Ankara Migration Symposium
Location
Ankara, Türkiye
Registration - Coffee & Snacks
09:30 – 10:00
Opening
10:00 – 10:30
Tamer KILIÇ – Head of Representation in Türkiye, International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
İbrahim Vurgun KAVLAK – Executive Director, Association for Social Development and Aid Mobilization (ASAM)
Frank PRIESS – Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Türkiye (welcoming video message)
Keynotes
10:30 – 11:00
H.E. Hacı Ali ÖZEL – Deputy Minister; Director for EU Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye / Directorate for EU Affairs (tbc)
H.E Clare BROSNAN – Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland in Türkiye
Panel I
11:00 – 12:30
Moderator:
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Gökay ÖZERİM – Jean Monnet Professor & Director of EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Diversity & Migration at Yasar University / Council of Europe EPYR Youth Researcher
Speakers:
Lotje VAN DER MADE – Director, Operations Planning Division, Frontex (European Border and Coast Guard Agency), Warsaw
Rossella FERRARI – Senior Officer, Team Leader Türkiye, European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), Institutional and Horizontal Affairs Centre, Valletta
Anna PEREGO – Head of Migration Policy, Delegation of European Union to Türkiye
Martin WAGNER – Senior Policy Advisor, International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna
Q&A
Networking Lunch
12:30 – 13:30
Panel II
13:30 – 15:00
Moderator:
Buket Bahar DIVRAK – Deputy Executive Director, Association for Social Development and Aid Mobilization (ASAM)
Speakers:
Ahmet DALKIRAN – General Director of Harmonization and Communication, Presidency of Migration Management (PMM)
Daniela CICCHELLA – Deputy Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Türkiye
Gerard Karl WAITE – Chief of Mission in Türkiye, International Organisation for Migration (IOM)
Prof. Dr. Murat ERDOĞAN – Director, Migration Studies, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Türkiye (TEPAV)
Q&A
Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:15
Panel III
15:15 – 16:45
Moderator:
Tamer KILIÇ – Head of Representation in Türkiye, International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Speakers:
Reyhan ÖZGÜR – Director General for Migration Policies and Visa Procedures, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye
John DALHUISEN – Senior Fellow, European Stability Initiative (ESI), London
Christin FURTWÄNGLER – Deputy Head of Task Force European Migration Policy, German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin
Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem NAS – Secretary General, Economic Development Foundation (IKV)
Q&A
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