10 MAY 2012, THURSDAY

Venue: Bogazici University, South Campus

Student Activities’ Hall, Demir Demirgil Conference Room

09.30 – 10.00: Opening

Elvin Vural

Center for European Studies Student Forum, President

10.00 – 10.30: Welcoming Remarks

Hakan Yılmaz

Boğaziçi University Center for European Studies, Director

10.30 – 11.15: Keynote Addresses

“Tales of Immigration Cities”

Joost Lagendijk

Senior Advisor at Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University

Former Green Left Member of the European Parliament

Joint Chairman of the Turkey-EU Parliamentarians Delegation

Tansel Kaya

Member of Parliament of Metropolitan City Istanbul

Commission of Foreign Affairs, President

11.15 – 11.30: Q & A  

12.00 – 13.30: Panel - 1

Changing Dynamics of EU #1: “The Impact of Rising Conservatism on Migration and Immigrants”

Chair: Kemal Kirişci

Bogazici University, Professor

Barbara Pusch

Orient-Institute Istanbul, Research Associate

Christal Morehouse

Bertelsmann Foundation, Senior Project Manager

Dilek Çınar

Bogazici University, Professor

13.30 – 14.00: Q & A

11 MAY 2012, FRIDAY

 Venue: Bogazici University, South Campus

Social Hall/Student Activities’ Hall, Demir Demirgil Conference Room

 10.00 – 11.30: Panel - 2

Changing Dynamics of EU #2: “Expectations and Experiences of New Member and Future Member States on Migration Issues”

Chair: Hakan Yılmaz

Bogazici University, Professor

Marietje Schaake

Member of the European Parliament

Franck Düvell

Center on Migration, Policy and Society, Senior Researcher

Jean Monnet Center for European Studies, University of Bremen

Gerald Knaus

Founding chairman of the European Stability Initiative (ESI)

11.30 – 11.45: Q & A

14.00 – 15.30: Panel - 3

“Migration Policy of the EU in the Light of Arab Spring”

Chair: Kemal Kirişci

Bogazici University, Professor

Elizabeth Collett

Center on Migration, Policy and Society, Research Associate

Philippe Fargues

Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research of International Migration of the European University Institute, Director

Ibrahim Awad

American University of Cairo, Professor

Center for Migration and Refugee Studies of the American University of Cairo, Director

15.30 – 15.45: Q & A