Program
This event will take you 10 years into the future, to explore the forced migration challenges we may face in the decade to come. Our purpose is not to predict the future, but to help us to be better prepared to shape the future we want to see.
Our keynotes will set out big trends and questions to spark your thinking. Our panels will discuss three distinct future scenarios set in 2033. These are intended to provide a 'sandpit' within which we can explore the challenges and opportunities before us, to help us think afresh about what we might need to do today to ensure protection for displaced people in the decade to come.
We hope you enjoy this day of ideas.
8:30am
Arrival and registration
9:00am
Welcome
9:10am
Thinking about the future of forced migration
10:00am
Morning tea
10:30am
Will people in need of protection be able to access it?
Magdalena Arias Cubas, Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab
Louis Everuss, Centre Coordinator, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, University of South Australia
Adama Kamara, Deputy CEO, Refugee Council of Australia
Nikolas Feith Tan, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute of Human Rights
Chair: Madeline Gleeson, Senior Research Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
12:00pm
Lunch
12:50pm
How will we identify people in need of protection?
Cathryn Costello, Professor of Global Refugee & Migration Law, University College Dublin
Niamh Kinchin, Acting Dean of Law, University of Wollongong
Edward Santow, Director, Policy & Governance, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Shahyar Roushan, Senior Member, Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Migration & Refugee Division
Chair: Daniel Ghezelbash, Deputy Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
2:20pm
Afternoon tea
2:50pm
Will refugees be welcome?
Peter Lewis, Executive Director, Essential Media
Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor of Practice, Sydney Policy Lab
Lenore Taylor, Editor, Guardian Australia
Shabnam Safa, Chairperson, National Refugee-led Advisory and Advocacy Group
Chair: Lauren Martin, Communications Manager, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
4:20pm
Will international refugee law still be relevant?
Jane McAdam AO, Scientia Professor and Director, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law
4:40pm
Closing reflections
Aarathi Krishnan, former Strategic Foresight Advisor UNDP
5:00pm
Reception