Panel Responses:
Mehnaz Afridi, Manhattan College
Rabbi Jack Bemporad, Center for Interreligious Understanding
5:00-6:00 p.m.
2nd Workshop Session: Social Responsibility
Putting University Finances at the Service of Refugees and Migrants
"Fair Trade" and the Push and Pull Factors of Forced Mobility
Jacqueline Martin, Manhattan College:
Socially Responsible Investing at the Service of Refugees and Migrants
Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility (invited):
Universities Supporting Other Universities in Conflict Areas
Stephen Rasche, Catholic University of Erbil
Student Research on Migration and the European Crisis
Ricardo Alan Dello Buono (Sociology) and Manhattan College students
Saturday, November 17, 2018
9:00-10:30 a.m.
Plenary Panel on Best Practices for University-NGO collaboration
Universities and Humanitarian NGOs Working Together: Best Practices and Emerging Needs
Joan Rosenhauer, Executive director, JRS-USA
Maggie McHugh, Migration Policy Institute (invited)
Donald Kerwin, Center for Migration Studies (invited)
AJCU Migration Research Directory, faculty member
Katrin Macmillan, Projects for All
10:45-11:45 a.m.
3rd Workshop Session: Research and Action
Communicating refugee issues: The Challenge of Xenophobia
Georgette Bennett, Multifaith Alliance
Paulina Guzik, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Refugee and Migrant Education Network
What are the research needs of relief agencies? - How to liaise between the field and the university?
Aldo Skoda, Scalabrini International Migration Institute
Christophe Lobry-Boulanger, American Red Cross
CRS Representative
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Concluding Plenary
Universities and Corporations Cooperating in Refugee Education Objectives of Refugee and Migrant Education Network
Scott Minerd, Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners (invited)
Anthony Cernera, Being the Blessing & RME Network
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An Immigration Patchwork in the States: How Partisanship, Regionalism, and Shifting Priorities Impact State Immigration Laws
3:00-4:20 p.m. ET, Friday, November 16, 2018
Bipartisan Policy Center
1225 Eye Street, NW Suite 1000
Washington, D.C. 20005
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/events/webinar-an-immigration-patchwork-in-the-states-how-partisanship-regionalism-and-shifting-priorities-impact-state-immigration-laws/
Description: Join us for the webcast release of our new immigration report An Immigration Patchwork in the States: How Partisanship, Regionalism, and Shifting Priorities Impact State Immigration Laws. The report examines immigration laws that have passed at the state level over the last decade and the increased role that states have taken in the face of a broken national immigration system.
Moderator:
Theresa Cardinal Brown
Director of Immigration and Cross Border Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
Panelists:
Cristobal Ramón
Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center
Margie McHugh
Director of the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, Migration Policy Institute
Ann Morse
Program Director of the Immigrant Policy Project, National Conference of State Legislatures
Register: http://bpcevents.cloudapp.net/Pages/Home.aspx
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Forced Migration: An Interdisciplinary Exchange
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. PST, Friday, November 16, 2018
Malamud Room, Institute of the Americas
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093
https://ccis.ucsd.edu/_files/Event%20Flyers-Programs-Agendas/Program%20Final%20-%2011-16-18%20Refugee%20Conf.pdf
Description: The conference brings together academics from a wide variety of disciplines, such as the social sciences, the physical sciences, and health sciences, in an effort to promote learning, exchange, and collaboration on issues pertinent to refugee integration.
Program:
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Panel 1: Refugees and Climate Change
Kate Ricke, Assistant Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy/Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Wolfram Schlenker, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Moderator:
Claire Adida, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego
2:30–2:00 p.m.
Panel 2: Refugees and Health
Tala Al-Rousan, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, UC San Diego
Wael Al-Delaimy, Professor/Division Chief, Family Medicine and Public Health, UC San Diego
Jens Hainmueller, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
2:30–4:00 p.m.
Panel 3: What Academics Should Learn from Refugees and Policymakers
Ramla Sahid, Founder and Executive Director, the Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA)
Erica Bouris, Technical Advisor, Economic Empowerment Programs, International Rescue Committee
Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (2012-2017)
Moderator:
David FitzGerald, Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego
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Building Bridges Not Walls: Key Lessons from the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report on Migration and Displacement
2:00-3:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Migration Policy Institute Conference Room, Suite 300
1400 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/global-education-monitoring-report-release
Description: The international migrant population includes some of the most vulnerable people in the world, including unaccompanied children and children in detention. Yet these children are often invisible in data and in many places denied entry into schools, while they are often the ones most in need of the safe haven, stability, and path to a brighter future that education can provide.
