The Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees

Concordia, Columbia University’s Global Policy Initiative, the International Organization for Migration, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, with the support of the Open Society Foundations and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, hosted a series of high-level interactive discussions on the private sector’s role and responsibility in addressing global migration challenges and the current refugee crisis. A curated gathering of 200 cross-sector leaders joined this invitation-only forum, which culminated in a plenary session issuing a Call to Action to all 1,500+ Concordia Summit attendees on the need to combine efforts and partner across sectors to provide tangible solutions for forced migration.

Schedule

Tuesday, September 20th

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9 am
10 am
11 am
12 pm
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
4 pm
5 pm
6 pm
Strategic Dialogue South (By Invitation Only)
Strategic Dialogue South (By Invitation Only)
Strategic Dialogue South (By Invitation Only)
Welcome
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Welcome
Time
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Location

Speakers

The State of Human Mobility (Plenary West)
9:10 am - 9:45 am
The State of Human Mobility (Plenary West)
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Time
9:10 am - 9:45 am
Location
Plenary West

Speakers

Keynote Remarks: George Soros (Plenary West)
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Keynote Remarks: George Soros (Plenary West)
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Time
9:45 am - 10:10 am
Location
Plenary West

Speakers

Transition from Plenary to Strategic Dialogue
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Transition from Plenary to Strategic Dialogue
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Time
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Location
Keynote Remarks: Johann Schneider-Ammann
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Keynote Remarks: Johann Schneider-Ammann
Time
10:40 am - 10:50 am

Speakers

Philanthropy and Forced Displacement
10:50 am - 11:30 am
Philanthropy and Forced Displacement
10:50 am - 11:30 am
Time
10:50 am - 11:30 am
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Conversation Leads

Creating Global Connectivity for Refugees
11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Creating Global Connectivity for Refugees
11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Time
11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Conversation Leads

Break
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Break
THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S ROLE IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
12:25 pm - 1:15 pm
THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S ROLE IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
12:25 pm - 1:15 pm
Time
12:25 pm - 1:15 pm
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Conversation Leads

Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR SKILLS MATCHING
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR SKILLS MATCHING
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Time
2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Conversation Leads

A PRIVATE INVESTMENT MODEL FOR REFUGEE HOSTING AREAS
2:50 pm - 3:55 pm
A PRIVATE INVESTMENT MODEL FOR REFUGEE HOSTING AREAS
2:50 pm - 3:55 pm
Time
2:50 pm - 3:55 pm
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Conversation Leads

Video presentation – Show of Force
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm
Video presentation – Show of Force
Time
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Speakers

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: POSITIVE DISCOURSE ON REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS
4:05 pm - 5:05 pm
CHANGING THE NARRATIVE: POSITIVE DISCOURSE ON REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS
4:05 pm - 5:05 pm
Time
4:05 pm - 5:05 pm
Location
Strategic Dialogue South

Conversation Leads

Transition From Strategic Dialogue to Plenary West
5:05 pm - 5:45 pm
Transition From Strategic Dialogue to Plenary West
5:05 pm - 5:45 pm
Call to Action
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Call to Action
Time
5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Plenary West

Speakers

Strategic Dialogue South (By Invitation Only)

Chair

Supporters

Conversation Leads

Justina Adlyte

Senior Associate, Global Corporate Responsibility, Deloitte

T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility

Lina Attar

Co-Founder & CEO, Karam Foundation

Joel Bell

Chair of the Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership

Joshua Bennett

Executive Vice President, Show of Force

Dr. Alexander Betts

Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs & Fellow ...

Kelly T. Clements

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR

Bruce Cohen

Founder, Talent Beyond Boundaries

Garry Conille

Under Secretary General, Programmes and Operations, International Federation of ...

Brendan Cox

Global Refugee Hub

Tim Dixon

Co-Founder, More in Common

Christopher Egerton-Warburton

Partner, Lion’s Head Global Partners

H.E. Imad Fakhoury

Minister of Planning & International Cooperation, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jorda...

H.E. Johannes Hahn

Member of the European Commission for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargem...

Mazen Hayek

Official Spokesman & Group Director of Commercial, PR & CSR, MBC Group

Per Heggenes

CEO, Ikea Foundation

Becca Heller

Director & Co-Founder, International Refugee Assistance Project

Will Jones

Lecturer in International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

Hon. Georgios Kaminis

Mayor of Athens, Greece

Meb Keflezighi

Olympic Silver Medalist & Boston Marathon Champion

Amed Khan

President, Paradigm Global Group

Sofia Kouvelaki

Executive Director, The HOME Project

Blair Levin

Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Program...

Alejandro Litovsky

CEO & Founder, Earth Security Group

Florian Maganza

EMEA Lead, Google.org

Gregory A. Maniatis

Director, Open Society International Migration Initiative

John McCallum

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada

Matthew McGuire

U.S. Executive Director, The World Bank

The Private Sector Forum on Migration and Refugees

Kathleen Newland

Co-Founder, Migration Policy Institute

Melanie Nezer

Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, HIAS

Lisa Osborne Ross

Managing Director, APCO Worldwide

Jill Savitt

Communications Advisor, Neo Philanthropy

H.E. Johann Schneider-Ammann

President, the Swiss Confederation

Lara Setrakian

CEO, News Deeply

Frank Sharry

Founder & Executive Director, America's Voice

Jean-Emmanuel Shein

Global Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, UNIQLO

Salil Shetty

Secretary General, Amnesty International

Niraj Singh

Executive Vice President, International Public Sector, Vodafone Global Enterpris...

George Soros

Founder and Chair, Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations

Amb. Laura Thompson

Deputy Director General, International Organization for Migration

Hans Vestberg

UN Foundation Board Member; Former CEO, Ericsson

Partners

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