International Forum for Migration Statistics 2025

June 16, 2025
08:45
08:45 - 10:00
Registration & coffee
10:00
10:00 - 11:15
Opening Remarks
Moderator: Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs, OECD Speakers: - Mathias Cormann, Secretary General, OECD - Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General, IOM - High Level Speaker from UNDESA - Anders Hall, State Secretary to the Minister for Migration, Sweden - Mia Rönnmar, Vice Chancellor, Malmö University
11:15
11:15 - 12:45
Challenges and recent advancements in the measurement of socioeconomic integration and inclusion of migrants and refugees
Moderator: Stefano Scarpetta, Director for Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs, OECD Introductory Remarks: Mats Persson, Minister for Employment and Integration, Sweden Speakers: - Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, UNHCR - Gunilla Fincke, Director-General, German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs - Peter Abad Altamirano, Deputy Head of Statistics, National Institute of Statistics and Informatics, Peru
11:15 - 12:45
Plenary 1 (OECD)
12:45
12:45 - 14:15
Lunch
14:15
14:15 - 15:45
Plenary 2 (UNDESA)
14:15 - 15:45
Revised UN recommendations on statistics of international migration: enhancing data availability, timeliness, and relevance
Moderator: Francesca Grum, Assistant Director, UNSD Speakers: - Josée Bégin, Assistant Chief Statistician, Social, Health and Labour Statistics, Statistics Canada - Marco Marsili, Population Register, Demographic Statistics, and Living Conditions, ISTAT - Graciela Martinez Caballero, Director of Statistics, Centre for Migration Studies of the Migration Policy, Registration and Identity of Persons Unit, Ministry of the Interior (SEGOB), Mexico - Ali Said, Director of Population and Manpower Statistics, BPS-Statistics, Indonesia - Susanne Taillemite, Head of Unit of Population and Migration, Eurostat
15:45
15:45 - 16:30
Coffee break
16:30
16:30 - 18:00
I. Immigrant integration: metrics, spaces, and strategies
Moderator: Samuel Ettouati, Head of the Statistical Surveys and Studies Division, Ministry of the Interior, France Speakers: - Nadiya Ukrayinchuk, Professor of Economics, LEM, University of Lille - Yajna Govind, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School - Clément Soulignac, Statistical Surveys and Studies Division, Ministry of the Interior, France - Jack Jebwab, Chief Executive Officer, Metropolis Institute, Canada
16:30 - 18:00
II. Travelling to Europe via mixed migration routes: IOM and academic experience in building evidence on irregular migrant flows and stocks to understand migrants’ journeys, vulnerabilities and needs
Moderator: Ivona Zakoska-Todorovska, ECA Regional Migration Data & Research Officer, IOM Speakers: - Laura Bartolini, Operations Support & Analysis Coordinator, IOM - Claire Healy, Research Officer, UNODC - Alejandra Rodriguez-Sanchez, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Potsdam - Julia Black, Project Officer, Coordinator of Missing Migrant Project, IOM
16:30 - 18:00
III. Creating a balanced narrative on migration in Africa: exploring data solutions and communication strategies for better development impact
Moderator: Muhanad Sammar, Project Manager, Statistics Sweden Speakers: - Ambassador Dr. Namira Negm, Director, African Migration Observatory - Charles Ogolla, Head of Statistics Unit, The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) - Ellen Percy Kraly, Jr. Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Emerita, Colgate University - Aimé Dago, Social Population and Demography Expert, STATAFRIC
16:30 - 18:00
IV. Displacement futures: innovative approaches to predict climate and conflict-induced forced displacement for anticipatory action
Moderator: Andrea Pellandra, Senior Data Scientist, UNHCR Speakers: - Andrew Wells, Data Scientist, UNHCR - Katharine Donato, Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, Georgetown University - Diana Suleimenova, Lecturer in Computer Science, Brunel University of London - Bo Schwartz Madsen, Data Scientist, Danish Refugee Council - Ahmed Amdihun, Programme Manager, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)
16:30 - 18:00
Parallel Sessions (GROUP 1)
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16:30 - 18:00
V. Machine Learning for migration research: innovations, challenges, and practical implications
Moderator: Haodong Qi, Researcher, Malmö University Speakers: - Holly Reed, Professor & Editor-in-Chief of International Migration Review, City University New York - Laure Tall, Director, Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rurale, Data Population Alliance, Senegal - Stefano Iacus, Director of Data Science and Product Research, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University - Tuba Bircan, Professor, Vrije University Brussels
16:30 - 18:00
VI. Emigration statistics: challenges, innovative methods and future directions
Moderator: Susanne Taillemite, Head of Unit - Population and Migration, Eurostat Speakers: - Andrea Succi, Statistical Officer, Eurostat - Francesca Licari, Researcher, ISTAT - Karima Belhaj, Head of Unit – Population Mobility Unit, High Commission for Planning of Morocco - Hannah Kiiver, Team Leader, Population Projections Team, Eurostat
16:30 - 18:00
VII. Innovative tech to accelerate solutions for children on the move
Moderator: Melinda van Zyl, Global Lead, Migration & Displacement Initiative, Save the Children International Speakers: - William Low, Digital Innovation Manager, Save the Children International - Viviana Cañon, Programme Specialist – Frontier Data, UNICEF - Manuel Garcia-Herranz, Chief Data Scientist, UNICEF - Douglas Leasure, Senior Researcher and Data Scientist, University of Oxford
16:30 - 18:00
VIII. Workshop session on data on irregular migration
Moderator: Veronika Bilger, Head of Research, ICMPD Speakers: - Maegan Hendow, Senior Researcher, ICMPD - Dr. Amparo González-Ferrer, Deputy Director General for Management and Integration Pathways, Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration, Spain - Laura Peitz, Researcher, German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees - Julia Descamps, Researcher, Université Paris 8, CRESPPA-CSU - Denis Kierans, Senior Researcher, COMPAS, University of Oxford - Albert Kraler, Assistant Professor in Migration Studies, University for Continuing Education Krems
18:00
18:00 - 19:30
Cocktail