Marking the U.S. release of the 2019 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, this event convened by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and the GEM Report will include a presentation of the report that focuses mainly on migration and displacement in its continued assessment of progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education, as well as other related education targets in the SDG agenda. This global study presents evidence on the implications of different types of migration and displacement for education and how reforming curricula, pedagogy, and teacher preparation can impact attitudes toward diversity. The report analyzes the challenges to effective humanitarian financing for education and makes the case for investing in the education of children whose parents migrate for work, in countries with high rates of emigration and those seeing high rates of immigration, and in short-term refugee emergencies and in protracted crises. It also offers recommendations that advance the aims of SDG 4.
Drawing on the experience of the United States, the discussion will look at different ways education policymakers, teachers, and civil society have responded to the educational needs of migrants and how to address the legal, administrative, or linguistic barriers that sometimes inhibit children from participating meaningfully and equally in education programs. Speakers will highlight the centrality of education for the process of inclusion and reflect on the capacity of education systems to serve children and youth from migrant backgrounds. The discussion will also explore possible solutions, and will offer fresh ideas on how to ensure that education addresses diversity in and outside the classroom.
Speakers:
Andrew Selee, President, Migration Policy Institute
Priyadarshani Joshi, Research Officer, Global Education Monitoring Report
Mandy Manning, 2018 National Teacher of the Year
Sarah Smith, Senior Director for Education, International Rescue Committee
José Viana, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition, U.S. Department of Education
Moderator:
Margie McHugh, Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI
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Trade and borders: A reset for U.S.-Mexico relations in the Trump era?
9:30-11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium
1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
https://www.brookings.edu/events/trade-and-borders-a-reset-for-u-s-mexico-relations-in-the-trump-era/
Description: Trade integration has been a central element of U.S.-Mexico relations for the past quarter century. The renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) presented a formidable challenge for two neighboring countries who also manage a complex border agenda including immigration and drug control. As President Trump considered terminating NAFTA and continues to press for the construction of a border wall, the risks of deteriorating bilateral relations increased. Against these odds, the NAFTA parties successfully concluded negotiations this fall. How were the United States and Mexico able to keep relations on an even keel in the midst of tough trade negotiations? What was accomplished or not in the newly baptized U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement? How did other areas of the bilateral relation evolve during this period of uncertainty regarding the future of economic integration? What are the prospects for U.S.-Mexico relations going forward?
Speakers:
Mireya Solís and Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings Foreign Policy Senior Fellows
Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández, Mexico's Ambassador to the United States
Earl Anthony "Tony" Wayne, Wilson Center Public Policy Fellow
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Settlement Services for Immigrant Women, Youth, and Seniors in Canada: Who Is Falling through the Cracks?
Sponsored by the Ontario Metropolis Centre
12:30-2:45 a.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2018
YMCA Central Toronto, 20 Grosvenor Street, Auditorium
Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2V5 Canada
https://ceris.ca/event/settlement-services-for-immigrant-women-youth-and-seniors-in-canada/
Description: CERIS cordially invites you to a panel discussion on the state of services for immigrant women, youth, and seniors in Canada. While these groups are generally considered vulnerable to prolonged economic marginalization and social exclusion, the findings of a CERIS knowledge synthesis identify gaps in services and strategies to improve access to services. In this panel discussion, our researchers will share insights into research with immigrant women, youth, and seniors and invite discussants and participants to exchange ideas for policy and service innovation to better support the settlement of all immigrants.
Panellists:
Rupaleem Bhuyan – University of Toronto
"Identifying Structural Barriers to Improve Settlement Outcomes for Vulnerable Groups of Immigrant Women"
John Shields – Ryerson University
"Immigrant Youth in Canada: A Literature Review of Migrant Youth Settlement and Service Issues"
Nancy Mandell – York University
"Recent Canadian Immigrant Seniors: A Literature Review of Settlement Experiences and Services"
Discussants:
Stephanie Miller, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Moy Wong-Tam, Centre for Immigrant and Community Services
Moderator:
Vera Dodic, City of Toronto Newcomer Office
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Changing discourses of migration – categories, faith-based interpretations and innovative practices
Friday, November 23, 2018
Catholic University of Mainz
Saarstraße 3, 55122 Mainz
Mainz, Germany
https://www.kh-mz.de/aktuelles/katholische-hochschule/detail/changing-discourses-of-migration-categories-faith-based-interpretations-and-innovative-practices/
Conference program:
9:15 a.m.
