Crossroads of Change: Migration Dynamics in the EU

March 28-29 | EPPC 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Full Schedule

Friday, 28 March

Conference Check-In Opens, Coffee and Tea Provided

09:00

Welcome and Conference Introduction
Speaker: Ambassador Antonio Martins da Cruz

10:00

Panel Discussion - Theme 1: Migration Discourse and the Future Schengen
Speakers: Lena Düpont, Tom Snels, Nicoletta Ionta

11:00

On-Site Lunch (Provided)

12:30

Workshops - Round 1

  • Theme 1: Drivers of Migration: Structural and Environmental Factors and the Role of Policies
    Speaker: Dr. Başak Yavçan

  • Theme 2: Gender Gap in Tech-Driven Migration
    Speakers: Siddhi Pal & Catherine Schneider

  • Theme 3: Challenges Facing Queer Migration
    Speaker: Morana Miljanovic

14:00

Break

15:00

Fireside Chat - Theme 2: Attracting Talent to the EU
Speaker: Kamilla Solieva

15:30

End of Day 1

17:00

Off-Site Social and Networking Event

20:00

Saturday, 29 March

Coffee and Tea Provided

09:00

Keynote and Panel Discussion - Theme 3: CEAS Reform – A Step Forward for Human Rights or a Threat to Refugee Protection?
Speakers: Misachi Ogawa, Mirka Schäfer, Christian Jakob

10:00

Start of Policy Design Lab (Special Track): Economic Integration and Migrant Labour: Challenges and Solutions
Speakers: Zeynep Karlıdağ, Dr. Didem Özkiziltan Wagenführer & Debarun Dutta

11:30

Break

11:30

Workshops - Round 2

  • Theme 1: Climate Change, Disasters, Gender, and Mobility
    Speakers: Dr. Lucy Hall & Robert Lange

  • Theme 2: Labour Schemes with the Migration Partnership Facility
    Speaker: Eden Alemayehu

  • Theme 3: SOS Humanity Missions: The Reality Behind Rescue Missions on the Mediterranean Sea
    Speaker: Mirka Schäfer

12:00

On-Site Lunch (Provided)

13:00

Workshops - Round 3

  • Theme 1: Temporary Labor Migration: Human Rights for Migrant Agricultural Workers in the EU
    Speaker: Stijn Kluck

  • Theme 2: Skilled Migration into the EU: Trends, Motivations, and Impacts
    Speaker: Dr. Amrita Datta

  • Theme 3: Multiple Systems Estimation: Quantitative Approach to Migration Research
    Speaker: Dr. Asya Magazinnik

14:30

Break

16:00

Closing Ceremony

16:30

End of Policy Sprint (Special Track)

17:00

End of Conference

17:30