Youth & Leaders Summit 2017

PSIA hosted the annual Youth & Leaders Summit 2017 on The Migrations Crises at Sciences Po on Monday 16th January 2017. 

• Find the full program here
• Find the videos of all the panels here
• Executive Report available here

The Migration Crises

Monday 16th January 2017
8:30 am - 6:30 pm- Amphitheater Boutmy

Morning session

8:30 - Welcome and Registration

9:00 - Welcome remarks by Frédéric Mion, President, Sciences Po

9:10 - Opening Keynote Remarks by Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, European Union
Introduced by Enrico Letta, Dean of PSIA, Sciences Po
Followed by a discussion with PSIA students and the audience

Panel 1: The Migration Crises: Governments and Institutions Overwhelmed

9:40 to 11:10
Introduced by Jiaqi Liu, PSIA Student, Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action
Chaired by Arnaud Leparmentier, Editor-in-Chief, Le Monde
With:
- Jan Eliasson, Former Deputy-Secretary General of the United Nations 
- Elisabeth Guigou, Member of the French Parliament, Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, PSIA Faculty
- Demetrios Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute Europe
- Pascal Brice, Director General, OFPRA
Followed by a discussion with PSIA students and the audience

11:10 to 11:30 - Break

Panel 2: The Migration Crises: Humanitarian Challenges

11:30 to 13:00
Introduced by Farangies Shah, PSIA Student, Master in International Public Management
Chaired by Marilyn Baumard, Le Monde
With: 
- Christine Beerli, Vice-President, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Irina Bokova, Director-General, UNESCO
- Emma Bonino, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italy
- Bruno Stagno-Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch; former Minister of Foreign Affairs to Costa Rica; PSIA Faculty
Followed by a discussion with PSIA students and the audience.

Afternoon session

Panel 3: The Migration Crises: Security Issues

14:30 to 16:00
Introduced by Julia Elisabetta Pitterman, PSIA Student, Master in International Security
Chaired by Christophe Ayad, Le Monde
With: 
- Lakhdar Brahimi, Elder, Former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, PSIA Faculty
- Benoit D'Aboville, Former French Permanent Representative and Ambassador to NATO, PSIA Faculty
- Peter Ricketts, Former Ambassador to France; former UK National Security Advisor 
- Laurence Tubiana, former Special Representative for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, Affiliate Professor, Sciences Po, PSIA Faculty
Followed by a discussion with PSIA students and the audience.

16:00 to 16:30 - Break

Panel 4: The Migration Crises: Economic and Demographic Dynamics

16:30 to 18:00
Introduced by Oishee Kundu, PSIA Student, Master in International Economic Policy
Chaired by Serge Michel, Le Monde
With: 
- Taeho Bark, Former Minister of Trade, Republic of Korea; Professor, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University; PSIA Faculty
- Carlos Lopes, Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; Professor, Graduate School for Development Policy and Practice, University of Cape Town
- Philippe Martin, Professor of Economics, Sciences Po
- Lionel Zinsou, Former Prime Minister of Benin

18:00 - Closing keynote remarks by Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Introduced by Vanessa Scherrer, Vice-Dean of PSIA, Sciences Po
Followed by a discussion with PSIA students and the audience

18:30 - Concluding remarks by Enrico Letta, Dean of PSIA, Sciences Po

The Youth & Leaders Summit is organized in partnership with Le Monde and with the support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).