Welcoming
Martin Klose and Bastian Vollmer Catholic University Mainz
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Keynote: Contemporary Migration: the opportunities beyond the challenges
Fr. Fabio Baggio, Pope Francis Section Migrants & Refugees, The Vatican
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Panel 1 Revisiting categories of migration, considering changing discourses and facing global issues
Fr. Fabio Baggio, Pope Francis Section Migrants & Refugees, The Vatican
Olaf Kleist, University of Osnabrück
Norbert Cyrus, Europa-University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
Sieun Lee, International Organization for Migration, Geneva
Jorge Nuño Mayer, Caritas Europe, Brussel
1:15-2:45 p.m.
Panel 2: Migration narratives and faith-based interpretations – What is "migration" and what is "refuge"?
Armina Omerika, Goethe-University, Frankfurt a. M.
Frederek Musall, Center for Jewish Studies Heidelberg
Tobias Keßler, Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology
3:00-3:15 p.m.
Welcoming and note
Bishop Prof. Dr. Peter Kohlgraf, Diocese of Mainz
3:15-4:30 p.m.
Panel 3: The future of an inter-faith dialogue and innovative practices – What are the challenges and opportunities?
Iman Al Nassre Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich Studienwerk, Berlin
Marie Luise Trocholepczy, Marienschule, Offenbach
Julia Wolter, Abrahamisches Forum, Darmstadt
Songül Yasar, Salam e.V., Frankfurt am Main
4:30-4:45 p.m.
Closing of the conference
Bastian Vollmer
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ChildMove: A Discussion on the Project Following Unaccompanied Young Refugees across Europe
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Residence Palace (Passage Room)
Rue de la Loi 155
Brussels, Belgium
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/events/childmove-discussion-project-following-unaccompanied-young-refugees-across-europe
Description: Join the Migration Policy Institute Europe and Ghent University for morning coffee and a discussion of vital new research into the experiences of young refugees and migrants who have travelled across Europe unaccompanied by their families.
Professor Derluyn will present the early results of ChildMove, a project funded by the European Research Council, before debating the implications with leading EU policymakers, NGOs, and practitioners.
Despite images of children in peril becoming a staple of the media during the migration crisis of 2015 and 2016, there is relatively little understanding of how these journeys affect their mental wellbeing. Without detailed research, policymakers face an uphill task to cater for the needs of such young people.
The ChildMove project is a unique attempt to fill this gap. The team is following young refugees and migrants as they travel from Libya and Turkey to Europe and beyond, allowing them to describe in their own words what it means to be on the move.
Speakers:
Hanne Beirens, Acting Director, MPI Europe
Ilse Derluyn, Project Lead, ChildMove; and Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Ghent University
Isabela Atanasiu, Legal Officer, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Valeria Setti, Coordinator for the Rights of the Child, European Commission
Catherine Woollard, Secretary General, European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
David Lowyck, Director, Minor-Ndako
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Entrepreneur and Investor Immigration Summit 2018
Tuesday-Wednesday, November 27-28, 2018
Shaw Centre
55 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1N 9J2, Canada
https://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/eii/default.aspx
Conference agenda:
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
8:15 a.m.
The State of Canadian Entrepreneur and Investor Immigration
The Conference Board of Canada will welcome Summit attendees and share its latest research findings on the key issues affecting Canadian entrepreneur and investor immigration.
Kareem El-Assal
Senior Research Associate and Senior Network Manager, Immigration
The Conference Board of Canada
9:00 a.m.
Plenary Session 1 - Canada's Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
A panel of experts will conduct a SWOT analysis of Canada's economic competitiveness as they offer suggestions on how the country can enhance its attractiveness to global talent. In this wide-ranging discussion, speakers will assess Canadian business immigration policies and programs, and other key issues such as Canada's taxation and innovation policies, ease of doing business, physical presence requirements, and overall appeal to entrepreneurs and investors.
Moderator:
Pedro Antunes
Executive Director, Economic Outlook and Analysis, and Deputy Chief Economist
The Conference Board of Canada
Panellists:
Victoria Lennox, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Startup Canada
David S. Lesperance, Founder
Lesperance & Associates
Emilio B. Imbriglio
President and Chief Executive Officer
Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
10:45 a.m.
