25 — 26 APRIL: WUN Migration Conference 2015, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

WUN Migration Conference 2015

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, HONG KONG  

25 — 26 APRIL, 2015, 9:00 — 12:00

The inaugural WUN Migration Conference explores the issue of migration through the lens of WUN’s identified Global Challenges in public health, in responding to climate change, in understanding cultures and in global higher education. The conference aims to facilitate discourse that will contribute to the Post 2015 Development Agenda discussion. The multi-perspective view that the conference will take positions it well to contribute to this important discussion and to give recommendations on how migration can be incorporated into the new agenda.

International migration is frequently discussed in association with development. There are approximately 234 million international migrants in the world (UNDESA, 2013). When internal mobility is included this number becomes almost immeasurable. Although the significance of migration is clear, the topic remains complex. Great variations in the conditions faced by migrants, and consequent impacts on health and well-being, are mirrored in its developmental impacts.  In going forward, it is important to consider the role of migration as an enabler of development through a number of different channels: monetary and social remittances, the act of migrating, and the impacts on those left behind.  The evidence base for internal migration is often more robust and plentiful than for international migration and thus, where relevant, the impacts of internal migration on development are also considered.

Two ways in which migration could be incorporated in the Post-2015 Development Agenda are: 1) situating migration alongside other ‘enablers’ of migration such as trade in a reformulated version of MDG 8 on global partnerships; and 2) through the inclusion of migration related indicators as a cross-cutting theme in the new development goals. Within the frame of this conference, we will push this discussion further.

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Conference Program

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Registration

Registration is essential. To register, click the registration button at the top of this page.

Registration deadline: 15 April 2015.

Venue

Lecture Theatre 6 (2nd Floor)

Cheng Yu Tung Building

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Accommodation

The official hotel of the WUN Conference & AGM 2015 is the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong Sha Tin. This hotel is ideally located adjacent to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where the majority of meetings and events will take place.

An accommodation rate of HK$1420, including breakfast, is available for WUN AGM participants who book before 24 March 2015Download the accommodation booking form.

For more information on visiting Hong Kong, visit  Discover Hong Kong.

Conference Convenors

Professor Dawn Freshwater, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, The University of Western Australia.

Professor Hildegard Schneider, Dean of Law, Maastricht University.

For further information, please contact Natasja Reslow, Maastricht University.