Parallel Sessions (GROUP 2)
Jun 17, 2025 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PMGround Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Jun 17, 2025 | 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Ground Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Description
AGENDA DETAILS
I. Presenting migration data for and through the media to improve availability, accuracy and understanding
Moderator: Thomas Liebig, Principal Administrator, Employment Division, OECD
Speaker: James Dennison, Part-time Professor, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute
Speaker: Yao Robert Djogbenou, Department of Demography, University of Montreal
Speaker: Tom De Vroe, Data Analyst, Myria – Federal Migration Centre
II. Ukrainian journeys: assessing vulnerabilities and intentions of displaced populations at home and abroad
Moderator: Ivona Zakoska-Todoroska, ECA Regional Migration Data and Research Officer, IOM Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
Speaker: Ravenna Sohst, Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute Europe
Speaker: Iryna Loktieva, National Officer, Data Analysis, IOM-Ukraine Office
Speaker: Neli Esipova, Founder and CEO, Multicultural Insights
Speaker: Laura Bartolini, Operations Support & Analysis Coordinator, IOM
Speaker: Erin Neale, Data Analysis and Reporting Officer, IOM Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
III. Nowcasting and predictions on forced displacement
Moderator: Tarek Abou Chabake, Chief Statistician, UNHCR
Speaker: Giulia Del Panta, Associate Data Scientist, UNHCR
Speaker: Özge Bilgili, Associate Professor, Utrecht University
Speaker: William Low, Digital Innovation Manager, Save the Children International
Speaker: Teddy Wilkin, Senior Coordinator, European Union Agency for Asylum
IV. How can the scale and impact of skill-based mobility programmes be measured?
Moderator: Pablo Acosta, Lead Economist and Global Lead for Migration, World Bank
Speaker: Fabio Jiménez, Head of Labour Mobility and Markets, IOM
Speaker: Helen Dempster, Policy Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Global Development
Speaker: Jason Gagnon, Head of Unit and Senior Economist, OECD Development Center
Speaker: Kate Hooper, Senior Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute
V. Migration measurement and management: a global and comparative perspective
Moderator: James Hollifield, Professor and Director, Southern Methodist University
Speaker: Kamal Sadiq, Professor, University of California at Irvine
Speaker: Miryam Hazán, Migration Specialist, Organization of American States
Speaker: Hélène Thiollet, Research Fellow, CNRS/CERI Sciences Po Paris
Speaker: Giuseppe Sciortino, Professor, Universita' degli Studi di Trento
VI. How to identify forcibly displaced people in household surveys: theory, applications and findings from case studies
Moderator: Aissatou Maisha Dicko, Head, Joint Data Center
Speaker: Lorenza Rossi, Survey Specialist, UNHCR
Speaker: Robert Bain, MICS Coordinator, UNICEF
Speaker: Benjamin Avusevwa, Director, Statistical Coordination and Methods, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Speaker: Horacio Lovo, Sub Director Ejecutivo, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Honduras
VII. Migration anticipation and preparedness (Part 1): varied practitioners’ perspectives
Moderator: Yves Breem, Research Project Manager, Ministry of the Interior, France
Speaker: Constantinos Melachrinos, Senior Analyst – Team Leader, European Union Agency for Asylum
Speaker: Alexander Kjaerum, Senior Analyst – Global Advisor, Danish Refugee Council
Speaker: Kiyoko Saito, Senior Research Fellow, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ogata Research Institute
Speaker: Frans Alkemade, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Justice, the Netherlands
VIII. Innovative tools for advancing migration trends and statistics
Moderator: Marc Altenburg, German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Speaker: Inês Vidigal, Executive Coordinator, Observatorio da Emigracao, CIES, ISCTE, Instituto de Lisboa
Speaker: Hélène Syed Zwick, Research and Data Analyst Consultant, IOM, Egypt
Speaker: Winida Albertha, Statistician, BPS-Statistics Indonesia
Speaker: Christoph Deuster, Project Officer, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
