POLICY PODIUM:  

Wednesday, April 6

 5:30 – 7:00 pm Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1
The Challenges to Policy Making Posed by the Diversity of Interests Affected by Immigration
Introductory Remarks: Christian Dustmann (Scientific Director, Norface Migration Programme)
Chair: Evan Davis (BBC Presenter)
Panellists:

Charles Clarke (Former Home Secretary)
Markus Gonzalez Beilfuss (Spanish Director General for Immigration)
David Goodhart (Prospect Editor)
Malcolm Grant (President and Provost of University College London)
David Metcalf (Chair of Migration Advisory Committee)

 

ACADEMIC PODIUM: 

Thursday, April 7 6:15 - 7:45 pm Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1
The Role of Academic Research in the Public Debate on Migration
Chair: Chris Giles (Economics Editor, Financial Times)
Panellists:

George Borjas (Harvard University)
Bob Gregory (Australian National University)
Alejandro Portes (Princeton University)
Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University)

 

KEYNOTE SPEECHES:

Thursday, April 7 9:15 - 10:15 am Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1
George Borjas
 
Friday, April 8 1:45 - 3:15 pm Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1
Alejandro Portes

 

INVITED SESSION 1:

Thursday, April 7 1:45 - 3:15 pm Roberts G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT
Yoram Weiss, Mark Rosenzweig

 

INVITED SESSION 2:

Thursday, April 7 1:45 - 3:15 pm Roberts 106
David Card, Douglas Massey

 

INVITED SESSION 3:

Friday, April 8 2:00 - 3:30 pm Roberts G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT
Jack Citrin, Andreas Wimmer

 

INVITED SESSION 4:

Friday, April 8 2:00 - 3:30 pm Roberts 106
International Organisations Podium:  Francois Eyraud (International Labour Office), Thomas Liebig (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Maurice Schiff (World Bank)

 

INVITED SESSION 5:

Saturday, April 9 11:30 - 1:00 pm Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT
David McKenzie, Xin Meng, Caglar Ozden

 

INVITED SESSION 6:

Saturday, April 9 11:30 - 1:00 pm Cruciform LT2
Mary C. Waters, Marcelo Suarez-Orozco

 

NORFACE DATA SESSIONS:

Thursday, April 7 10:45 - 12:45 pm Roberts G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT
Thursday, April 7 3:45 - 5:45 pm Roberts G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming LT

 

THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION POLICY AND LAW ANALYSIS (IMPALA) DATABASE: 

Friday, April 8 9:00 - 11:00 am Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT
Chair: Edward Schumacher-Matos

 

SESSION A02 - MIGRATION POLICIES 1:

Thursday, April 7 10:45 - 12:45 pm Chadwick LT
Chair: Maurice Schiff

 

SESSION A03 - MIGRATION AND LABOUR MARKETS 1:

Thursday, April 7 10:45 - 12:45 pm Roberts 106
Chair: Giovanni Peri

 

SESSION D12 - MIGRATION TO THE US:

Friday, April 8 4:00 - 6:00 pm Wilkins Gustave Tuck LT
Chair: Giovanni Peri