Plenary Session 2 - How Can Canada Become the Global Leader in Entrepreneur and Investor Immigration?
Canada has one of the world's leading immigration systems but achieving business immigration success remains elusive. Complicating matters is that Canada faces far more global competition today than it did 40 years ago, when it became active in the field of business immigration in 1978. In recent years, countries around the world have stepped up their efforts to benefit from the human, social, and financial capital of immigrant entrepreneurs and investors providing Canadian stakeholders with the opportunity to learn from what is happening around the world. Speakers will explore the global landscape as they discuss what Canada can do to improve the international positioning of its entrepreneur and investor programs.
Moderator:
Mona Shah
Attorney
Mona Shah & Associates
Panellists:
Austin T. Fragomen
Chairman
Fragomen Global
Christian H. Kaelin
Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd.
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions—Set A
(please selection one session)
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session A1 - Quebec's Entrepreneur and Investor Streams
Speakers from Quebec are invited to provide an update on policy and operational developments to the province's entrepreneur and investor streams including the new requirements that were implemented in August 2018. An immigration practitioner will also be on hand to discuss what practical considerations you need to keep in mind when submitting business applications to Quebec on behalf of your clients.
Moderator:
Selin Deravedisyan-Adam
International Mobility Specialist
Phoenix Management in International Mobility
Panellists:
Louis Bélanger
Directeur General, Des Opérations d'Immigration
Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Diversité et de l'Inclusion
Stephane Tajick
Head Advisor
Stephane Tajick Consulting (STC)
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session A2 - Western Canada's Entrepreneur Streams
Speakers from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are invited to provide updates on PNP entrepreneur streams in their provinces. They will shed light on the current state of the streams, recent and forthcoming developments, the business supports that they offer to entrepreneurs, the performance of the streams, and will be available to answer your questions.
Moderator:
Randy Boldt
President and Chief Executive Officer
VisaMAX Limited
Panellists:
Stewart Low
Director, Entrepreneur Immigration
Saskatchewan Ministry of Immigration and Career Training
Ben Rempel
Assistant Deputy Minister, Immigration and Economic Opportunities Division
Manitoba Education and Training
Deb Zehr
Executive Director, Immigration Programs Branch
Government of British Columbia Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session A3 - HNWI Insights
The global boom in entrepreneur and investor immigration programs in recent years corresponds with the rise in high net worth individuals (HNWI) around the world. Speakers will share latest HNWI trends including the main source countries of HNWI, where they immigrate to, and what motivates them to immigrate. In addition to an overview of the global population of HNWI, the session will feature discussion on HNWI in the world's leading source country of business immigrants, China.
Moderator:
Kareem El-Assal
Senior Research Associate and Senior Network Manager, Immigration
The Conference Board of Canada
Panellists:
Christian Henrik Nesheim
Founder and Editor
Investment Migration Insider
2:30 p.m.
Plenary Session 3 - Entrepreneur and Investor Immigration Beyond MTV
While the Provincial Nominee Program has significantly improved the regionalization of immigration's benefits across Canada, entrepreneurs and investors continue to gravitate towards the likes of Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver (MTV). How then, can smaller cities and communities become more successful in attracting and retaining business immigrants? Indeed, one of the main challenges that smaller jurisdictions face is ensuring that business immigrants have a genuine interest in remaining there. And, given that Section 87 (5) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act forbids the provinces and territories (except Quebec) from operating immigrant investor programs, should we reform this section of IRPA to further encourage the regionalization of business immigration's benefits? Speakers will explore such key issues as they offer solutions that Canada can pursue to encourage entrepreneurs and investors to build a life beyond the country's largest urban centres.
Moderator:
Tammy Hwang
Economic Development, Global Hamilton Office
City of Hamilton
Panellists:
Jeffrey S. Lowe
Chief Inspirational Officer
Lowe & Company
Yuri Navarro
Executive Director
National Angel Capital Organization
Larry E. Shaw
Chief Executive Officer
Ignite Fredericton
3:45 p.m.
Plenary Session 4 - Selecting Entrepreneurs for the 21st Century Economy
Canada's immigrant entrepreneur programs have underperformed in large part due to Canada struggling to identify the selection criteria that best predicts the success of immigrant entrepreneurs. Making matters even more challenging is the reality that many entrepreneurs succeed despite starting off with a lack of business experience, capital, and other metrics that Canada's governments evaluate when screening immigrant entrepreneurs. Speakers are invited to explore key considerations that Canada should screen for in their pursuit of immigrant entrepreneurs most likely to spur economic growth and job creation.
