Save the date: NL DG Migration’s State of the Art Conference (02 June 2026)
DG Migration’s Strategy & Liaisons Team is pleased to invite you to the annual State of the Art conference. The conference aims to facilitate the conversation on key migration issues among scholars, policymakers and other professionals in the field of migration. The goal of the conference is to bring these different groups together and to exchange knowledge through dialogue and reflection. This year’s theme is Looking ahead: migration policy in the long term.
We would like to invite you to mark June 2, 2026 in your calendar. More (practical) information about the program, including a registration link, will follow mid-April.
Feel free to forward this message to other interested parties within your network.
For whom?
Employees of universities, knowledge and research institutions, ministries, governmental agencies, municipalities and non-governmental organizations involved in migration.
Researchers are invited to submit proposals for presentations; see below this save the date for specific information.
When?
Tuesday 2 June 2026, 11:00 AM – 05:00 PM
Where?
Koninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague (in-person event)
Language
Dutch (some subsessions may be held in English). More information will follow in the invitation.
Questions or ideas?
Team Strategy and Liaisons looks forward to receiving your message: postbus.tsenv@minjenv.nl.
Information for researchers (submitting proposals for presentations)
We invite researchers to submit proposals for presentations on topics and developments relevant for migration policy in the future. Topics can include, but are not limited to consequences of geopolitical events (f.e. what does the future of Ukrainian displaced persons look like in the Netherlands?), demographic developments (f.e. what can be done about aging populations and labour shortages in vital sectors), and developments on laws and regulations. We are mainly interested in presentations based on applied sciences.
Submissions must not exceed 250 words (excluding the title). Submissions can be written in Dutch or in English. The deadline for the submissions is 23rd of February through postbus.tsenv@minjenv.nl.
Accepted submissions will be announced no later than the 16th of March. Team Strategy and Liaisons can combine submissions in one sub-session.