Parallel Sessions (GROUP 3)
Jun 17, 2025 | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PMGround Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Jun 17, 2025 | 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
Ground Floor & Floors 3-5, Niagra Building
Description
AGENDA DETAILS
I. Migration anticipation and preparedness (Part 2): recent methodological advances
Moderator: Jakub Bijak, Professor of Statistical Demography, University of Southampton
Speaker: Tuba Bircan, Professor, Vrije University Brussels
Speaker: Derek Groen, Reader in Computer Science, Brunel University of London
Speaker: Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Professor of Social Statistics & Demography, University of Manchester
Speaker: Dr. Andrea Aparicio Castro, Senior Research Fellow in Bayesian Digital Demography, University of Oxford
II. Population dynamics and migration in the mediterranean region: a science for policy perspective
Moderator: Fabiana Scapolo, Head of Unit, Demography and Migration, European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Speaker: Elena Ambrosetti, Professor of Demography, Sapienza University of Rome
Speaker: Jean-Christophe Dumont, Head of International Migration Division, OECD
Speaker: Christoph Deuster, Project Officer, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Speaker: Katerina Wolfova, Head of Unit, Egypt, Pact for the Mediterranean, European Commission, DG Middle East, North Africa and Gulf (MENA)
III. International partnership for better data on trafficking in persons
Moderator: Fabrizio Sarrica, Research Officer, UNODC
Speaker: Stine Laursen, Senior Data Analyst, IOM
Speaker: Gady Saiovici, Senior Economist, ILO
IV. National experiences: managing and modernizing migration data use (Part 1)
Speaker: Idrissa Boukari Abdoulaye, Head of Demographic Studies Division, Institut National de La Statistique du Niger (INS-NIGER)
Speaker: Wafaa Ezzat Ali, Statistician, CAPMAS
Speaker: Diego Iturralde, Chief Director: Demography, Statistics South Africa
Speaker: Francesca Allerton, Statistician, Home Office, UK Immigration System Statistics
V. Leveraging administrative data for migration statistics
Moderator: Stefan Andersson, Head of International Development Cooperation, Statistics Sweden
Speaker: Maria Isabel Cobos Hernandez, Chief of the Social and Gender Statistics Section, UNSD
Speaker: Dr. Macdonald George Obudho, Director General, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
Speaker: Dr. Mauricio Rodríguez Abreu, General Director of Sociodemographic Statistics, INEGI
Speaker: Sara Frankl, Head of Section of Coordination and Interdisciplinary Operations, Statistics Sweden
Speaker: Eloina Meneses Mendoza, Deputy General Director of Statistical Infrastructure, General Direction of Sociodemographic Statistics, INEGI
VI. Don’t forget migration within borders: strengthening data on internally displaced persons through the International Recommendations on IDP Statistics
Moderator: Natalia Baal, Head of Secretariat, Expert Group on Refugee, IDP and Statelessness Statistics (EGRISS)
Speaker: Avni Kastrati, Director of Social Statistics, Kosovo Statistics Agency
Speaker: Akor Geofrey, Migration Focal Person, National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria
Speaker: Johannes Hoogeveen, Global Lead Poverty and Fragility, Senior Economist Sahel and Central Africa, World Bank