Moderator:
Marina L. Sedai
Immigration and Citizenship Lawyer
Sedai Law Office
Panellists:
Stephen W. Green
Partner
Green and Spiegel LLP
Natasha Kim
Director General, Immigration Branch
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Horatio M. Morgan
Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management
Ryerson University
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
8:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks from the Summit Chair
Kareem El-Assal
Senior Research Associate and Senior Network Manager, Immigration
The Conference Board of Canada
8:30 a.m.
Plenary Session 5
Succession Planning: The Trillion-Dollar Challenge
According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, most Canadian SME owners are set to retire in the coming years, yet only a minority of them have succession plans, even though an estimated $1 trillion in assets is set to exchange hands. Retiring SME owners cite the lack of suitable buyers as their foremost succession planning challenge. Business immigrants can help fill the void, but Canada's efforts to match them with retiring SME owners remain underdeveloped. Speakers will share innovative succession planning solutions that could help address Canada's trillion-dollar challenge.
Moderator:
Leticia C. Siu
Associate
Dentons
Panellists:
Alison Anderson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
SuccessionMatching
Janet Moser
Director, Fredericton Intercultural Business Services
Fredericton Chamber of Commerce
Corinne M. Pohlmann
Vice-President, National Affairs and Partnerships
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
10:15 a.m.
Plenary Session 6 - Does Investor Immigration Have a Future in Canada?
Canada is no longer as open to immigrant investors as it once was which is due to economic change (e.g., low interest rates) and likely, at least in part, due to public opinion concerns. Speakers are invited to share their views on whether Canada should continue to welcome immigrant investors. For instance, could investor immigration support Canada's economic development priorities such as attracting more foreign direct investment and building infrastructure and affordable housing? Or, is investor immigration fraught with too much baggage such as fraud, driving up real estate prices in the likes of Vancouver, and attracting 'astronauts' uncommitted to Canada?
Moderator:
Robin Seligman
Founder
Seligman Law
Panellists:
Robert W. Kraft
President
Invest in the USA (IIUSA)
Richard Kurland
Policy Analyst and Lawyer
Kurland Tobe Immigration Law Firm
11:30 a.m.
Plenary Session 7 - Attracting Global Companies, Talent, and Investment
Canada is seeking to increase its attractiveness to global companies, talent, and investment through measures such as the Innovation Superclusters Initiative, Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative, Global Talent Stream, and Invest in Canada Hub. A senior official is invited to deliver a keynote address on the impacts of these measures and suggest additional steps that Canada can take to enhance its global economic competitiveness.
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions—Set B
(please selection one session)
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session B1 - Atlantic Canada's Entrepreneur Streams
Speakers from Atlantic Canada are invited to provide updates on PNP entrepreneur streams within their provinces. They will shed light on the current state of the streams, recent and forthcoming developments, the business supports that they offer to entrepreneurs, the performance of the streams, and will be available to answer your questions.
Moderator:
Janet Thompson-Price
Founder
Thompson Price Law
Panellists:
Colin Brothers
Senior Business Officer
Nova Scotia Office of Immigration
Remzi Cej
Director, Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Advanced Education and Skills
Henry Phillips
President
HP Consultants Inc
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session B2 - Improving PR and TR Pathways
Canada offers plenty of permanent and temporary resident business options. On the PR side, business immigrants have a range of federal, provincial, and territorial pathways available to them. Meanwhile, Canada has various temporary resident business options including the Global Talent Stream, Owner/Operator category, Intra-Company Transfers, NAFTA investors, among others (e.g., under LMIA exemption codes C10 and C11). Immigration practitioners, however, often point out gaps and challenges that impede PR and TR candidates from entering Canada. Speakers will provide examples of these challenges and offer suggestions to address them.
Moderator:
Tamara Mosher-Kuczer
Associate
Capelle Kane Immigration Lawyers
Panellists:
Kim K.C. Ly
Principal/President
Borders Immigration Consultancy
Peter Veress
President
Vermax Group
1:00 p.m.
Concurrent Session B3 - Settlement Supports for Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship is difficult, and it is even more difficult if you're an immigrant which is why dedicated business supports for immigrant entrepreneurs is crucial to their success. Speakers will share their thoughts of good Canadian and international practices that could help Canada improve the business supports it offers to immigrant entrepreneurs.
