Vienna Migration Conference 2024

22-23 October

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Draft programme

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ICMPD‘s annual flagship event, the Vienna Migration Conference (VMC), will convene this autumn for its ninth edition, bringing together decision-makers and migration practitioners from inside and outside of government. As new leaders take the helm of European Union institutions and the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum moves from blueprint to action, VMC2024 will cover a number of topics that are set to shape the European migration agenda over the next five years.

Discussions will touch labour migration, strategies for safer routes and handling irregular arrivals, public sentiment on migration, and the work ahead to start implementing the New EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Informed by recent EU elections and ongoing negotiations to shape the new five-year mandate, this edition of VMC will again be livestreamed, connecting the global migration community to these critical discussions.

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Our speakers at a glance

Michael Spindelegger
Director General
ICMPD
Ivan Krastev
Permanent Fellow
IWM
Gerhard Karner
Federal Minister of the Interior
Austria
Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos
Minister of Migration and Asylum
Greece

Ruven Menikdiwela
 Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
UNHCR
Craig Damian Smith
Co-Founder, Executive Director and Principal Investigator
Pairity
Lorenzo Rinaldi
Head, Business and Stakeholder Relations Unit
Eu-LISA
Tuba Bircan
Associate Professor
VUB

Ashraf Abushady
Senior Advisor on Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence
UNIDO
Simon Mordue
Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues
EEAS
Wael Badawi
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Migration, Refugees and Combating Human Trafficking
Egypt
Henrik Ankerstjerne
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Ministry for Immigration and  Integration, Denmark

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Daniel Thym
Chair of Public, European and International Law, Department of Law
University of Konstanz
Catherine Woollard
Director
ECRE
Carsten Schmitz-Hoffmann
Director General for Europe, Mediterranean and Central Asia
GIZ
Eva Åkerman Börje
Director a.i.
Department of Data, Insight and Policy Coordination, IOM

Bram Frouws
Director
MMC
Maciej Duszczyk
Undersecretary of State
Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Poland
Chaudhry Salik Hussain
Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development
Pakistan
Lucja Kalkstein
Co-Founder and Group Vice-President
Eryk

Jo Antoons
Partner
Fragomen
Bianka Debussche Valkovicova
Policy Coordinator – Legal migration
DG EMPL, European Commission
Nicole de Moor
State Secretary for Asylum and Migration
Belgium
Nina Gregori
Executive Director
EUAA

Sirpa Rautio
 Director
FRA
Hanne Beirens
Director
MPI Europe
Ana Sofia Walsh
Knowledge Management Director
Fragomen
Guy Stessens
Deputy Director Home Affairs
Council of the European Union

Highlights from last year

VMC2023 Report

Download the full VMC2023 report for expert analysis and recommendations from last year’s conference, reflecting key discussions and insights from the 8th edition of ICMPD’s annual flagship event.

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