The 2023 ANU Migration Update, examines the latest research and policy priorities surrounding human migration at the local, national and global level, from an Australian perspective.
8.00am Breakfast and Networking
8.30am Keynote Panel
Paul Girrawah House (Ngambiri)
Prof. Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Prize-Winner & Vice-Chancellor of ANU
Hon. Andrew Giles MP, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship & Multicultural Affairs
Ms. Amy Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration
9.15am Panel 1: Update on Key ANU Migration Research Programs
Prof. Robert Breunig, Director of the Tax & Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School, ANU
Prof. Bina D’Costa, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Coral Bell School, ANU
Prof. James Raymer, School of Demography, ANU
11.00am Panel 2: Update on Key National Migration System Changes in Australasia
Chair: A/Prof Kate Ogg, Associate Dean Higher Degree Research, College of Law, ANU
Prof. Joanna Howe, Panel Member, Parkinson Review of Australia’s Migration System
Prof. Paul Spoonley, New Zealand Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet
Prof. Alan Gamlen, RegNet, Director of Migration Hub at ANU
1.00pm Panel 3: Seasonal Work Migration Programs around the World
Chair: Prof. Stephen Howes, Director of the Development Policy Centre, ANU
Prof. Philip Martin, Global Migration Centre, University of California, Davis
Mr. Robert Falconer, London School of Economics, and University of Calgary
Dr. Charlotte Bedford, Pacific Labour Mobility Program, ANU
Dr. Richard Curtain, Pacific Labour Mobility Program, ANU
2.45pm Panel 4: Update on Global and Regional Migration Developments
Chair: Prof. Richard Bedford, University of Waikato, and Auckland University of Technology
Mr. Jagan Chapagain, Sec. Gen., International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent
Ms. Jacqueline Weekers, Chief of Mission for Australia & Coordinator for the Pacific, IOM
Mr. Adrian Edwards, Regional Rep., UNHCR Australia, NZ, PNG & Pacific Island States
Ms. Sanushka Mudaliar, Director of the Red Cross Red Crescent Global Migration Lab
Dr. Marie McAuliffe, Head of Migration Research & Publications Division, IOM
4.30pm Vote of Thanks: Prof. Helen Sullivan, Dean of the College of Asia & the Pacific, ANU
Event Speakers

Paul Spoonley