Moderator:
Stephen Chase
Manager, Settlement and Multiculturalism Unit
Government of New Brunswick
Panellists:
Karla Briones
Founder
Karla Briones Group
Sherry Redden
Manager, Business and Workforce Integration
Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia
Irene Sihvonen
Senior Vice President, Services & Organizational Development
ACCES Employment Services
2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions—Set C
(Please selection one session)
2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session C1 - Ontario, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories' Entrepreneur Streams
Speakers from Ontario, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories are invited to provide updates on PNP entrepreneur streams within their jurisdictions. They will shed light on the current state of the streams, recent and forthcoming developments, the business supports that they offer to entrepreneurs, the performance of the streams, and will be available to answer your questions.
Moderator:
Pedro Antunes
Executive Director, Economic Outlook and Analysis, and Deputy Chief Economist
The Conference Board of Canada
Panellists:
Marius Curteanu
Immigration Manager, Immigration Unit
Government of Yukon—Department of Education
Ken Nakahara
Director, Immigration Selection Division
Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade
Dave Nightingale
Director, Business Support and Trade, Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment
Government of the Northwest Territories
2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session C2 - Diversifying and Expanding Canada's Exports
Canada's economy depends on exports to the United States which benefits Canada on the one hand, but is also cause for concern as it leaves Canada vulnerable in case of economic downturn in the U.S. In addition, emerging economies are experiencing faster rates of growth than the likes of the U.S. and other developed countries, so it is incumbent upon Canada to identify how it can diversify and expand the scale of its exports into different markets. Immigrants can help Canada tap into global markets but identifying how to incorporate them into Canada's export development strategies is challenging. Speakers will discuss how Canada can further harness the skills and global connections of immigrants to boost its exports.
Moderator:
Kareem El-Assal
Senior Research Associate and Senior Network Manager, Immigration
The Conference Board of Canada
Panellists:
Omar Allam
Chief Executive Officer
Allam Advisory Group
Queenie Choo
Chief Executive Officer
S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Devon Franklin
Project Manager, Magnet Export Business Portal & Hire Immigrants
Ryerson University
2:45 p.m.
Concurrent Session C3 - Voices of Immigrant Entrepreneurs
What is it like to be an immigrant entrepreneur? Speakers will share their personal experiences as immigrant entrepreneurs in Canada including their challenges and successes. They will also highlight what more Canada can do to better support immigrant entrepreneurs.
Moderator:
Colette Pepin
Director, Educational Services
Ottawa Community Loan Fund (OCLF)
Panellists:
Nargiz Mammadova
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Destin.ai
Bruno Santiago
Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder
NeoJets
4:00 p.m.
Summit Adjourns
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Immigration and the 2018 Midterm Elections
4:30-5:45 p.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2018
George Mason University, Johnson Center
Meeting Room F, 3rd Floor
4400 University Drive, 1D7
Fairfax, VA 22030
https://iir.gmu.edu/events/8330
Description: The midterm elections will likely have important consequences for immigration policies. Our expert panelists will discuss what is likely to change -- and what will not change -- in 2019 and beyond.
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A Conversation with Rep. Bob Goodlatte
9:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 4, 2018
National Press Club, Murrow Room
529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20045
https://cis.org/Press-Releases
Details TBA
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Immigration in OECD Countries - 8th Annual International Conference
Monday-Tuesday, December 10-11, 2018
OECD Boulogne Conference Centre - 46
quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Paris, France
http://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/evenements/abstract.asp?IDReu=425
Description: The OECD, the CEPII (the French Research Center in International Economics), and its partners from the University of Lille (LEM), Paris School of Economics, Fondazione RODOLFO DEBENEDETTI, the University of Luxembourg and IRES (Université Catholique de Louvain) are jointly organizing the 8th Annual Conference on Immigration in OECD Countries on December 10-11, 2018.
The conference will examine the economic aspects of international migration in the OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and defining their socio-economic determinants and consequences. Topics of interest for the conference include, among others, the determinants of immigration to the OECD, migrants' self-selection, the labor market and public finance effects of immigration, as well as migrants and refugees social, political and economic integration.
The Keynote speakers are Jennifer HUNT (Rutgers University) and Dani RODRIK (Harvard University).
Conference agenda will be available soon.
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